Lukey

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
I learned to sail about 10 years ago after my brother died. He and I had always talked about going sailing, but we hadn’t ever made the time for it.
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Eslo

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
Eslo is a Mebo 12 nesting dinghy designed by Klaus Metz. The boat was built over the course of 2 winters during the Covid pandemic 19/20 and 20/21. Constructed with
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Wine Glass

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
Double bench rowing wherry. With locally made oars from Grapeview Point Boat Works. A practal 19th century working boat. This wherry feature a plank keel, which makes it very easy
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While Aweigh

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
โ€œWhile Aweighโ€ is an 18โ€™ 6โ€ center console skiff, carefully built by her owner using stitch-and-glue construction from a precision CNC-cut kit made of 12 full sheets of premium Okoume
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Serenity

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
Serenity traces its origins to a working salmon set-net skiff, a type of boat shaped by long days on cold water and the practical demands of coastal fishing. This style
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Aqua Casa

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
My older brother Berkeley Eastman designed and built the boat and offered plans for sale. His firm, Berkeley Engineering, also designed and offered plans for a range of mini tugboats.
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Lizzy D.

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
I finished building my previous boat (Penobscot 14) in 2020 and right away wanted another build project. Something different. I really liked the look of the Jericho Bay Lobster Skiff
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Penguin

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
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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ALEMBIC

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
Sparkman and Stephens designed the 48โ€™ auxiliary cutter ALEMBIC to give her maximum windward ability (design #1479). Built by Chapman and Kalayjian, in Costa Mesa, CA, she was launched at
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PAX

In Festival Boats on August 23, 2026
Pax (Latin for Peace) is a spidsgatter (Danish for โ€œdouble enderโ€) built in Kalundborg, Denmark in 1936. The spidsgatter was a racing class begun in the mid-1920s as sail clubs
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