Opus

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 19, 2022
Some boats are race boats. Some boats are cruising boats. Opus, a modified Wee Seal, designed by Iain Oughtred, is a boat that just seems to make people smile wherever
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Stormking

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 19, 2022
Built for the owner of Tacoma Boat Arne Strom. Originally named Bernice. Later a mission boat named Lower Light. Stormking returned to the Tacoma yacht club until she was owned
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Big Wave Dave

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 19, 2022
The Hvalsoe 16 lapstrake dinghy is considered by Eric Hvalsoe to be “the great compromise,” as it both rows and sails well. This craft’s fine ends make the Hvalsoe 16
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Ellen

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 19, 2022
12-foot single station dinghy. Glued plywood lapstrake construction, White oak stem, keel, rails, Sapele transom, meranti floors, and thwarts. The boat is displayed with a Stillwater trout fishing seat/floors.
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Joy

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 19, 2022
Joy was purchased back in 2016, as a stock Chesapeake Light Craft Skerry open hull rowing/sailboat, built by an unknown craftsman. The last owner entered her in the first leg
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Wet Dreams

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 19, 2022
Climb aboard this one-of-a-kind classic from the post-World War II era. Huckins boats were used as patrol boats during the war and a hand full were produced for recreational use
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Flygburen

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 19, 2022
All it took was standing in her cockpit. Her mast was not stepped and she was supported by the static steel of boat stands rather than the undulating sea, but
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Walden

In Festival Boats 2022 on August 10, 2022
Replica of an 1845 sixteen-foot Cutter from USS Massachusetts, the first US Steamer on Puget Sound, which arrived in 1850. Walden would have been one of the smallest ship boats
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Christmas Wherry

In Festival Boats 2022 on July 21, 2022
Brian enjoyed building this boat but discovered he did not like to row it that much. He gave it to us, and it saw use in Tomales Bay and the
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Lorraine

In Festival Boats 2022 on July 7, 2022
The seaworthy Nordic Folkboat Lorraine has truly been a gift to steward–from January of 1979 to the present. As a sailmaker of nearly 50 years, I have had the privilege
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