Townshend

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 17, 2023
SS/V Townshend and SS/V Bear are replicas of yawls carried aboard HMS Discovery during her exploration of Puget Sound in 1792 – 95 by Captain George Vancouver. They live today
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Scout

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 17, 2023
Scout is a 38′ New Jersey Style wood Sportfish style yacht (Post switched to fiberglass around 1972). There are very few wooden versions left. Scout is carvel planked in Philippine
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Kootenai Power Drifter

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 17, 2023
The Kootenai Power Drifter is based on “The Bridges” design from Fletcher’s “Drift Boats and River Dories”. It is unique in that epoxy was utilized to fasten the mahogany plywood
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Sprig

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 15, 2023
Built in 1952, to designer Hanna’s specifications of Port Orford cedar and Eastern white oak, the Sprig has had four owners and been sailed exclusively in Northwest waters—twice to Alaska.
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Peggy C

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 15, 2023
A Finnish boatbuilder in Portland, Oregon was the first to build one of these skiffs. It became a popular boat in Lake Oswego, Oregon where there was once a whole
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China Cloud

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 15, 2023
Allen and Sharie Farrell not only built wooden boats on the beaches of the Gulf Islands on Coast Salish Territory, but inspired others to live healthy and meaningful lives full
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Maggie Mae

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 15, 2023
Well-built with cedar strip planing over mahogany and oak. Repowered with 115hp eTech. Safe and sound big little boat.
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Thea

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 15, 2023
Thea is a lightweight glued lapstrake version of a Ken Bassett “Liz”. She is 18 ‘ in length with a 3′ beam. The sliding seat frame can mount two feet
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Yankee Dime

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 15, 2023
Designed in 1913 as a class racer by Manley Crosby (The Crosby families began designing and building boats in 1744 on Cape Cod and continue today with the 8th generation
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Alice

In Festival Boats 2023 on May 15, 2023
This hull was built with a combination of western red cedar and African mahogany laminations. Powerd by a single Perkis diesel, she cruises at 8-10 knots with ample tankage and
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