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Serenity - CLC Passagmaker

Passagemaker Take-Apart

Gregory · 2025 to 2026

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Serenity - CLC Passagmaker

Passagemaker Take-Apart

kept by Gregory

2025 to 2026

The boat

Passagemaker Take-Apart

Designer: John C. Harris
Plans from: Chesapeake Light Craft
Length overall: 11′ 7″ (3.53 m)
Beam: 4′ 8″ (1.42 m)
Construction: lapstrake plywood
Started: 11 November 2025
Launched: 19 January 2026
Built by: Gregory

With so many cruising boats carrying similar gray inflatable dinghies, I wanted something with its own character. S/V Kopelia is our personal home; her tender deserved the same care. Between November 2025 and January 2026, I built Serenity from a Chesapeake Light Craft Passagemaker Take-Apart kit. Her design is practical, too. She separates into two sections so we can stow her on deck during long passages. From the wood finish to her name sweeping across the transom, Serenity is another part of our life afloat made personal by hand.

What it took