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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Electric Philosophy

In Festival Boats on July 5, 2022
Electric Philosophy is a solar electric catamaran designed for comfortable, extended self-sufficient cruising by a couple and one or 2 guests. The concept for Electric Philosophy grew out of the
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Runaround Sue

In Festival Boats on July 1, 2022
I call this my COVID boat since it was constructed in 2020 and the first half of 2021 while I was hiding in my shop. The sawn frames are constructed
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Hoku Hele

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2022
This boat was built in Florida and then trucked to the customer In San Diego. The boat was sold and moved to Everett WA sometime in the late ’60s. The
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Bright Star

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2022
Bright Star is a Tolman Jumbo 24, from a design by Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska. As are all the Tolman boats, she is a plywood stitch-and-glue wooden boat. The
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