Hylan & Brown – Boatbuilders – Brooklin, Maine – Building and Restoring Classic Wooden Boats

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    • 14′ GARVEY, PRO BUILD, 25HP YAMAHA
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    • SOLD: 29′ Alden Triangle
    • SOLD: 20′ AMADEN
    • SOLD: 29′ BRENDA KAY
    • SOLD: 16′ Belle
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Design Blog

Through special arrangement, Doug’s blog posts for offcenterharbor.com (a membership website) are available here:

  • BERET, A Low-Impact Coastal & River Cruiser
  • Resizing a Boat Design—Some Things to Think About
  • My Favorite Rig and Why
  • SELKIE—My Personal Dreamboat: A 23′ Keel-centerboard Sloop
  • Long Ends or Short?
  • Good Reads: Recommendations by Doug Hylan
  • What About a Sailboat’s Displacement? Doug Hylan Discusses Light and Heavy
  • TUVA II, A New Concept for Cruising the Intracoastal Waterway
  • Notes on Boat Design, Part II—Three Basic Hull Types
  • Notes on Boat Design, Part 1 — The Case for Going Slower
  • Learning from Experience; My Biggest Disaster and What it Taught Me
  • The Influence of Joel White
  • Why Choose A Traditionally Built Boat?
  • The Three Boats I Lust After (and Why)

 

VIDEOS

Click below to see previews of the these Hylan-related offcenterharbor.com videos. Visitors can opt in to offcenterharbor.com to see the full version.

The Joy of Having a Boat Built: An Outboard Cruiser Takes Shape

A Good Boat, Up Close – The Chesapeake Crab Skiff

Brilliant Designs, Small Powerboats: Handy Billy, Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff & More

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Hylan & Brown - Boatbuilders
10 Frank Day Ln
Brooklin, ME 04616
207-359-9807



Ellery Brown:
ellery@dhylanboats.com

Doug Hylan:
doug@dhylanboats.com


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14' Garvey for sale.

14' Garvey. Trailer and 25hp Yamaha included. $13,500

For sale: PELICAN - 30' Crab scrape boat. Built 2017 by Hylan & Brown. $69,000

For Sale: SPIRIT - 24' Classic wood bass boat. $42,000

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  • Home
  • Design ▾
    • Stock Plans (Power) ❯
      • ALBURY BROTHERS RUNABOUT
      • BEN GARVEYS
      • BOWLER (+Kit)
      • D’ANNA
      • DIANA
      • HIRD ISLAND ELECTRIC SKIFF
      • MARSH HEN
      • OONAGH (+Kit)
      • POINT COMFORT 23
      • POINT COMFORT 18 (+Kit)
      • PRETTY MARSH
      • TOP HAT
      • WICOMICO
    • Stock Plans (Sail/Row) ❯
      • BEACH PEA (+Kit)
      • BENJAMIN RIVER PEAPOD (+Kit)
      • CHESAPEAKE CRAB SKIFF
      • N. G. Herreshoff COQUINA
      • HIRD ISLAND ELECTRIC SKIFF
      • LITTLE CRAB (+Kit)
      • OONAGH (+Kit)
      • SIRI
      • WESTPORT SKIFF
    • Kits
    • On the Drawing Board
    • Sketch Book
    • Custom Design ❯
      • BERET
      • CALIDRIS
      • SELKIE
      • TUVA II
    • Design Blog
  • New Construction ▾
    • SCOUT – 43′ Cruiser
    • AUK – PC23 Electric
    • GATSBY
    • PELICAN
    • BEDOUIN
    • 14ft BEN GARVEY
    • BEACH PEA
    • SKYE
    • COQUINA
    • PELICAN
    • BAGATELLE
    • POINT COMFORT 18
    • DELIVERANCE
    • BERNADETTE
    • BRENDA KAY
    • SWEETGRASS
    • POSTHASTE IV
    • MARSH HEN
    • ZEPHYR and SUZANNA
    • LIGHT BREEZE
    • PAGAN
    • TUG
    • Four HANDY BILLY launches
    • CHESAPEAKE CRAB SKIFF
  • Restorations ▾
    • MOLLY B.
    • PENOBSCOT
    • KRISTIN
    • AIDA
    • KUAN YIN
    • NELLIE
    • DIANA
    • GRAYLING
  • About Us ▾
    • Directions
    • Our Crew
    • Careers
    • Merchandise
    • Articles and Press ❯
      • Articles
      • Why Wood?
      • Design Blog
      • Hylan Boats in the Press
    • Newsletters ❯
      • Winter 2017-2018
      • A Restoration Opportunity
      • Spring 2016
      • December 2015
      • Selkie
      • Summer 2014
      • Fall 2013
      • 2013 Maine Boatbuilders Show
    • Videos
  • Brokerage ▾
    • 14′ GARVEY, PRO BUILD, 25HP YAMAHA
    • 30′ PELICAN – Crab scrape boat (2017).
    • 30′ JIAN LING
    • 24′ SPIRIT
    • SOLD: 29′ Alden Triangle
    • SOLD: 20′ AMADEN
    • SOLD: 29′ BRENDA KAY
    • SOLD: 16′ Belle
  • In the Shop
  • Maintenance