Waterstrider

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 24, 2025
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Thelonius

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 24, 2025
Thelonius is a one-off custom design. Built in 1953, she looks 1920’s. A Portland Oregon dentist wanted a ‘traditional-style’ boat, so Ed Monk, Sr adapted an earlier plan. The result
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NW Mystic

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 24, 2025
For Jessie, NW Mystic’s story begins at the 2022 PT Wooden Boat Festival, my first time ever exhibiting my kayaks. During the festival, a woman named Jessie sees my work
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Alki

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 24, 2025
Alki was built for a special friend who lives in the greater Seattle area. It features inlay work representing extremely personal and impactful moments in their life. Although this kayak
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Montana Wild

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 24, 2025
Montana Wild was the result of many contributing factors all culminating into something really spectacular. However, before I get into that discussion, I want people to know that this kayak
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LYRA

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 24, 2025
Lyra is a smaller guillemot kayak originally designed by Nick Schade, slightly modified to suit my design work for inlay development. She was originally built for a customer as a
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Summer Wind

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 24, 2025
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Recycled Skateboard Canoe

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 8, 2025
I started this build in January of 2020 just before anyone knew the world was about to change. Starting from used skateboards requires a lot more material prep than if
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Wolfhound

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 3, 2025
Since launching, Wolfhound has travelled some 35,000 nm visiting , Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands, Caribbean, Bahamas, east coast USA up to Maine, then Nova Scotia, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Colombia, Panama,
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Helma

In Festival Boats 2025 on July 3, 2025
My wife and I purchased Helma in 2006 and sailed her often in Puget Sound and the San Juan’s until 2017 when we decided to embark on a full restoration.
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