Murrelet

In Festival Boats 2024 on July 22, 2019
Murrelet was conceived as a downsizing project after nearly 40 years with my owner-built Lyle Hess Cutter Able. The plans were unavailable from the Nielsen estate but the lines were
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Bolero

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2024 on July 8, 2019
Bolero is an original double-ended 40 foot sloop designed by the renowned N.A. Bill Garden and launched in 1965. Her distinctive appearance, clean lines, flush deck, and raking jack staff
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Morning Star

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In Festival Boats 2024 on July 8, 2019
Launched in 1948, Morning Star’s first owners were Walter and Katy Maertens, who were one of the six founding couples of the Seven Seas Cruising Association. They lived aboard in
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Solitude III

In Festival Boats 2024 on July 3, 2019
Solitude III is a John C. Harris-penned “PocketShip” sailboat. Per the designer, this stitch and glue boat, “is a small cruising sailboat of refined model, meant to sail well on
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PattyB

In Festival Boats 2024 on July 3, 2019
Sam Devlin designed the Song Wren in 2011, but this first example was completed and launched in 2019. I made a few minor alterations in the design, most notably using
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Macaw

In Festival Boats 2024 on July 3, 2019
Macaw is a Presto-type gaff-rigged centerboard ketch. Designed by Sam Crocker and built by his son S. Sturgis Crocker at Crocker Boat Yard in Manchester, MA in 1956. She was
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M. V. Integrity

In Festival Boats 2024 on July 3, 2019
1993 ‘Czarinna 35’ twin-Diesel ‘Fantail’ Cruising Yacht designed & built by Sam Devlin (Devlin Designing Boat Builders, Olympia). Combination of aesthetic traditional lines, modern construction methods, and advanced technology.
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Zena

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2024 on November 26, 2018
I bought this partly-completed HADRON dinghy and completely redesigned the interior, fitting self-draining floor, daggerboard and cassette rudder. It’s designed to float low when capsized so that it’s easier to
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Thelonius

In Festival Boats 2024 on November 21, 2018
Thelonis was custom built in 1953 for a Portland Oregon dentist who wanted a ‘traditional-style’ boat, so Ed Monk, Sr modified one of his 1920’s plans. Built by Admiral Marine
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Seven Bells

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In Festival Boats 2024 on November 14, 2018
A classic pilot-house cruiser, this 1929 Stephens Brothers boat was built in Stockton, CA, one of eight or nine boats using the same blueprints. Seven Bells has won the top
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