Buy a Boat

Support the Museum and our programs by buying a boat from us! We sell refurbished powerboats, sailboats, and wooden boats that have been donated, as well as our own handcrafted wooden boats. Scroll down to see the most up-to-date list of boats available to buy or skip down to a category:

Paddling & rowing boats

Chester Yawl
Price: $4,000
Price with Trailex trailer: $4,800
Selling location: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

This beautifully constructed 15′ rowing boat is in like new condition and comes with a pair of spoon blade oars. It was built from a Chesapeake Light Craft kit. Learn more about the kit here.

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Coquina
Price: $3,000
Price with trailer: $3,500
Selling location: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

This carefully built bare hull was designed by NG Herreshoff in 1889 and adapted for plywood epoxy construction by Doug Hylan and Maynard Bray. The hull comes with a set of plans to complete the project. Learn more about this hull and boat here.

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16′ 1908 Old Town Canoe
Price: $3,000
Selling location: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

This canoe is a classic 16′ cedar and canvas Old Town canoe, beautifully restored at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. After researching its serial number, we believe it to be hull #7384, finished on January 29, 1908. Click on any image to open a larger gallery view.

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18′ 1924 Old Town “Guide Special” Canoe
Price: $3,000
Selling location: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

This beautiful Guide Canoe has been painstakingly restored and will be ready for delivery in early summer 2023. As noted in the builder’s file (see photo), it was sold to Camp Chickewah in Harrison, ME in 1924. If you are looking for a fully functional, antique, traditional cedar and canvas caboe that has the capacity for expeditions, this boat is for you. Click on any image to open a larger gallery view.

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14′ Sturdee Dory (on trailer)
Price: $3,000
Selling location: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Restored at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Please note, boat does not have a motor.

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16′ 6″ Cedar & Canvas Canoe
Price: $2,500
Selling location: Small Boat Exchange

This cedar and canvas canoe was beautifully built by a local Vermont boat builder and is in like-new condition.

16′ Piscataqua River Wherry
Price: $2,000 ($2,500 with trailer)
Selling location: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

This river wherry was build in a class with boat builder Geoffrey Burke in 2003. A beautiful and capable rowing boat, it was restored by the team shown here at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and tested right in our harbor. Click on any image to open a larger gallery view.

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Shellback Dinghy
Price: $2,000
Price with trailer: $2,500
Selling location: Small Boat Exchange

Beautifully built 11′ 2″ Shellback Dinghy designed by Joel White. Oars and boat cover included.

Old Town Canadienne Canoe
Price: $1,200
Selling location: Small Boat Exchange

This canoe was just beautifully restored by the team at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Yachts & sailboats

Motorboats

Engines & motors

1938 Palmer YT Marine Engine (includes original manual)
Price: $1,500
Selling location: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

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