Deja Vu

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In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
This is not your fatherโ€™s Catspaw Dinghy! The original Catspaw Dinghy is a traditional planked boat designed by Joel White. Deja Vu is an adaptation of the design to strip
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Araminta

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In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Built in the Bay of Island in New Zealand, Araminta was the only vessel in her class built as a sloop, the others are ketch rigged. solidly built (Kauri hull,
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discovery

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In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
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L K Patience

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
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Tjeld

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Traditional rowing/sailing faering from western Norway. Built by volunteers of yellow cedar on oak/locust. The name, Tjeld means Oystercatcher.
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Gokstad Faering

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Built for the History Channel, this is an exact replica of a Viking shipsboat found in the Gokstad Viking Ship, originally built in 860AD. Features carved stems, keel, and garboards
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Draiodoir

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Home Port: Olympia, WA Year Built: 1935 Designer: Ed Monk Sr. Type: Cutter (originally a sloop) LOA: 28โ€™ Beam: 7โ€™4โ€ Built in the Ballard shipyards in 1935, Draiodoir began her
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PattyB

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
PattyB was the fourth sailboat I have built and the third designed by Sam Devlin, whose work I deeply admire and feel in tune with. Construction required 4,000 hours over
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Rowena

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In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
Rowena is a 1963 Philip Rhodes cutter, 48 feet 9 inches, built of carvel Honduras mahogany planking on oak frames and backbone, bronze fastened, with a fir deadwood and a
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Happy

In Festival Boats 2026 on May 28, 2026
This traditional Norwegian faering was built by Jay Smith of Aspรธya Boats in Butler County Pennsylvania. Designed for the fjords of Western Norway, it is a pleasure to row.
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