Schleiff Boatworks News and Events

September: After a busy summer of Boatbuilding, Boat shows, a family trip to Germany to visit relatives, and a trip to Oklahoma to deliver the Rescue Minor to her new owners, I am finally getting a chance to update my website. There are new photos in the Vixen gallery .

May: The newest page that has been added to the website covers my current project, Vixen. There is also a gallery of construction photos that I will update frequently throughout the construction process

April: The Ninigret has been christened "Sea Moose" and launched on April 12, 2009! Photos have been added to the Ninigret construction gallery.

January 2009:  The 115 hp Evinrude E-Tec outboard for the Vixen has arrived! It is the first major step toward a new boat.

December 2008:  In order to make information about boats offered by Schleiff Boatworks even easier to locate, the website was revised significantly.  It now includes pages featuring the Atkin and Bluejacket boats, provides fill-in forms for requesting information, and a revised home page to emphasize boats offered by Schleiff Boatworks which  eliminates the need for a separate "boats" section.

Vixen    I have just received a new commission for a 17' Hartley design called "Vixen 17".  She is a deep V runabout, will have a 115 hp Evinrude E-TEC outboard and will be on display at the Wooden Boat Show  June 2010 in Mystic! Click here to visit the new Vixen section of the website.

Sea Moose    August 2008: Currently I am building a John Atkin-designed Ninigret, a 22' outboard-powered camp cruiser. She is being built on commission for a client in the northern Chesapeake Bay and will be launched in April 2009. Click here for more information.

Rescue Minor    My new version of William Atkin's Rescue Minor was launched on June 20th. Sea trials have been impressive, she does a little over 18 knots, and we burned under 4 gals of diesel fuel during 12 hours of operation on the Chesapeake Bay and in Mystic Harbor- that included a 10 mile trip in 3-4' seas. This Rescue Minor is for sale now, click here for more information.

The newly launched Rescue Minor, an efficient 20' diesel launch, was on display to the public for the first time at the Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT on June 27-29, 2008.

This website has recently been expanded to include a list of boats that I would highly recommend to anyone seeking a customized classic wooden sailboat of outstanding quality and sailing characteristics. Click here to see some exquisite designs from some of my favorite designers

Over 8000 visitors attended the Maine Boatbuilders Show in Portland, ME on March 14-16, 2008. My modern replica of N.G Herreshoff's Coquina drew a crowd and I have a couple of new commissions. There was also a great deal of interest in my version of Atkin's Rescue Minor, an efficient diesel launch that is optimized for coastal cruising. Click here for more information about these boats.

My Coquina was recently on display at the Sailor Craft Gallery located at 128 West Washington St, in Lewisburg, West Virginia. Click here for more information.