Havhesten

In Festival Boats on November 13, 2018
Havhesten (“Seahorse”) was built in Langesund Norway. Her construction began before WWII but was halted soon after it started. Construction was finished just after the end of the war. She
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Grail

In Festival Boats on November 13, 2018
Grail was designed by Port Townsend designer Jim Ferris and built by NW Wooden Boat School graduate Jim Ferris. Jim and his partner Kiwi milled the lumber to build Grail
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Gooselodge II

In Festival Boats on November 13, 2018
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Glorybe

In Festival Boats on November 13, 2018
Glorybe was built in 1914 in a boatyard on Vashon Island owned by Charlie Taylor and Lewis Lee Grandy, the latter having started as an apprentice to Taylor. The yard
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Glencannon

In Festival Boats on November 13, 2018
I purchased Glencannon in 2007 after she had lain in a warehouse for almost 30 years. Her hull was built in 1974 by a yard in Newport Oregon that built
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Gannet

In Festival Boats on November 13, 2018
The 14’5″ Gannet daysailer was a new build from the nonprofit Gig Harbor BoatShop. The Gannet was designed by Ian Oughtred, a Scotsman well known for his small boat designs.
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Freebird

In Festival Boats on November 13, 2018
The FREEBIRD is a Murray Peterson Coaster III design. S/V FREEBIRD is a traditionally designed stepped flush deck, aft cockpit gaff rigged topsail two masted schooner, with raked stern and
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Flying Eagle

In Festival Boats on November 13, 2018
Flying Eagle, as named originally, was launched by Vinal Beal on the Moosabec Reach of Beals Island Maine in 1963. Vinal designed & built all such lobster boats during winter
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Fishing with TLC

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
I have always loved wooden boats and got to meet Ray Heater while taking fly-fishing lessons. He encouraged me to build one from a kit and taught me some new
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Fire-Drake

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
This boat was designed by the owner for solo sail and oar cruising in the Salish Sea and the Inside Passage. She completed a 300 nm trip from Victoria to
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