Buʔqʷ

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
Buʔqʷ, pronounced approximately like ‘poke’ but with a ‘b,’ which is Lushootseed for duck (as in the bird), is a 16 foot replica ship’s small boat from the 19th Century.
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Gipsy

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
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Misty B

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
Back in 2020, as covid was raging, I decided I needed a project to keep me busy. I was looking at boats on YouTube and came across a man with
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Destiny

For Sale

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
This boat was built in Tacoma by men trained in Port Townsend. It’s name is after Tacoma – The City of Destiny. She has newer sails and electronics. 20hp yanmar
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Blue Starr

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
Blue Starr was built by two shipwright brothers of Nanoose Bay Boatworks – at the time in Nanaimo – in 1970. They primarily worked on fish boats, so many work
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Ramona

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
After a small stroke in 2011 I took on building a wooden kayak to help with the paralysis and weakness of my right side. This was a really uplifting fun
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Dolly

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
Dolly was builton Lake Union in 1990 by John Guzzwell, renowned for circumnavigating in the home-built sloop, Trekka, and the subsequent book, Trekka Round the World. Designed as a stretched
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Sit-on-Top Kayak

For Sale

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
This kayak was designed by Jack Bedard, of Bedard Yacht Design in Tarpon Springs, Florida. It has a dry cockpit through the use of scuppers, along with two waterproof dry-bag
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KHOYA

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
Way back in 1979 KHOYA handily circumnavigated Vancouver Island; immersing her current owner into the heart of Native country and the wild riches of our Pacific Northwest waters. Later sailing
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Dorjun

In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025
This year Dorjun celebrates her 120th birthday! Dorjun was designed and built by Fred C. Beebe at Greenport in Long Island in 1905, originally as a surfboat for the U.
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