photo: Ipswich Bay 18
photo: Alpha Dory 21
Dan Noyes is an accomplished Wooden BoatBuilder on the North Shore of Massachusetts. Following in a family tradition of boatbuilding, Dan practices his craft in Newbury, Massachusetts.
...more about Dan's Work History
* N E W S F L A S H *
September 2008: Videos posted on YouTube and Wooden Boat Videos of the Alpha Dory "Spear" sailing in Newbury, MA.
August 2008: Dan and Joel have finished the Alpha Dory "Spear" and showed her off at three boating events: Small Reach Regatta (ME), Antique and Classic Boats Festival (MA), and Gloucester Schooner Races (MA). She won award for best hand-powered craft at the Antique and Classic Boats festival.
August 2008: Dan is building an Alpha Dory with the help of Joel Peck. He hopes to have it completed in time for the Small Reach Regatta, August 14-17th, 2008.
June 2008: Dan came to the Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT again this year. Many people recognzed the Ipswich Bay 18 from the article in Small Boats magazine. Dan plans on working on this year's Wooden Boat and Professional Boatbuilder Design Challenge!
Winter 2007-2008: After the 2007 Wooden Boat Show, Dan Segal came to try out the Ipswich Bay 18, and wrote all about it! Watch for the article in the 2008 "Small Boats" edition of Wooden Boat magazine! Find Dan and his Design on page 90.
Fall 2007: Bob Hicks of Messing About in Boats published a story Dan wrote about his trip down to the 2006 Gloucester Schooner Races. See the story here!
Summer 2007: Dan exhibited his Ipswich Bay 18 design at the 2007 Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT. Shortly after the Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT, Wooden Boat representatives contacted Dan about running an article about the Ipswich Bay design. ...more about the 2007 Wooden Boat Show
* R E C E N T P R O J E C T S *
*Building an Alpha Dory in his barn. ...more about the Alpha Dory
*Designing a new class of sailing dory, building the first Ipswich Bay 18 for a local customer. ...more about the Ipswich Bay 18
*Creating oversized Steam-Powered boat models for the New England Model Engineering Society. He exhibited at the February 2007 meeting in Waltham, MA. ...more about the NE Model Engineering Society
...more about Dan's Pop-Pop Engines and Boats
*Evaluating and Assembling Wooden Dollhouses for a small business owner.
*Leading and Implementing a Boat Model Building project at Lowell's Boat Shop as part of a high school entrepreneurship class. Simultaneously, a middle school class worked with Dan at Lowell's to build a Merrimac Skiff.
* U P C O M I N G P R O J E C T S *
*Finding an owner for the new Alpha Dory. ...more about the Alpha Dory
*A possible Historical Reproduction / Replica of a Shallup for the 375th Anniversary of the Town of Newbury. ...more about Shallup plans
*Continued work on Steam-powered Wooden Boats and Pop-Pop boat planning. ...more about Pop-Pops
*Continued development of the Ipswich Bay class, perhaps building another one on speculation in the near future.
...more about the Ipswich Bay
Dan is always available for consulting, restoration, design and construction work. Please contact dan with any questions, ideas or projects.
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