Whitney

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
The Chesapeake Light Craft Expedition Wherry is a computer cut kit make of okoume plywood – a boring presentation. To enhance the overall appearance, the deck is overlaid with western
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Nil Desperandum

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
Nil Desperandum is seven years old now, and with each passing year I appreciate Sam Devlin’s design eye more and more. While it looks thoroughly traditionalโ€”perhaps late 19th or early
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Mona-C

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
It’s an East Coast codfish dory. It’s used on San Francisco Bay and the Lost Coast in California. It’s also used up the coast from California to Washington.
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Emily Ruth

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
Emily Ruth is a Somes Sound 12-1/2โ€™. Designed by John Brooks, the SS is derived from the well known Herreshoff and Haven 12-1/2โ€™s. Unlike those boats, she is glued lapstrake
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Trine

For Sale

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
Trine is one of the few remaining 40kvm2 Spissgatter racer-cruisers built between 1938โ€“47 in Sarpborg, Norway. These were not “one-designs” but built to a “restriction measurement rule”. This meant designers
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Ginger

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
Original hull designed and built by Pat Spurlock to serve as a plug, out of which came the mold for the Elliott Bay Steamlaunch. Dan Pence radically altered the low
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Integrity

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
Integrity is a 35′ twin-diesel โ€˜Fantailโ€™ Cruising Yacht, designed and built by Sam Devlin. She has a well-thought-out combination of aesthetic traditional lines, modern construction methods, and advancedโ€”yet practical for
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La Boheme

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
La Boheme is one in a series of William Atkin designed double-enders. This one is the Eric. Modeled after Norwegian rescue boats at the turn of the century, the Eric
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Wynken

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
Wynken is a sweet clinker built 12 ft. wooden row boat with a beam of 4′ 8″. She was built by Ken Douglas Boatworks in Burnaby BC, Canada in about
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Theia

In Festival Boats on July 26, 2018
Theia introduced us to some special Port Townsend friends and craftspeople who took part in her rebirth. We are grateful to Gary and Nancy Fredrick, the Tucker family, Randy Charrier,
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