Sound Experience sails the historic schooner Adventuress to educate, inspire, and empower an inclusive community that works to improve our marine environment and celebrates our maritime heritage. Since her launch

“Neenah” was named for the Winnebago Indian word for Water. She was constructed in December, 1959 by just two workers at the Thompson Brothers Boat Works in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. A

Olo is a copy of a Keith Steele drift boat modified with a sealed compartment and a self-bailing rowing station. She is used as a training boat for Grand Canyon

John Welsford SCAMP, 11′-11″ Balanced Lug, Cuddy Cabin, Water Ballasted Off-Center Centerboard Mini-Microcruiser. Plywood kit built by owner at Northwest Maritime Center 2012-2013 Propelled by 100 sq-ft Lugsail and oars

Ripple is a locally-built cutter with 3 trips to Alaska under her keel. She was built by the Northwest School for Wooden Boat Building, the first of 3 Atkins Gary

Lazy Jack is a Chesapeake Bay style power skiff. Karl Stambaugh based the Redwing 18 design on Howard Chapelle’s Camp Skiff design from the 1940s, stretched half a foot and

The small gaff rigged topsail sloop “Katie” was built to recreate the sailing experience and look of a sailing vessel typically to the turn of the century. From handmade brass

Bright Star is a Tolman Jumbo 24, from a design by Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska. As are all the Tolman boats, she is a plywood stitch-and-glue wooden boat. The

She has had a topsides rebuild in 2007, a new rig of local sitka in 2015, and I purchased her in 2017. In march of that year I hauled her

Built in 1938 by Blanchard Boat Company in Seattle for Markus Mayer Jr as “We’re Here”. Launched with sistership Tola. Past owners include Dr. Carl Jensen, AC Woodley, David Skinner