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Sailboat: a small wooden craft with white triangular sails gliding on dark water. Action: two people steer and trim sails as wind propels it forward. Context: tree-lined shore in autumn.
  1. Arts & Crafts
  2. Automotive
  3. Canoe & Kayak Construction
  4. Reader’s Projects

Readers’ Projects, Issue 8

By: Epoxyworks Community

Fall 1996

Jean-Yves Poirier’s Strip-Planked Boats

Jean-Yves Poirier of Atyre, France, built these strip planked boats with WEST SYSTEM Epoxy. Above— ZINNA, a half replica of an English 19th-century racing dinghy, 18′ long, 177 sq. ft. sail area, 400 pounds. Below—NYMPHEA, an ultralight Thames rowing skiff, 23′ long, 145 pounds.

Jean-Yves Poirier's strip-planked Nymphea

 

Miss Talbot

Object: a bright red speedboat; Action: powers at high speed, plowing through waves; Context: two people wearing life jackets aboard, in open water near a tree-lined shoreline.The 20′ double plank cedar and mahogany MISS TALBOT was designed by Kaufman & Associates and built by Mast & Mallet in Galesville, Maryland. The boat’s top-end speed is 54 knots.

Celebration was restored by teenage Sea Explorers

Celebration was restored by teenagers

In Norwalk, Connecticut, Celebration was fully restored by teenage Sea Explorers.

Outer Island

Object: a wooden canoe. Action: rests in shallow water, tilted, with two circular hatch openings along its length. Context: sandy shoreline with grass, blue water and reflections in a scene.
Outer Island is a 17’10” strip built Greenland kayak built of cedar and pine and sheathed in 6 oz. glass cloth and epoxy. Builder Jay Babina of Branford, Connecticut mixed photocopy toner and epoxy to color the epoxy block to match rubber hatches.

Humpback Whale Tail Sculpture

Large glossy curved sculpture with twin arching arms stands on a reflective platform. A woman guides a toddler toward it in an outdoor courtyard.
Sculptor William D. Bosworth of Beaufort, South Carolina, created Humpback Whale Tail using WEST SYSTEM products. It is one of many pieces of environmentally sensitive artwork on display through the Environmental Arts Association, of which Mr. Bosworth is President and Principal Artist.

 

 

14’6” Whilly Boat is the Handiwork of James Curry

Small sailboat with white sails and a red hull glides across dark blue water near a shoreline with houses under a partly cloudy sky.
This Ian Oughtred – designed 14’6” Whilly Boat is the handiwork of James Curry of Clinton, Connecticut. Following WoodenBoat Plan #104, Mr. Curry constructed the boat of 1/4” lapstrake Sapele plywood, glued and coated with WEST SYSTEM Epoxy. All structural members are Honduras Mahogany, spars are Sitka spruce and the floorboards are teak.

Aerodynamic Bodywork

Racing motorcycle and rider lean into a corner, knee near the pavement. The blue bike bears a yellow number plate and Yamaha branding on a track with painted curbs. Text transcription: YAMAHA Digits on the yellow front plate are illegible.
Sung Ho Kim of West Concord, Massachusetts, racing at the New Hampshire International Speedway. He uses WEST SYSTEM Epoxy for aerodynamic bodywork on motorcycles.

 

16′ Chestnut Prospector Canoe

Chestnut Prospector canoe
Sean McEntee, left, of Mamaroneck, New York built this 16′ Chestnut Prospector canoe in the garage of Geoff Fletcher, right. Mr. McEntee used red cedar, ash and 10-ounce fiberglass, along with WEST SYSTEM 105 Resin and 205 Hardener.

Elegant Kedros Canoes

A polished wooden canoe rests on a grassy lakeshore; another canoe lies above it, both varnished and striped, with calm water and a forested shoreline in the background.
These elegant canoes were crafted by Kedros Canoes in Duluth, Minnesota.

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