Murrelet was conceived as a downsizing project after nearly 40 years with my owner-built Lyle Hess Cutter Able. The plans were unavailable from the Nielsen estate but the lines were

The Merry Chase was built by Nakade Boat Works, Steveston, B.C. in 1929 for Ryotara Kita as a table seiner. Her hull is 2-1/2-inch fir carvel planked on 2-1/2-inch x

Starlight is based on an 1890s St Lawrence River Skiff built by Alexander Bain in Clayton, NY. The original design was stretched to 21′ in order to increase capacity and

Swampscott Dory “Dion”, cold moulded from cedar veneer, well maintained and in excellent shape. Comes with galvanized trailer, spars, rigging, sails and boat cover. Perfect for an afternoon sail in

Bolero is an original double-ended 40 foot sloop designed by the renowned N.A. Bill Garden and launched in 1965. Her distinctive appearance, clean lines, flush deck, and raking jack staff

Bjarne was built in a north Seattle garage. “The boat” provided a safe, creative and nearby distraction to the challenges of work and raising children. Many people helped out over

CORSAIR II “Corsair II”, custom designed by naval architect Leigh Coolidge and built in 1926 by Martinac in Tacoma for B. F. Jacobs, was a predicted log racer. Martinac Shipyard

The Red Star was built as a commercial work boat to fish out of Moss Landing, CA. She worked as far south as Morro Bay, CA and as far north

Senang Hati is the last boat built by the celebrated Vancouver Island boat builder, George Bruigom. He built her for himself in 1986 at Comox on Vancouver Island and sadly,

F/V Tordenskjold: Northwest Seaport’s “new” boat is a halibut schooner built in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood in 1911. She fished the North Pacific and Bering Sea for halibut, black cod, tuna,