Scherzo

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 29, 2024
Scherzo is a home-built, 14′ power dory. Her hull is from a design by the late Jeff Spira of Huntington Beach, California. Her interior was designed by the builder around
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Idyl

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 29, 2024
Idyl is a Haiku sharpie designed by Iain Oughtred in 2007. The design was inspired by Munroe’s Egret, but adapted for camp cruising. He added two feet in length and
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Abishag

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 29, 2024
Abishag was built by Edmund Lincoln Devreaux in Vallejo California and launched in 1970. Lincoln was a retired shipwright from Bear Island, US Navy Yard. She is a modeled from
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Blue Starr

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 29, 2024
Laid up in 1970, launched in 2005, two brothers working at the Nanoose Shipyards in Nanaimo (Vancouver Island) built Blue Starr with Bill Garden’s blessing. Garden, who lived on Toad’s
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Buʔqʷ

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 29, 2024
Buʔqʷ, pronounced approximately like ‘poke’ but with a ‘b,’ which is Lushootseed for duck (as in the bird), is a 16 foot replica ship’s small boat from the 19th Century.
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ALEMBIC

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 29, 2024
Sparkman and Stephens designed the 48’ auxiliary cutter ALEMBIC to give her maximum windward ability (design #1479). Built by Chapman and Kalayjian, in Costa Mesa, CA, she was launched at
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Tern

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 29, 2024
Built In Port Hadlock and launched in 1983. She’s an Atkins design. Sailed to Hawaii and back by the owner builder. The next owner raced her in many ancient mariner
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Bright Star

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 28, 2024
“Bright Star” is a Tolman Jumbo 24, from a design by Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska. As are all the Tolman boats, she is a plywood stitch-and-glue wooden boat, and
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Julia

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 27, 2024
20 FOOT WOODEN MOTOR LAUNCH Asking $25,000 OBO This beautiful fan tail round bottom craft was designed and built by Cliff Niederer. She was built with care of the finest
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Olive Oyl

In Festival Boats 2024 on March 27, 2024
I purchased the down on her luck 1927 fishboat from the Port of Bellingham in 2006. I knew she was a wreck, but even in her decrepit condition her classic
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