Galilee

The boat is thoroughly covered at a weblog if you search ‘Flying Fifteen Pacific – 4034’. This will show pretty detailed construction throughout. I came across this design while searching through boat plans in the Hilo public library. I found the Uffa Fox design ‘Firefly’ and later with a web search discovered the flying fifteen. I acquired the plans from the UK then sat on it for several years. In the meantime I visited the Wooden Boat Festival and picked up some how-to’s. On Sunday, March 3, 2013, I restarted the work by figuring out how to get a keel. Once that was done it took off. The boat required 3 years to build. It is constructed in the cold mold method with 2 layers of 3mm marine ply. In 2016 the boat was moved to Santa Barbara, California and stayed there for 6 years. In January of 2024 it moved to Seattle.