Windsong was built by a school teacher in Grapeview, Wa. She’s one of Ralph Winslow’s last designs, which was published in Yachting Magazine in 1956.
She’s yellow cedar and meranti planked, on steamed white oak frames. Her backbone is yellow cedar and white oak. Her ballast is cast iron which, I’ve come to realize, imparts much strength to the hull. Her decks have always been plywood on oak beams. She has a 20hp Beta diesel for auxiliary propulsion. She has had the benefit of being Emerald Marine’s flagship during the last two decades and, as such, has received a lot of love.
Windsong has cruised to Alaska once and then back on the outside, a 14 day passage. Since then there have been many trips to Canadian waters and occasionally to her home in South Sound. Next year maybe the outside of Van Isle?