Tomte

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
Tomte was built in 1946 in Alert Bay BC as a logging camp tender for work in Seymour Inlet. She later worked as a fish boat working up and down
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Wilbur Larch

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
Wilbur larch, a Harrier design by Antonio Dias, was built by me, Andy McConkey and launched in 2014. Wilbur Larch is built of glued, lapstrake plywood along with other various
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Island Spirit

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
22′ Surf Scoter designed by Sam Devlin and built by Jim Griffing. This is the outboard in a motor well powered semi-displacement version of the Surf Scoter. Construction began in
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Patamar

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
Home built in 1937 by a Boeing engineer, this vessel is red cedar over white oak for the hull with the cabin of teak. The decks are canvas. A Yanmar
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Gooselodge II

For Sale

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
Gooselodge II is a Devlin Surf Runner 25 design, built in 2003 with The Stitch and Glue Method of construction. She has a 160hp diesel sterndrive engine and runs at
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Skye

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
SKYE is a Lyle Hess 32, built by William and Elaine Eppick over a period of eight years and launched at Port Townsend in 1989. SKYE has a strip-planked Port
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Cito

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
Cito along with her sisters (Da Capo, Pia, Eio, & Skoal’s), all of the same 38M2 Danish Spidsgatter class, were shipped together from Copenhagen to Vancouver B.C. in the early
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Havhesten

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
Havhesten (“Seahorse”) was built in Langesund Norway. Her construction began before WWII but was halted soon after it started. Her construction was completed just after the end of the war.
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Red

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
Red is a multichine plywood ballasted-daggerboard sloop that I designed and built for cruising in damp and wet Northwestern and Alaskan waters. The look is inspired by an eclectic assortment:
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Saravan

In Festival Boats on July 18, 2018
Saravan was built in 1938 as a harbour tug, did wartime service in Victoria harbour during WWII. The Saravan tug boat was built in 1938 for Harry Van Froome and
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