Handy Billy News Today

The 62nd annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days will take place on Sunday, June 23 through Saturday, June 29. This year we will celebrate our local boatbuilders and shipwrights. Please visit boothbayharborwindjammerdays.org for the full schedule...

21' Handy Billy launch designed by Harry Bryan and built by Geoff Kerr/Two Daughters Boatworks. Atlantic white cedar planking over white oak frames. Custom features include deck layout, seating arrangement, side wheel steering, bright finished mahogany coaming, trim and under-deck storage fore and aft. Dodger and full mooring/storage cover. 25-hp Honda motor and trailer. Located in Deer Isle, Maine. $16,000.

James Stevens considers a problem sent in by a Yachting Monthly reader who, this month, asks how do you recover a man overboard?

This custom-built wooden runabout is 21′ in length, with a 6′ beam and a draft of 18″. It is powered by a 25-hp Honda four-stroke outboard, encased in cabinetry at the stern.

This custom-built wooden motor launch is 21′ in length, with a 6′ beam and a draft of 18″. It is powered by a 25-hp Honda four-stroke outboard, encased in cabinetry at the stern.

BOWLER is a cruising version of the TOP HAT launch.