Photos from Wednesday 7 January 2026.
Passagemaker Take-Apart · new build
LaunchedSerenity - CLC Passagmaker
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.
Watch the 30 second boat build video
Photos from Wednesday 14 January 2026.
Photos from Thursday 15 January 2026.
She rows beautifully. Even in the wind she tracked straight and true.
Photos from Monday 19 January 2026.
Nobody else here is logging a Passagemaker Take-Apart yet. See the boat.