Montana Wild

In Festival Boats on July 24, 2025
Montana Wild was the result of many contributing factors all culminating into something really spectacular. However, before I get into that discussion, I want people to know that this kayak
Featured image for โ€œMontana Wildโ€

LYRA

In Festival Boats on July 24, 2025
Lyra is a smaller guillemot kayak originally designed by Nick Schade, slightly modified to suit my design work for inlay development. She was originally built for a customer as a
Featured image for โ€œLYRAโ€

Summer Wind

In Festival Boats on July 24, 2025
No excerpt
Featured image for โ€œSummer Windโ€

Recycled Skateboard Canoe

For Sale

In Festival Boats on July 8, 2025
I started this build in January of 2020 just before anyone knew the world was about to change. Starting from used skateboards requires a lot more material prep than if
Featured image for โ€œRecycled Skateboard Canoeโ€

Wolfhound

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Since launching, Wolfhound has travelled some 35,000 nm visiting , Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands, Caribbean, Bahamas, east coast USA up to Maine, then Nova Scotia, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Colombia, Panama,
Featured image for โ€œWolfhoundโ€

Helma

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
My wife and I purchased Helma in 2006 and sailed her often in Puget Sound and the San Juan’s until 2017 when we decided to embark on a full restoration.
Featured image for โ€œHelmaโ€

Molly Sparks

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Molly Sparks was built in Oregon in 1970 and originally christened Lady Dina . She is a Wahl 39 foot converted fishing trawler. She fished the Oregon coast for a
Featured image for โ€œMolly Sparksโ€

Lucia

For Sale

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Lucia was built over many years by a craftsman on Fox Island. We found her 10 years a ago at this Wooden Boat festival. We realized that this was a
Featured image for โ€œLuciaโ€

Argonaut II

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Designed by Edsonโ€ฏB. Schock and built in 1922 at W.R.โ€ฏMenchions Shipyard in Vancouver, BC, Argonautโ€ฏII was commissioned as “Greta M.” as a corporate yacht for the Powell River Paper &
Featured image for โ€œArgonaut IIโ€

Jura

In Festival Boats on July 3, 2025
Jura was commissioned using a design from Doug Peterson that was published in the July 1976 edition of Wooden Boat Magazine. The original design was for a pragmatic, budget, racer-cruiser.
Featured image for โ€œJuraโ€

Get all the Festival News

We will send you our latest insights from the festival as they are released.