The Wee Lassie Class was a 10 day build your own boat class and at the end of the session two of the boats were put in the water and paddled before going home. All the boats were ready to have the final finish put on. The level of craftsmanship by everyone was amazing. All the boats were really beautiful examples of this great design……..This was a fun class to teach….actually all the classes I teach are fun classes to teach ……Look for a Video on Strip Built construction in the spring of 2010….

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After launching in Lake Travis is Austin, TX PANDION was towed to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the Les Cheneaux Islands where she spent the summer while I taught at Great Lakes Boat Building School. I was able to sail her in a wide variety of wind conditions. The boat performed very well and proved herself to be Weatherly and sea kindly. The boat will sail through 100 degrees and makes no discernable leeway. Not bad for a boat that only draws 28 inches with the boards down. I found the boat tender to 10 degrees of heel and passed 10 degrees the boat stiffens up and in 15 to 20 MPH wind and no reefs I was not able to put the rail down. Light air performance seems to be good as well and the boat will ghost along in very light winds. It was a good summer sailing and a good summer teaching. Look for the book on building Pandion and her little sister in the Spring of 2010

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Starting on June 22 I’ll be teaching a sailing making class at Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville, Michigan. We’ll Team build a 65 square foot gaff sail and then rig the skiff with the sail… a number of Boat building classes will follow. Look for more updates and photos!

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In September of this year I taught a “build your own boat” class at WoodenBoat in Brooklin, Maine. The class built 6 stitch and glue Voyagers and 1 stitch and glue Indian Girl in 5 1/2 days. As you can see from the photos the boats were basically ready to paint by the end of the 5 1/2 days. One of the students was in the 2007 class and wanted another Voyager. He did a great job in 2007 and a really great job this year. All the boats showed a high level of craftsmanship. Even the students that had very little boat building experince did a terrific job.  The boats were all kits boats that can be purchased on this site.

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Here are a few photos from this summer’s classes at Great Lakes Boat Building School. I taught a series of classes that included one day seminars, one week team building classes and build your own boat classes. It was a great time, the students were enthusiastic as well as talented and the Michigan’s Upper Penninsla is beautiful. I was very pleased to be teaching there again next summer. I’ll post the schedule for next year very soon.

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