Tagalong 

1954  LOA   22’       Beam   7’ 1”       Draft   22”

Shepherd Boats   Model 110  Niagara on the Lake, Ontario  Scale 1”: 1′

 

Hull# 1901

For over 50 years, Shepherd Boatworks manufactured exquisite watercraft at their  Niagara on the Lake plant.  Tagalong is a prime example. She demonstrates the family’s commitment to excellence and embodies both elegance and speed. Having spent much time studying her lines, I continuously found curves that were just right, sensuous, never overstated but somewhere beyond subtle. For me, she is the very essence of a “speed boat.”

For this model, rift-cut African Sapele is used for the deck and topsides.  It captures the colour and lustre of the Mahogany used in the construction of Tagalong.  It is laminated from 0.5” lifts cut to follow the sweep of the sheer and the chine. Canadian Curly Maple at the waterline offers a sense of water rushing by the hull with quarter-sawn South American Lacewood below reinforcing the cadence and representing the hull’s gold colour. The finish is blond shellac over tung oil. Finally, the model is protected with carnauba wax.

The mounting board is North American Walnut veneer edged with solid Nogal from South America. The inlay is Sapele, Anigre and Maple. The finish is hand-rubbed tung oil brought to a high lustre to capture the ghost of the port h. The board is also protected with carnauba wax. The rudder and strut are copper. The prop and cutwater are brass. The latter is electroplated chrome.

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