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Page 2: Chesapeake Light Craft's OkoumeFest at Matapeake State Park, Kent Island, Maryland
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CLC staff hustled some 60 demo boats down the hill to the beach on Saturday morning. (Making an unholy mess of Matapeake State Park's groomed walking path.)
Sailboats poised on Saturday morning.
The beach on Saturday morning.
Boatbuilder Dan Thaler, ignoring the rain.
Kids don't care about rain!
The Tenderly XP prototype made an appearance and stayed busy all day.
The Tenderly XP under sail.
John Harris held a rigging seminar.
Rigging seminar.
Chris Beckman was among the Chesapeake Paddlers Association members who managed on-water safety all day on Saturday, their TWENTIETH year doing so.
Dudley Dix brought an Argie 15, a terrific little sloop you can build from a kit.
Argie 15 by Dudley Dix
You won't often see so many wooden boats in one place! Attendees came from all over the US and Europe.
The Waterlust Canoe saw continuous action all day.
Heavy traffic near the beach.
Taking a break from the rain.
Waterlust Canoe and Tenderly XP.
Tenderly, Passagemaker Dinghy, and a Chester Yawl.
Phil Smith came over from Fyne Boat Kits, our UK agents based in Cumbria. Here he is enjoying the proper "British clinker dayboat" known as Tenderly.
Nick Schade's prototype microBootlegger Sport skin-on-frame kayak got lots of water time. Here are a whole bunch of videos of this interesting kayak.
Plenty of things for kids to do. Just give them a bucket.
An Eastport Pram and an Eastport Nesting Pram standing by for on-water demos.
The kids' model boat table.
Future boatbuilder.
An electric-powered dinghy.
Beautiful skin-on-frame kayak brought by Chris Beckman. Chris says, "That's the Delmarva Team Build. Anders Thygesen did the cockpit and led the build at the Delmarva Paddlers Retreat last year. All wood sourced in Delaware and out of trees at Camp Arrowhead in Lewes, DE"
CLC's new Oxford Shell II debuted in public for the first time.
Intended for rec-racing, workouts, or ocean rowing, the Oxford Shell II is 20’10” long and 21” wide.
CLC's Nicky Stimpson led a stand-up paddleboarding demo
