Waterstrider

In Festival Boats on July 24, 2025
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Thelonius

In Festival Boats on July 24, 2025
Thelonius is a one-off custom design. Built in 1953, she looks 1920’s. A Portland Oregon dentist wanted a ‘traditional-style’ boat, so Ed Monk, Sr adapted an earlier plan. The result
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NW Mystic

In Festival Boats on July 24, 2025
For Jessie, NW Mysticโ€™s story begins at the 2022 PT Wooden Boat Festival, my first time ever exhibiting my kayaks. During the festival, a woman named Jessie sees my work
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Alki

In Festival Boats on July 24, 2025
Alki was built for a special friend who lives in the greater Seattle area. It features inlay work representing extremely personal and impactful moments in their life. Although this kayak
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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
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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
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Summer Wind

In Festival Boats on July 24, 2025
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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
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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,
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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.
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