Coming Up Roses

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In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
The latest kayak is “Coming Up Roses,” which is another Guillemot 17’ boat modified to celebrate the beauty of multiple roses and the natural colors of the different wood species.
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Kayak for Nanc

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
Custom-built strip kayak for my wife Nancy. The boat is based on the Guillemot 17’ designed by Nick Schade but modified to accommodate the art and inlay work. The wife
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Claudia M.

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
Built at the Matsumoto Shipyard in Vancouver, B.C. Claudia M. was originally christened “Seamus”. In 2002, an extensive refit was completed including full interior remodel and repower by a previous
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Dillipy Anne

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
This boat was built and mostly used around Seattle and kept in Lake Union. It has somewhat of a history of changing hands for a song to people who truly
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Sea Cloud

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
Built during the depression by Merton Christianson to transport he and his wife from Kelso, Wa down the Columbia and up the coast to Alaska to find work. They failed
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JD Crow

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
Ron Bowen built J.D. Crow in the spirit of British Columbia’s long tradition of beautiful and seaworthy homebuilt sailboats, with Allen Farrell as premier guru. Ron was a fisherman, logger,
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Rebecca

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
This boat was designed by Renn Tolman who had over 20 years of designing and building skiffs for the commercial fisherman in Homer, Alaska. Tolman skiffs are dory-style skiffs with
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Raven

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
Raven 77 made her way to Port Townsend a few years ago. Although most all Raven’s hale from New England, this boat was built in San Francisco. Cold molded construction
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North star

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 22, 2022
The Robb White sport boat is a blend of a freighter canoe and a skiff. Designed over Rob’s 50+year career with many revisions. This versatile 16’ boat weighs is at
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Wonderlust

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 19, 2022
Wonderlust is an old race cruiser. She prowled lake Washington with monster 427 gas engines for decades, competing in races when she wasn’t taking her multiple owners around the sound.
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