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22.5' Kingfisher Mahogany Rowing Shell

Graeme King, a Vermont builder of racing shells, designed the Kingfisher, a V-bottom plywood single shell for construction by amateur boatbuilders.

This boat began as a 20' spruce 1x12 and three sheets of 2.5mm mahogany aircraft plywood. It was built by me and Jay deWolf, who provided the woodworking expertise and shop tools.  I provided lots of mayhem with the power planer.


boat1.jpg (21082 bytes)Spruce keel and stringers were scarfed for length.
Bulkheads were cut from plywood.
'Knees' at rigger mounts are ash.
 

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Riggers are from King Boatworks.
Oars are from Piantedosi Bros, Massachusetts.
Seat and tracks from Schoenbrod, Biddeford, Maine.
Aircraft plywood from Aircraft Spruce, LA.
Decking is heat-shrink dacron.
West Systems epoxy was used for gluing.


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