Rear view of the 16 foot Brockway Skiff. The skiff was built using the lines of the origional Brockway skiffs. The Brockway skiffs were built in Old Saybrook CT for three generations ending in 1996. Primarily they started as fishing boats for the CT and Housatonic river Shad and Scallop fishermen. A 16 footer was a small boat for Brockway who also made blunt nose scows. Vessels of 20-30 feet were not unusual and the slight Earle Brockway made them by himself. He was famous for driving a old Caddy around and also using it as a fulcrum for bending the large strakes and floor beams with rocks on the long boards. Anyway, more later, here are some photos I took yesterday as I get her ready for here first voyage of the season.
I made a ladder for climbing in and out. It folds up and stays out of the way when not in use.
I know, I get a lot of smerks about the paint job. I just like flowing lines I guess.
She is low and wide. The two horse kicker will move her at nearly hull speed in a fix.
The 8 horse was bought almost new, it had been a kicker for a sailboat and still had the inspection sticker on the lower leg.
OK, needs a coat of paint. I have since cleaned the winter stuff out. It's a frekin' plywood boat, what cover?
She is smiling at us, see!
The swim ladder out of the way.
I would have never built this boat for me, a guy had me build it then backed out so I rigged it up. Great boat for playing with the kids, and (only because of speed limitations) fishing in smaller water. However, thanks to a generous rec.boater, the speed problem should be a quick fix ;)
I over engineered the butt end as the origional buyer was going to put a 75 horse on it. And yes, he did know what he was getting into, grew up with these boats all his life, flipped em' before, ugh.
Wide and, uh, um... wide! She is 6 1/2 feet at the sheer.
This is just a nice shot of the shape.
More structure in the rear end. The transom is two 3/4 inch sheets with a 6 oz sheet of cloth and resin inbetween as well as all the bracing. She is a pretty heavy boat but I can still flip it by myself, and I am not a big guy..

Play room. The battery stores under the bow seat. I have switches for the lights on the left, and the fishfinder and compass on the right, you can see them on the center seat facing the rear, small silver circles toward sides. Wiring is routed above the floor but low in plastic tubing.
There's my stupid mut in the background.
Well that's it.