Festina Lente

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
This is a striking example of taking a classic boat design and applying custom features to keep the weight quite manageable yet balancing the variety of complementing woods to produce
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Felicity Ann

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
The mighty, tiny Felicity Ann was used by Ann Davison in her 1954 historic voyage. Ann became the first woman to fo a solo ocean crossing. What made it more
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Fable

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
“Fable” was designed with Chapelle in mind. A circle was drawn around 3 guitar players to determine her beam. Center board eliminated for comfort of playing music and living aboard.
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Emily Ruth

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
Emily Ruth is a Somes Sound 12-1/2’. Designed by John Brooks, the SS is derived from the well known Herreshoff and Haven 12-1/2’s. Unlike those boats, she is glued lapstrake
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Ellie J

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
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El Mistico

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
From Pacific Motor Boat magazine, January 1928 “El Mistico”, a 44-Footer with Diesel Power. The application of the low powered oil engine to the propulsion of medium-sized yachts and work
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Eileen R

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
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Ebbtide

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
A 32′ customized for Puget Sound cruising. Flybridge removed and a new roof built in its place, mast and boom removed, solar panels installed on the new roof. Hardtop cockpit
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Ebb

In Festival Boats on October 31, 2018
“Ebb” is a glued lapstrake varient of the 1911 Lake George Boat “Winona” which is in the Mystic Seaport collection. The Lake George Boats were recreational boats derived from the
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Dreamer

In Festival Boats on October 26, 2018
This is the Graduate 25, design #712, from the Build-a-Boat Plans catalog from Sydney, Australia. It was built near Portland, Oregon at Heydon Island on the Columbia River in 1987
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