Ariel of VictoriaIn 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
Misty Dawn IIIn 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
Nymph of LorneFor SaleIn 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
ProvidenceIn 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
TomteIn 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
Wilbur LarchIn 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
Island SpiritIn 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
PatamarIn 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
Gooselodge IIFor SaleIn 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
SkyeIn 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