SEND ME THOSE PICTURES !
There are many new boats being constructed at the present time. As pictures become available, I will be posting them here so all can see the newest members to the class. With the availability of hulls, spars, and fittings the class is growing constantly with new hulls going out monthly. Quite a few in the West too!
If you are in the process of building a new boat, please send me your information and picture so we can add it to the list.
2009 was a difficult year for some reason when it came to tracking down new boats and where they were going and being built. I am still in the process of finding all this information. Hopefully 2010 will be more organized. I do know that there was a Ranger sold on EBay and is now residing in Houston, and we have one more skipper in Texas that is selecting plans for a plank on frame build. There might be 1 or even two more J Class skippers becoming involved in the Lone Star State, so hopefully we will see some scheduled activity here as well.
Boats that were launched in 2009:
coming soon: we know 10 new registrations
Boats that were launched in 2008:
- Bill Liscomb in San Diego was building Sennott Endeavour, but it has since be resold
- Pete Zick has acquired TWO Sennott Endeavour hulls, and now has a complete Endeavour II, Ranger and Rainbow.
- Joe Oczkewicz in Port Orchard, WA is building a Sennott Endeavour
- Jarl Wathne of the Maryland MYC finished a Brawner Shamrock
- Bob Eger is building a Sennott Endeavour (look for it in the buildup article of MY Summer issue this May.
- Scott Todd building a Brawner Shamrock
- Mark Rinehart is building a Brawner Shamrock
- Gary Mueller has completed and sailed a Ranger from plans.
- Darren Thigpen is finishing his new Whirlwind
- Biff Martin is building a Sennott Endeavor
- Kevin Wilkins is building a Sennott Endeavor
- Eric Reno is building an Endeavor II
- Wick Smith is building an Endeavor II
- Rick Laird is building a Sennott Endeavor
- Gerry Turney is building a Sennott Endeavor
- Pete Houghton is building a Yankee plank on frame
Most of the boats listed above have been completed and some sailed in the NCR in Mystic earlier this year. I am leaving the list up for now.