Dark Harbor 17, launched August, 2006

Herreshoff 12 1/2 reproduction, launched August 2007

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Artisan Boatworks is a state of the art, custom boatbuilding facility located in midcoast Maine. Our master craftsmen have many years experience, utilize the very latest wood boatbuilding technologies, and specialize in the reproduction of timeless classic designs. We have access to the extensive archives of Herreshoff, Crowninshield, William Fife, Starling Burgess, John Alden, Sparkman and Stephens, Joel White, and many others. We demonstrate extraordinary pride in our craft, and adhere to the highest standards of workmanship and efficiency; combining period aesthetics with cutting edge performance and low maintenance.

If there is a favorite one-design from your past, we can bring back an exact reproduction with all of the class, and none of the maintenance headaches. Rebuilds are also a specialty, returning existing boats to as-new or better condition, with particular emphasis on the preservation of original materials, methods, and character.

If you’ve always dreamed of owning a classic, we can help you discover a prestigious design that perfectly meets your needs, or customize a design to suit your individual taste. For those who would like to join an existing fleet, we work closely with yacht clubs and class associations to ensure that our reproductions will be accepted and competitive on the race course.

Please contact us today for an estimate or to discuss your vision. We offer unparalleled customer service, uncompromising quality, and complete mooring to mooring storage and maintenance services. New wooden boats are not only at the forefront of custom boatbuilding technology; they are an investment in heirlooms, sure to appreciate for generations to come.

Watch Hill 15 Reproduction

For more images of our newly launched Watch Hill 15, visit photographer Jamie Bloomquist's gallery at www.jamiebloomquist.com/ArtisanWatchHill

Current Projects:
This fall we are simultaneously rebuilding a 30’ Sparkman and Stephens Dark Harbor 20 for a family on Islesboro, and a Clinton Crane designed Idem scow from upper St. Regis Lake in the Adirondacks. 14 Items were built for this particular community in 1900. One hundred and ten years later, 13 of them still race together on the same lake! We’re building spars for the Schooner Lettie G. Howard at South Street Seaport in New York, and just finished putting a new transom in a Herreshoff 12 1/2 from North Haven.

Beginning in January we have been commissioned to build our third Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 for a family in Connecticut, and then a Herreshoff Fish Class for a family in Southern Maine.

As always we will be at the Maine Boatbuilders Show in March, and are now accepting new projects for delivery in Spring of 2011.

For more on what we’ve been up to please read our newsletters:
Fall 2008
Spring 2009
Winter 2010

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Herreshoff’s Buzzards Bay 15

Full keel version of Herreshoff’s Buzzards Bay 15, launched in 2009
To see more photo’s of MURMUR, visit Alison Langley’s gallery.

Featured Design: The Seawanhaka Knockabout

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Designed in 1897 for the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club of New York, this beautiful little knockabout would make an ideal daysailer for occasional overnight use. At 33’ over all and 21’ on the water, she can be hauled and stored on a trailer, and is designed to be fast yet comfortable in the gusty winds and choppy seas often experienced on Long Island Sound. She has an external lead ballast keel drawing only 4 feet, and centerboard extending down 7 feet. Accommodations are comfortable for up to six daysailing, two overnight, and because all sails are self-tacking she could be easily single handed. This design could easily accommodate a small auxiliary engine beneath the self-bailing cockpit, or be re-designed with a marconi rig.