Completed Boats
New construction is the core offering of Schleiff Boatworks. Below you will find a selection of newly built boats like the Herreshoff Coquina and Atkin Rescue Minor as well as repaired and renovated boats ranging from a 26’ Bolger Yawl to an 88’ former French Coastguard cutter and a 36’ Dick Newick trimaran. These are photos and descriptions of my past boat projects that I feel are interesting enough to be featured here.
For sale: Coquina She is a 16’8" NG Herreshoff designed cat-ketch modified for glued lapstrake construction. Built of Sappelli plywood, West System epoxy, traditional cast bronze hardware, and Sitka spruce spars.
For sale: Rescue Minor My version of William Atkin’s 1945 design, Rescue Minor, a 19’6" shallow draft, tunnel stern, diesel launch. She is double planked in okoume plywood and sheathed with fiberglass and epoxy. With her Yanmar engine, she is designed to cruise at 18 knots with a fuel consumption of only 0.8 gal/hr.
Chebacco is a Phil Bolger design that originally had a flat pram-like transom forward. Unfortunately when I acquired her in 2003, there was major rot in the bow section and rudder. During reconstruction I decided to add the bow as it is now. This Chebacco is named “Flying carpet” and is my personal boat.
Taza is an 88’ former French coast guard boat that has been converted to a personal yacht. I was hired to perform planking repairs and rebuild her windlass mounts. During this project, I installed a number of new planks and more than 1600 bronze screws in her hull along with epoxy adhesive. She was later repainted and is now located in the Chesapeake Bay.
A 36’ Dick Newick trimaran, Mocking Bird is always a fun boat to work on. I have completed several small repairs to her paint, hardware, and rigging as well as bottom cleaning and applying antifouling paint. She is moored in Davis Creek, Virginia.