Strait Talk

In Festival Boats on June 24, 2022
Strait Talk is truly one of a kind! She was built in 1947 by L.E. (Earl) Fowler at Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. She was built of reclaimed Port Orford
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Mabel

In Festival Boats on June 24, 2022
1953 33′ Chris Craft Capitan twin engine cruiser. We brought it home on January 1st, 2012, there was quite a bit of snow on the roads so we had to
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Anna Bray

For Sale

In Festival Boats on June 24, 2022
My Two-masted spirit sailboat was hand-made in Alaska from Sitka spruce with oak and Purple Heart blocks. The plans can be found in the book called Pete Cullerโ€™s boats, titled
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Orange Crush

In Festival Boats on June 24, 2022
The Cocktail Class Wooden Race Boat or Skua first appeared in Rudder Magazine in 1939. Charles McGregor designed this small racing skiff to take advantage of a new building material
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Orpheus

In Festival Boats on June 24, 2022
Gary Mull was commissioned by Sparkman & Stephens to design an ocean racer to compete with the Cal 40. The result was the Spirit 33 strip planked sloop. Six were
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Santorina

In Festival Boats on June 24, 2022
Santorina is a 38ft Schooner that incorporates a number of unique features from the former owner that required careful planning from the outset. The boat would be used on the
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St. Brendan

In Festival Boats on June 24, 2022
I first saw this vessel at Wooden Boat Fest 2012, having been a boater for many years already, I was drawn to what I perceived as a โ€œdoableโ€ boat to
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No name

In Festival Boats on June 17, 2022
This is a traditionally built cedar lapstrake hull on oak frames, footed lug sail, and no engine. After sailing and owning fiberglass boats for many years, I grew to want
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Whistler

In Festival Boats on June 17, 2022
Karen and Randy are the fourth owners of Whistler. She was returned to the Devlin shop for a refresh and upgrade in 2013 by her third owner. When we purchased
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Ern

In Festival Boats on June 17, 2022
ERN is built of mahogany planks on white oak frames by John Barkhouse in Chester, Nova Scotia, in 1957. She is well known on the B.C. coast, from the pilot
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