I designed SparHawk for a couple in Connecticut. The only boat I ever built I hadn’t designed was an Ian Oughtred MacGregor. This boat’s design was influenced by my experience with that boat. SparHawk is also a Sailing Canoe, and shares the rig and leeboard attached to a lanyard Oughtred uses on his boats. SparHawk was built with glued lap planking and a plywood deck.
This image shows SparHawk outside of my old shop in Gardiner New York. You can see her bronze drop-blade rudder and her back rest.
Here is SparHawk alongside my personal boat Harry and Harry’s fine sister, Katrina in Saint Michael’s Maryland.
It was grand enjoying the long weekend together with two fine early clients of mine and their boats.
