Emily RuthIn Festival Boats on July 26, 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
TrineFor SaleIn Festival Boats on July 26, 2018 Trine is one of the few remaining 40kvm2 Spissgatter racer-cruisers built between 1938–47 in Sarpborg, Norway. These were not “one-designs” but built to a “restriction measurement rule”. This meant designers
GingerIn Festival Boats on July 26, 2018 Original hull designed and built by Pat Spurlock to serve as a plug, out of which came the mold for the Elliott Bay Steamlaunch. Dan Pence radically altered the low
IntegrityIn Festival Boats on July 26, 2018 Integrity is a 35′ twin-diesel ‘Fantail’ Cruising Yacht, designed and built by Sam Devlin. She has a well-thought-out combination of aesthetic traditional lines, modern construction methods, and advanced—yet practical for
La BohemeIn Festival Boats on July 26, 2018 La Boheme is one in a series of William Atkin designed double-enders. This one is the Eric. Modeled after Norwegian rescue boats at the turn of the century, the Eric
WynkenIn Festival Boats on July 26, 2018 Wynken is a sweet clinker built 12 ft. wooden row boat with a beam of 4′ 8″. She was built by Ken Douglas Boatworks in Burnaby BC, Canada in about
TheiaIn Festival Boats on July 26, 2018 Theia introduced us to some special Port Townsend friends and craftspeople who took part in her rebirth. We are grateful to Gary and Nancy Fredrick, the Tucker family, Randy Charrier,
RavenIn Festival Boats on July 26, 2018 Raven is an example of a Swampscott Dory, built to Ian Oughted’s Stickleback Dory design (part-decked sailing version). Swampscott dories were originally designed for launching through the surf and fishing
OdysseyIn Festival Boats on July 26, 2018 Odyssey is the rowing version of an 18′-6″ traditional lapstrake Marblehead Gunning Dory as described in the drawings of John Gardner’s, “The Dory Book.”
Ariel of VictoriaIn Festival Boats on July 18, 2018 Ariel of Victoria’s keel was laid in Fred Peterson’s boatyard on Vancouver Island near Nanaimo in 1972. Carvel planked in Alaskan yellow cedar over oak frames with a western red