Chesapeake Light Craft Around the Web
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Here's a selection of CLC boatbuilding projects from around the web:

• Dave's PocketShip - Dave Curtis from Winnipeg is building PocketShip from Plans.
  
  
• Jerry's PocketShip - Jerry McManus in Arizona is building PocketShip from a kit.  He also built an Eastport Pram.

• Mill Creek 13 Build Slideshow - Bart Bakelaar from New Jersey put together this great slideshow.

• Shearwater 17 Hybrid Blog  - Danny from Texas documents his Shearwater 17 Hybrid build.  Flawless finish, beautiful photos!

• Passagemaker Dinghy Construction - Excellent account of the Passagemaker building process. Great pics, detailed description, and a running total of time spent.

• Paddleboard Touring Blog - Check out George Weetman's adventures in the Pacific Northwest.

• Oxford Shell Blog - Eric from Spokane, Washington builds an Oxford Shell (and some other things).  Scroll down for the Shell.

• A Jimmy Skiff Blog - Ron Paro builds a Jimmy Skiff from plans. Beautiful work!

• An Eastport Pram Blog - Steve from Colorado builds a lovely pram named Geall.

• Mill Creek 16.5 Build

• Chesapeake 17LT Construction - Curtis from New Jersey documents his build.
  
  
• Boat Building by the Bay - 30 Annapolis youths build Peace Canoes.  Also documented here.

• Chesapeake 16 Expedition Windsurfer - Trey Wauchula from Tampa built a custom expedition windsurfer from a set of Chesapeake 16 plans!

• Oxford Shell Build - A great collection of photos from Patrick in Minnesota.

• Passagemaker Dinghy Construction 

• Peace Canoe Blog - Follow the blog of a family building a Peace Canoe. Great pictures.

• Oxford Shell Build - Eric Staggs from Washington details his build of a slightly modified Oxford Shell

• The Chronicle of a Mill Creek 16.5 Construction - Peter Eipers, of the Passagemaker blog above, has another one detailing his Mill Creek 16.5 build. He's even got videos of many of the steps.

• Viking Boat Shop - A teacher in Grand Island, New York documents his after-school boatbuilding projects for middle and high school kids. They are working on a Chesapeake 17 and two Mill Creek 13s.

• Pax 18 & LT17™ Construction & Outfitting - With tips on paddling to work 

• Building a Mill Creek 13™ - Another great Mill Creek™ construction journal 

• An Eastport Pram™ - Start-to-finish photo album of an Eastport Pram by Daniel Alvarez 

• Jeff Mazanec's Arctic Hawk™ - An Arctic Hawk™ built from a CLC kit 

• Kyle Tallent's Garage Boatbuilding - A good photographic play-by-play of a Chesapeake LT17™ 

• Loretta & Chip Dotcom - Chip Sandresky's assembly of a pair of Chesapeake™ kayaks 

• Pair O' Mill Creek 13s™ Website - By Kurt Maurer. One of the more entertaining CLC construction sites on the web. Also some very nicely executed Mill Creeks™

• Dave's Kayak Page - A finely crafted Chesapeake 17LT 

• "Yak City" - Chesapeakes™ built by James Grant and Chris Beckman 

• Mike Britt's Annapolis Wherry™ - A thorough site with excellent step-by-step photos and commentary 

• Steve & Sheryl Build a Kayak - Steve and Sheryl Baxter have built a number of CLC kits and they've recorded every step in this HTML tour de force. Don't miss it, but schedule a whole evening to enjoy the site 

• Andy's Stoked Page - Construction of an especially handsome Chesapeake 17™ 

• Tim Gustafson's Chesapeake 16™ - The thoroughly documented construction of a Chesapeake 16™ 

• Don's Kayak Building Page - A fine Mill Creek 15™ built by Don Martz

• Building a Skerry - A very detailed "diary" of a Skerry being built

• Building a West River - A great photo gallery of a West River 18 being built

• Mike's Kayak Page - An account of building a Chesapeake Double