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

When we think about boats, we often wonder, “Is she a keeper?” Alcyone is definitely a keeper. She was designed and built by Frank Prothero in his backyard in Seattle.

Bill Garden published this design in his 1977 book Yacht Designs. She traces her roots to George F. Holmes who is described as the father of the canoe yawl and

When I was 13 years old, I built my first boat, a 10-foot plywood skiff. Other boats followed until college, parenthood, and a career in the aerospace industry set a

Red Bomber is a double-cockpit runabout with a mahogany planked plywood hull, ring shank bronze fastened on sawn frames. Complete with Croslet-Aerojet pre-packaged 21-hp OHC 4-cylinder engine and belt-driven Vee-drive

RIPTIDE was built in 1927 by the Schertzer Brothers Boat and Machine Company, then located on the north end of Lake Union near the foot of Stone Way in Seattle.

Emma Rose is relatively new to us. After 20 years of sailing the Salish Sea and Canadian North Coast it was time to for a powered cruiser to make the

1500 hours from first sketches to varnish. The boat is a cedar-strip, recreational/open-water scull, loosely based on Graeme King’s immortal Kingfisher. It’s built with 1/8-inch Western red cedar & Alaska

TugZilla is the hub of a new business venture for Devlin Boat Co. and works as a harbor tug in the South Sound. She has accomodations for two in her

The solar boat Wayward Sun (Solar Sal 27) has been cruising the San Juan area for 2 years. The ride is calm and comfortable with minimal motor noise and no