Velella

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2021
Built in San Diego by the original owner who had been gathering parts as a teenager for several years prior to building. He sailed her for 12 years including to
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Windsong

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2021
Windsong the Yawl was our home for a couple years in Olympia. In 1955 Her design was published in Yachting Magazine as a Cruising Yawl. Through the years of being
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Chloe

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2021
Chloe was launched in 1960. Details are sketchy until the late 1970’s when she was purchased by Greg Smith in Rowayton, CT. A survey identified her as having been built
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Carmelita

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2021
Commissioned in Tacoma, Washington in 1935 by Norton Clapp, Carmelita was built as a private yacht. Harold Lee of San Francisco designed her to Mr. Clappโ€™s specifications, and her construction
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Rhinegold

For Sale

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2021
Rhinegold is a rare example of an almost unaltered and intact powerboat built at a time when “gas-powered launches” were a rarity. She was a social hit for her owner,
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Alan Gwinner

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2021
My boat, yet unnamed, is a Pete Culler designed wherry, a traditional riveted white cedar lapstrake hull. Built by Geoff Burke, Chocorua Boat Works, NH, 2012.
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Madame Libby

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2021
Madame Libby’s journey began in 1931 at Libby Cannery in Alaska with just a haul and sail; she spent days filled to the gunnels hauling fish back to the cannery.
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Indian

In Festival Boats on July 21, 2021
Combination of westry & African Star/Andy; no plans from Garden on record for this style as it was a one-off and Bill was a friend of Andyโ€™s family who we
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La Vita e’ Bella

In Festival Boats on July 20, 2021
La Vita e’ Bella was named by her previous owner who was of proud Italian heritage and a skilled model boat builder. Her name means “This Life is Beautiful!” and
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Isobar

In Festival Boats on July 20, 2021
Built in 1962 at the renowned Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong to race the TransPac, Isobar is a 45โ€™ LOA full-keel sloop with a 12โ€™ maximum beam and a
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