El Mistico

In Festival Boats on July 5, 2018
A number of such installations have been made on the West Coast and are being watched with keen interest by motor boat operators everywhere. A particularly striking yacht installation was
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Orn II

In Festival Boats on July 5, 2018
To save time we ordered our hull parts to be cut by West Coast Boat Works of Bend, Oregon. We asked Chuck at West Coast Boat Works to increase the
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Malle

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2018
Malle is a spidsgatter, 30 square meter class, built in Denmark in 1936. Last year a major repair of the backbone was performed at the Wooden Boat Foundation’s boatshop. Recent
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Ship of Fools

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2018
“Ship of Fools” was purchased 3 years ago to serve as a lightweight, easy to maneuver vessel to get out on the water and this boat fits the bill well.
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Penguin

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2018
Penguin is a 19โ€ฒ Bartender which is a unique double-ended planing boat designed by George Calkins. She is one of the last hulls he built and advertised in the back
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Schatzi

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2018
A 22โ€ฒ Bartender built true to George Calkinsโ€™ sea-worthy, double-end, planing design. Schatzi was built by a German merchant marine living in California. Her name means โ€œLittle Darlingโ€ which she
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Pleiades

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2018
Pleiades was purchased by Kay Robinon in the winter of 1979. At that time she was just a hull….no decking, deck framing, or cabin. Her spars however, were included, as
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Bout

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2018
This 38 square meter sloop designed by Marius Sofus Joannes Hansen in November, 1935, was built by Thomsen Boatyard in Kalundborg, Denmark and launched in 1939. Bout has undergone a
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Riptide

In Festival Boats on June 26, 2018
Elco Yachts built this 53โ€™ Motor Yacht to serve as the flagship at the 1939 New York Boats Show. She was purchased during the show by restaurant owner Howard Johnson,
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Hiyu

In Festival Boats on June 26, 2018
Hiyu is a 10โ€™6โ€ version of Harry Bryanโ€™s Fiddlehead design, referred to as a โ€œdecked canoe.โ€ Okoume plywood was used throughout the construction. The designer intended the boat to be
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