SofiaIn Festival Boats on May 8, 2025 Sofia, a William Garden designed North Sea Trawler, was built by Gordy Hall and another shipwright over the course of 14 months and launched as GAY NINETIES in Sechelt, BC,
Flying EagleIn Festival Boats on May 8, 2025 There is nothing quite like watching a classic Maine Lobster Boat cutting through the cold waters with her low freeboard and graceful sheer. The Flying Eagle, as she was originally
Katie M.In Festival Boats on May 8, 2025 Our catboat Katie M was built locally at the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building and was launched in 2009. She is a reproduction of a working catboat from the
PlutoIn Festival Boats on May 8, 2025 Pluto was purchased around 1986, right before I started working for Anchor Jensen at Jensen Motor Boat Co. in Seattle. The boat seemed in fairly good shape at the time,
ChloeIn Festival Boats on April 18, 2025 After her launch in 1960, details of Chloe’s history are sketchy until her purchase by Greg Smith of Rowayton, CT in the 1970s. After her planking was damaged in a
Island RunnerIn Festival Boats on April 18, 2025 Hull materials, framing, house construction details:Island Runner is a 42’ Lake Union Dry Dock built Dreamboat, designed by Otis Cutting. Documents show the hull was originally vertical grain fir planking
Miss Mile-a-MinuteIn Festival Boats on April 18, 2025 Designed by Ken Bassett, built by owner Pete Harrington over a 4 year time span and launched in 2014, Miss Mile-a-Minute is planked in mahogany and maple. The construction is
Solitude IIIIn Festival Boats on April 18, 2025 Solitude III is a John C. Harris-penned “PocketShip” sailboat. Per the designer, this stitch and glue boat, “is a small cruising sailboat of refined model, meant to sail well on
Whitehall 17For SaleIn Festival Boats on April 18, 2025 The Whitehall pulling boat was my first love affair. With a boat, that is. Searching for the perfect first woodworking project I found the Whitehall in John Gardner’s Building Classic
Jean AldenIn Festival Boats on April 18, 2025 I chose to build a catboat for three reasons. First, I wanted a sailboat with a cabin that would go on a trailer. Slip prices are prohibitive where I live