Boats for sale
Sales of donated & shop-built boats directly support the Apprenticeshop.
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Susan SkifFS - $3000
LOA: 11’ 3”
Beam: 3’ 10”
Draft: Approx. 4”
Weight: Approx. 180 lbs
Sail Area: Sail rigs are not usually offered, however there are a few local owners and apprentices who have built rigs for their boats. For more details please call (207) 594-1800.
Description: Every apprentice that comes through our doors begins their education in boatbuilding by building a Susan Skiff. These pleasing flat bottom skiffs row like a dream. The backbone is made of white oak, with pine for the hull planks and cedar for the bottom planks.
We always have skiffs under construction or ready for a new home. Please inquire with us for current availability.
NORTH HAVEN PEAPOD- $5,000
LOA: 14 ft, 3 in (4.3 m)
Beam: 4 ft, 2 in (1.3 m)
Draft: Approx. 6”
Weight: Approx. 285lbs.
Description: Based on the techniques used by Alton Whitmore of North Haven in the early 1900’s, this peapod is uniquely constructed right-side up with pre-bent frames and without the use of molds in the set up. Similar to the old Whitehall method, the sheer strake, the binder, and the interior structure go in the boat before it is planked.
The oak plank used for the keel is steam bent-to take the required amount of rocker, and the boat will be carvel planked in cedar atop oak frames. Our goal is to better understand the process Whitmore used to efficiently build peapods and round bottom skiffs.
1965 5.5 Meter “Lyric” - $20,000
LOA: 31' 4"
Beam: 6' 2"
Draft: 4' 6"
Displacement: 3,300 lbs
Sail Area: 312 sq. ft.
Description: Built by Bjarnes Aas in Frederickstad, Norway in 1965. Mahogany planking on steam-bent ash frames. Bronze fastened throughout. Aluminum spars. Class: 5.5. Boat number: 568. Class number: US62. New main, jib, and spinnaker in 2012. New frames, floor timbers, partially re-planked, refastened, all new deck structure and decks. Fast boat in great shape. Places in her class at ERR every year!