The Beginning

16/7/2016

There are two ways to build the Chesapeake Light Craft's Expedition Wherry. You can go on their website and order the complete kit. This will deliver to your door everything but the oars and sliding sea mechanism. All the wood will be pre-cut and the instructions and fitting out will be quick and simple.

The other way is the harder, if slightly cheaper way. You order the plans. This gives you two rolls of 20 foot long sheets of paper with full size drawings for all the wood you need to cut out. It also comes with a very handy book of instructions to explain to you in plain terms exactly what you are getting into.

If you go this route, you need to supply everything, the epoxy, the glassfibre, the wood, the wire, and the know how to bring it all together into something boat shaped. While the kit may not be for the faint of heart, the plans method requires a certain amount of madness.

Guess which way I decided to go.

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Preface

While I grew up along the shallow salty waters of Southern New Jersey's back bays, It was not until High School that I learned to row. While illness kept me from joining the Crew Team, it gave me the knowledge and need to get back on the water again in a slender boat designed for all out speed.

The Expedition Wherry is a not a slender and tippy racing shell, it is not even a recreational shell, it is a beast onto itself that has most of the speed of a shell, but is seaworthy like a kayak. Able to carry over 400 pounds in cockpit and both sealed compartments, this is the perfect boat for a day on the water or a weekend of "camp cruising" on some deserted island beach.

Building the CLC Expedition Wherry

The Beginning

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Preface