Elinor

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2021
Elinor is my second attempt at strip-built kayaks and is designed by Nick Schade of Guillemot Kayaks. Elinor is also the name of my second-born daughter who had a significant
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Epic

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2021
Community Boat Project has sought for over a decade to create the ultimate non-motorized educational vessel. Schooner-rigged, rowing 8 oars and capable of the multi-day unsupported sailing expedition, Epic is
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TERN

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In Festival Boats on August 19, 2021
Tern has sailed to Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, and Polynesia. A real deep water-capable, well-made balanced boat. Comfortable 2 berths, midget pot belly, and Swedish Swing Gimbled cooking stove, sink, air-tight
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Ariadne

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2021
Ariadne is a Jolly boat designed by Greg Foster and built by the owner, Jack Stewart. Throughout her life, she has carried Jack, his wife, his three sons, and three
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Bandwagon

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2021
The Hvalsoe 16 is a comfortable and stable rowing boat. Bandwagon began life with a spritsail rig, since converted to a balanced lug yawl. The rig and many details have
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Nevermore

In Festival Boats on August 19, 2021
Nevermore began her life in the imagination of her builder, Ralph Eastland. With an axe in hand and an imagination in his heart, Ralph went into the forests of British
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Houat

In Festival Boats on August 18, 2021
Houat was built at Evergreen State College based on the Zimmer Design from Wooden Boat Magazine. At some point, it ended up at a Maritime Museum in Anacortes, then given
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Tjeld

In Festival Boats on August 18, 2021
Jay Smith of Aspรธya Boats in Anacortes, Washington, led the Friday Guild. a small group of aspiring boatbuilders, in the construction of this 20โ€™ gjetbรฅt fรฆring. The gjetbรฅt is a
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Katie M

In Festival Boats on August 18, 2021
Our catboat Katie M is a 20′ Cape Cod catboat designed by Crosby and built in 2009 by the NW School of Wooden Boat Building. She is a sister ship
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Hiyu

In Festival Boats on August 6, 2021
Hiyu is a 10โ€™6โ€ version of Harry Bryanโ€™s Fiddlehead design, referred to as a โ€œdecked canoe.โ€ Okoume plywood was used throughout the construction. The designer intended the boat to be
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