Discovery

In Festival Boats 2021 on April 11, 2024
Jim McCurdy had Bill Garden Design Discovery for his 40th Birthday. She was built to Yacht standards by the Vic Franck yard on Lake Union in Seattle in 1963. She
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Saturday Night Special

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 19, 2021
This SNS was built in Texas for the Texas 200, but health problems stopped the builder from entering the race. The second owner planned to sail it in the Texas
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Chencharu

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 19, 2021
Chencharu is one of two Harrison Butler boats built in 1950 in Malaysia. I bought her in Australia in 1977. I circumnavigated Australia and then eventually sailed most of the
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Elinor

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 19, 2021
Elinor is my second attempt at strip-built kayaks and is designed by Nick Schade of Guillemot Kayaks. Elinor is also the name of my second-born daughter who had a significant
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Epic

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 19, 2021
Community Boat Project has sought for over a decade to create the ultimate non-motorized educational vessel. Schooner-rigged, rowing 8 oars and capable of the multi-day unsupported sailing expedition, Epic is
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TERN

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 19, 2021
Tern has sailed to Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, and Polynesia. A real deep water-capable, well-made balanced boat. Comfortable 2 berths, midget pot belly, and Swedish Swing Gimbled cooking stove, sink, air-tight
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Ariadne

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 19, 2021
Ariadne is a Jolly boat designed by Greg Foster and built by the owner, Jack Stewart. Throughout her life, she has carried Jack, his wife, his three sons, and three
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Bandwagon

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 19, 2021
The Hvalsoe 16 is a comfortable and stable rowing boat. Bandwagon began life with a spritsail rig, since converted to a balanced lug yawl. The rig and many details have
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Nevermore

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 19, 2021
Nevermore began her life in the imagination of her builder, Ralph Eastland. With an axe in hand and an imagination in his heart, Ralph went into the forests of British
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Houat

In Festival Boats 2021 on August 18, 2021
Houat was built at Evergreen State College based on the Zimmer Design from Wooden Boat Magazine. At some point, it ended up at a Maritime Museum in Anacortes, then given
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