Ellen 12 sailing/rowing
Explaining the fine points of planing the garboards to take the keel, WoodenBoat School.
Ellen built by us and set up for rowing only; tender to a Stanley 38
built by the John M. Williams Boat Company.
Whoa, tender to Nellie, a 46’6” Herreshoff gaff cutter, at capacity but happy (above)
and following along contentedly through the Cape Cod Canal (below);
Hull built by WoodenBoat School students, then finished off very nicely by Redd’s Pond Boatworks,
Marblehead, Massachusetts. (T. Danielson photos)
Taking the Ellen (and Compass Harbor pram) hulls off the jigs is always a high point
at the end of each Glued-Lapstrake Plywood Construction class at the WoodenBoat School.
Below: Cat-tail, a sailing Ellen with a sprit rig, built by us in 1999;
well-traveled (and wonderfully maintained) by her owners since.
