Ariel of Victoria

In Festival Boats 2018 on July 18, 2018
Ariel of Victoriaโ€™s keel was laid in Fred Petersonโ€™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 decadesโ€”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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