Combination of westry & African Star/Andy; no plans from Garden on record for this style as it was a one-off and Bill was a friend of Andy’s family who we

La Vita e’ Bella was named by her previous owner who was of proud Italian heritage and a skilled model boat builder. Her name means “This Life is Beautiful!” and

Built in 1962 at the renowned Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong to race the TransPac, Isobar is a 45’ LOA full-keel sloop with a 12’ maximum beam and a

Celeste is the second kayak I have built of this design. The first I built for my wife and she has enjoyed it paddling around Washington and Vancouver Island, B.C.

Que Será is hull number 11 of a limited production run of 19 K43 Sloops built by Kettenburg Marine, San Diego in the mid-1960s. To our knowledge, she is one

The Aleutian Tern was designed in 1963 by the legendary Northwest designer William Garden, for Seattle builder Warren Teller. Teller built her in the yard at his home in Seattle

Talaria has been cruising the Northeast since she was built in 1953 at the Hinckley yard in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The Hinckley 36 “standard” sloop was only ever built in

Restoration of This Boat, Hull #246: Beware of the “free” boat. Hull number 246 was past its useful life when it came into my possession. Large sections of planking had

Nearing retirement, I decided to build one last boat. Little did I know this project would take almost 10 years! Paul and Eric at Bieker Boats had been thinking of

Banjo was designed to live on a trailer and has cruised waters from the Gulf Islands in British Columbia to San Francisco Bay to Monterey. My wife and I have