Discovery

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2021
DJim McCurdy had Bill Garden Design Discovery for his 40th Birthday. She was built to Yacht standards by the Vic Franck yard on Lake Union in Seattle in 1963. She
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Varya

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2021
Varya is mahogany planked over oak frames with a fractionally rigged Sitka Spruce mast and synthetic standing rigging. She was designed to be a racer/cruiser and as a result she
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Kristi Jean

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2021
In the mid-1950s, seeing a need for a shallow draft planing boat that would safely handle rough sea conditions while crossing the river bars off the Northwest coast, renowned boat
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Sargasso

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2021
Sargasso was commissioned by east coast sailor and built in brazil in 1964. Carvel planked and no butt joints as lumber choice was readily available and part of the reason
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Ladyhawk

For Sale

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2021
North Sea fish boat/sailboat built in Esbjerg, Denmark, in 1934. Fished Dogger Bank for 40 years until her retirement in 1977. She was bought and converted to a comfortable sailing
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Barquito II

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2021
Barquito II is a Chesapeake Bay dead rise skiff with a D.N. Hylan design hull and a builder imagined cabin. She is intended to be a slow cruising highly efficient
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Helma

In Festival Boats on June 30, 2021
Helma was built in Kalundborg, Denmark in 1938, Helma sailed the waters off Kalundborg and Copenhagen until she was shipped to San Diego in 1960. Her name had been changed
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Veteran

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2021
BACKGROUND: The Skansie purse seiner Veteran, launched in 1926, is a beautifully restored sample of one of the most recognized and significant vessel designs to have originated from Gig Harbor.
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Mana Kura

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2021
This 1958 Cheoy Lee Pacific Clipper is an early version of the Frisco Flyer. Soon after taking ownership in 2020, the boat has received 14 new sister frames, an updated
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Ghost Fly

In Festival Boats on June 29, 2021
The Ghost fly is a Mckenzie River drift boat, built by Keith Steele in 1982. She is made of 16-foot lengths of knot-free old growth Douglas fir plywood with Port
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