Ariel of Victoria

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Ariel of Victoria’s keel was laid in Fred Peterson’s boatyard on Vancouver Island near Nanaimo in 1972. Carvel planked in Alaskan yellow cedar over oak frames with a western red
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Misty Dawn II

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Chesapeake Light Craft’s PocketShip is a small cruising sailboat meant to sail well on all points, provide dry camping for two adults, and trailer easily. PocketShip uses state-of-the art construction
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Nymph of Lorne

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Nymph was built by McGruer & Co. in Scotland in 1963. She spent her first 15 years sailing in Scotland, then sailed to BC via the Atlantic, the Canal, and
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Providence

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Built in Denmark in 1903 as an Anchor Seiner, Providence worked in the North Sea for several decades—serving in both World Wars and commandeered by Germany in WWII. After repatriation
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Tomte

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Tomte was built in 1946 in Alert Bay BC as a logging camp tender for work in Seymour Inlet. She later worked as a fish boat working up and down
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Wilbur Larch

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Wilbur larch, a Harrier design by Antonio Dias, was built by me, Andy McConkey and launched in 2014. Wilbur Larch is built of glued, lapstrake plywood along with other various
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Island Spirit

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
22′ Surf Scoter designed by Sam Devlin and built by Jim Griffing. This is the outboard in a motor well powered semi-displacement version of the Surf Scoter. Construction began in
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Patamar

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Home built in 1937 by a Boeing engineer, this vessel is red cedar over white oak for the hull with the cabin of teak. The decks are canvas. A Yanmar
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Gooselodge II

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Gooselodge II is a Devlin Surf Runner 25 design, built in 2003 with The Stitch and Glue Method of construction. She has a 160hp diesel sterndrive engine and runs at
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Skye

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
SKYE is a Lyle Hess 32, built by William and Elaine Eppick over a period of eight years and launched at Port Townsend in 1989. SKYE has a strip-planked Port
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