Ellen

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2022
12-foot single station dinghy. Glued plywood lapstrake construction, White oak stem, keel, rails, Sapele transom, meranti floors, and thwarts. The boat is displayed with a Stillwater trout fishing seat/floors.
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Joy

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2022
Joy was purchased back in 2016, as a stock Chesapeake Light Craft Skerry open hull rowing/sailboat, built by an unknown craftsman. The last owner entered her in the first leg
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Wet Dreams

For Sale

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2022
Climb aboard this one-of-a-kind classic from the post-World War II era. Huckins boats were used as patrol boats during the war and a hand full were produced for recreational use
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Flygburen

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2022
All it took was standing in her cockpit. Her mast was not stepped and she was supported by the static steel of boat stands rather than the undulating sea, but
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Walden

In Festival Boats on August 10, 2022
Replica of an 1845 sixteen-foot Cutter from USS Massachusetts, the first US Steamer on Puget Sound, which arrived in 1850. Walden would have been one of the smallest ship boats
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Christmas Wherry

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2022
Brian enjoyed building this boat but discovered he did not like to row it that much. He gave it to us, and it saw use in Tomales Bay and the
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Lorraine

In Festival Boats on July 7, 2022
The seaworthy Nordic Folkboat Lorraine has truly been a gift to stewardโ€“from January of 1979 to the present. As a sailmaker of nearly 50 years, I have had the privilege
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Sunnyside

In Festival Boats on July 6, 2022
Sunnyside was a COVID project built in the spring of 2020. 14 ft in length, 6 ft beam, cruising displacement is 1,000 lb. While her topside, cabin, and coach construction
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Ebb

In Festival Boats on July 6, 2022
Every now and again, we build a boat for ourselves. We wanted a good rowboat, which meant it had to meet several criteria: โ€ข It had to row very well.
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Raging Turtles

In Festival Boats on July 6, 2022
A beautiful rowing craft! Raging Turtles is my first wood boat project. In 2021 it was restored and upgraded based on subsequent boat building projects and in the SEVENTY48 rowing
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