Veteran

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
The Skansie purse seiner Veteran, launched in 1927, is a beautifully restored sample of one of the most recognized and significant vessel designs to have originated from Gig Harbor. One
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Willow

For Sale

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
Willow was designed for us by Phil Bolger and built by Carl Brownstein, Rights Oโ€™ Man Boat Works, Shelton, Washington. She is a shallow draft (2 feet) leeboard cat-yawl launched
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Wine Glass

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
Artical in Wooden Boat magazine about the Druck Trap. https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/duck-trap-wherry/
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TOPAZ

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
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UNO

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
Michael Norman built her at Mud Bay on Lopez Island. She was basic transportation for Decatur Island owners until federal agents seized her for rum running; they used her as
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Pallin’ Around

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
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Pax

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
Pax (Latin for Peace) is a spidsgatter (Danish for โ€œdouble enderโ€) built in Kalundborg, Denmark in 1936. The spidsgatter was a racing class begun in the mid-1920s as sail clubs
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Pert

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
William Garden designed the โ€œCaptain Blackburnโ€ after reading about Howard Blackburn, a New England sailor who lost his fingers to frost bite. Despite his disability, Blackburn commissioned a small cutter
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Swampscott Dory

For Sale

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
From a side yard in Sausalito CA, this boat was rescued by a notable sailor and lovable dock rat sometime in the 90’s. It was cared for and poured over
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Eclair

For Sale

In Festival Boats on August 8, 2025
Rare classic runabout built in 1954 by Tomahawk Boat Co., Tomahawk, WI. Lapstrake construction of marine plywood with enclosed bow, windshield, and water well in the stern. Underwent restoration in
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