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
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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
Ouzel
For Sale
In Festival Boats on September 7, 2023
This Sam Devlin design was custom built by Tom Larkin of Seattle and has proven herself worthy on at least one previous trip up the Inside Passage towards Southeast Alaska.
Faamu Sami
For Sale
In Festival Boats on September 7, 2023
Ray Speck built this boat in a, surplus military prefab barracks boat shop that he and Kit Africa shared, perched upon an old, deteriorating WWII Sausalito slipways pier. It’s a
Destiny
For Sale
In Festival Boats on September 7, 2023
Bright finished yellow cedar cold molded hull sloop. Large sail plan
Moonshine
For Sale
In Festival Boats on September 7, 2023
Moonshine is a well built boat from the days of classic wooden boats. She has been well maintained over the years and is a joy to be on.
