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Catboat launched

Published 1:30 am Friday, March 17, 2023

Students watch as Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding instructor Korey Ruben splashes sea water on the hull of a recently completed 14-foot Cat boat built at the school and launched on Thursday. A Cat boat is a style that originated in the northeast and sailed around Martha’s Vineyard often as a party boat because it is wide enough to accommodate several people. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Students watch as Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding instructor Korey Ruben splashes sea water on the hull of a recently completed 14-foot Cat boat built at the school and launched on Thursday. A Cat boat is a style that originated in the northeast and sailed around Martha’s Vineyard often as a party boat because it is wide enough to accommodate several people. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Students watch as Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding instructor Korey Ruben splashes sea water on the hull of a recently completed 14-foot Cat boat built at the school and launched on Thursday. A Cat boat is a style that originated in the northeast and sailed around Martha’s Vineyard often as a party boat because it is wide enough to accommodate several people. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Students watch as Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding instructor Korey Ruben splashes sea water on the hull of a recently completed 14-foot Cat boat built at the school and launched on Thursday. A Cat boat is a style that originated in the northeast and sailed around Martha’s Vineyard often as a party boat because it is wide enough to accommodate several people. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Students watch as Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding instructor Korey Ruben splashes sea water on the hull of a recently completed 14-foot Cat boat built at the school and launched on Thursday.

A Cat boat is a style that originated in the northeast and sailed around Martha’s Vineyard often as a party boat because it is wide enough to accommodate several people.