Recycled Skateboard Canoe

In Festival Boats on July 8, 2025
I started this build in January of 2020 just before anyone knew the world was about to change. Starting from used skateboards requires a lot more material prep than if
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Wolfhound

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Since launching, Wolfhound has travelled some 35,000 nm visiting , Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands, Caribbean, Bahamas, east coast USA up to Maine, then Nova Scotia, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Colombia, Panama,
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Helma

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
My wife and I purchased Helma in 2006 and sailed her often in Puget Sound and the San Juan’s until 2017 when we decided to embark on a full restoration.
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Molly Sparks

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Molly Sparks was built in Oregon in 1970 and originally christened Lady Dina . She is a Wahl 39 foot converted fishing trawler. She fished the Oregon coast for a
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Lucia

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Lucia was built over many years by a craftsman on Fox Island. We found her 10 years a ago at this Wooden Boat festival. We realized that this was a
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Argonaut II

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Designed by Edson B. Schock and built in 1922 at W.R. Menchions Shipyard in Vancouver, BC, Argonaut II was commissioned as “Greta M.” as a corporate yacht for the Powell River Paper &
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Jura

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Jura was commissioned using a design from Doug Peterson that was published in the July 1976 edition of Wooden Boat Magazine. The original design was for a pragmatic, budget, racer-cruiser.
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Martha

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Built in 1907 for San Francisco Yacht Club Commodore J. R. Hanify, and named after his wife, Martha Fitzmaurice Hanify, Martha is a B.B. Crowninshield design built at W. F.
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Hiyu

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Hiyu is a 10’6” version of Harry Bryan’s Fiddlehead design, referred to as a “decked canoe.” Okoume plywood was used throughout the construction. The designer intended the boat to be
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Sassafrass

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
After completion of the refit of Sassafrass, we spent several years cruising the Pacific coast of North and Central America and through the Panama Canal into Eastern Caribbean. When our
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