Dorjun

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Dorjun was designed and built by Fred C. Beebe at Greenport in Long Island in 1905, originally as a surfboat for the U. S. Lifesaving Services in Coos Bay, Oregon.
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Buส”qสท

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Buส”qสท, pronounced approximately like ‘poke’ but with a ‘b,’ which is Lushootseed for duck (as in the bird), is a 16 foot replica ship’s boat that could have been carried
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SCOUT

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
I designed and drafted SCOUT’S plans in 2007-2008. In 2009 Helen and I approached Sam Devlin to build our boat and his crew crafted a beautiful boat. We were completely
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Glorybe

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
GLORYBE has survived a century of adventures. Her first was reported in Pacific Motorboat in 1917. โ€œPounding on the beach several hours in the January storm in which several Tacoma
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Grace O’Malley

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Grace O’Malley was built in Beaumont Texas by Dr. John Vardiman over a 20 year period. She has white oak frames planked with Atlantic cedar above waterline and Honduran mahogany
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Schooner Lavengro

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Built in 1926 and originally named โ€œHelen,โ€ Schooner Lavengro is a 2/3rds scale yacht built on the lines of the Biloxi shrimp and oyster schooners of the early 1900s. During
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Nicola B

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
The Nicola B was built in 1975 as a seiner in Vancouver, BC by the Wahl family for the BC salmon fishery, she was converted to a pleasure boat in
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NOMAD

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
NOMAD was launched in 1964 in Coos Bay, Oregon. She has had a succession of shipwright owners taking very good care of her, including a new stem, forefoot, and transom
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Camelot

For Sale

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Her carvel planked cedar hull is bronze fastened on bent oak frames. Hull material is red and yellow 1 1/8โ€™ cedar. Keel is Douglas fir. Framing is white oak 2โ€
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Blackbeard ii

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
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