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Pippo’s Caravel

December 15, 2010 at 2:13 am  |   Pictures of Boats

Pippo Bianco of Matera, Italy (40 deg 40 min N 16 deg 37 min E 410 meter above sea level) is building this sailing dinghy with Hulls. Pippo modeled Mertens-Goosens, N.A. Model #102 Caravelle in Hulls to get his output. To earn epoxy money, Pippo studies the atmosphere for the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana.

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Pekka’s Bother’s Dinghy

December 15, 2010 at 2:12 am  |   Pictures of Boats

Pekka Tarvainen of Helsinki, Finland (60 deg 10 min N 24 deg 53 deg E) built this dinghy for his brother. Richard Spelling (also of Tulsa, OK) has built another copy of Pekka’s Jolla.

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Jim Mailer’s Sea Kayak

December 15, 2010 at 2:10 am  |   Pictures of Boats

Jim Mailer of Helensburg, Scotland (near Glasgow) built these kayaks for himself and wife. One is a Nick Shades design and the other Jim’s via Hull Designer. The photo was taken at Ardnamurchan Point, the most Westerly point in Britain.

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Burnie’s Boats

December 15, 2010 at 2:08 am  |   Pictures of Boats

Burnis Turner of Roscoe, Illinois started with this 8 ft. kayak for his son. Burnis reports that the hull floats higher than Hull Designer predicts (the displacement calculation is conservative.)

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