In Festival Boats on March 21, 2024
In 2022, we bought this abandoned 50-year-old boat as a foreclosure from Pleasant Harbor Marina on the Hood Canal. As our first project as a married couple, we hauled Pallin’
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Dragons Fly
In Festival Boats on March 21, 2024
Dragons Fly was built in Bellingham WA, by Brown and Elder. A Bob Finch one off, 4 layer cold molded mahogany, over 2″ stringers. She has long chord fin keel,
Lux
In Festival Boats on March 21, 2024
Lux is Latin for ‘Light’. Lux began her career in the early 1980’s as the ‘Spirit of C-Troop’ – a training vessel for a troop of Sea Scouts in Vancouver,
Puffin
In Festival Boats on March 21, 2024
As a new owner of this fine “little ship”, it is a real pleasure to have Puffin a part of the wooden boat show once again. Bill Garden designed this
Limfjord
In Festival Boats on March 20, 2024
Built in 1969, strip planked mahogany, with 3” sheer plank added. Bent Jesperson kept her in Sidney B.C. as the family boat. The 3 kids learned to sail, evidently quite
Illusion
In Festival Boats on March 20, 2024
By Rob Wilkinson My brother John and I grew up on Mercer Island Washington, a paradise in the 1950s with gravel roads, cottages on Lake Washington and forests to play
Whitupau
In Festival Boats on March 20, 2024
Whitupau is a dugout Oceanic Proa. The main hull is dug out of a western red cedar log, while the ama is dug out of a driftwood log. Typical of
Air Snipe
In Festival Boats on March 20, 2024
The Air Snipe (ex SC-1068) was laid down Dec 10th of 1942 as PC-1068 in Camden NJ by Mathis Yacht Building Company (later became John Trumpy & Sons); she was
Stephanie E.
In Festival Boats on March 20, 2024
Stephanie E., was built by the well-known boat builder, Dan Jones in Sausalito, Calif. in 1980, She is built to the lines and plans found in John Gardner’s Book: Building
Haverchuck
In Festival Boats on September 7, 2023
The Hvalsoe 18 measures 18′6″ by 5′4″, Her rig is an easy to reef lug yawl. Design displacement is 750lbs. Designer Eric Hvalsoe says his goal for the design was
