Scout

In Festival Boats 2022 on July 5, 2018
Scout is a John Carlson Design, Sam Devlin built 23 ’ raised deck cruiser. In 2018 I cut off her transom, added 3 ½ feet of stern and had Devlin
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El Mistico

In Festival Boats 2022 on July 5, 2018
A number of such installations have been made on the West Coast and are being watched with keen interest by motor boat operators everywhere. A particularly striking yacht installation was
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Penguin

In Festival Boats 2022 on June 29, 2018
Penguin is a 19′ Bartender which is a unique double-ended planing boat designed by George Calkins. She is one of the last hulls he built and advertised in the back
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Chesuki

In Festival Boats 2022 on June 21, 2018
Using only the lines drawing from the Dori book we measured and created a sheet of offsets to loft her. Thanks to the Newport Marine science center loft and bandsaw,
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Betsy D

In Festival Boats 2022 on June 21, 2018
Built in Anacortes in 1977 (same year as the first Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival) by a 20 year old aspiring boat builder named Bo Garrison who took the lines
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Sir Isaac

In Festival Boats 2022 on June 21, 2018
Sir Isaac was built in 1984 for shorthanded offshore sailing. We bought her in 2001 and sailed her for 5 years before deciding to undertake the task of restoring her.
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Whisper

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2022 on June 20, 2018
Whisper was built in 1957 by the Thomas Knutson Shipbuilding Corporation in Halesite, Long Island, New York. She was designed by Sparkman and Stevens as part of their “Pilot” series
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Joshua

In Festival Boats 2022 on June 20, 2018
Joshua’s hull and deck were built by Bill Elliott of Bay Ship and Yacht with a hands-on assist by owner Bill Harpster. Line drawings for Joshua were taken from R.D.
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Silva Bans

In Festival Boats 2022 on June 20, 2018
Built in Oregon in the ’90s of Fir and Black Locust with no bedding compounds or antifungal agents, she had a leaky deck that let in rainwater carrying fungal spores
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Laurie T

In Festival Boats 2022 on June 20, 2018
Laurie T is Bill Garden’s 1955 design #280. Launched in 1960, she was built in Pete Teller’s Seattle back yard and named for his wife. Still nearly original, with Chrysler
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