Home built by owner over a 4 year period, designed by Ken Bassett. She is a 14’10″” gentleman’s racer with a single cockpit aft, boasting a modern high performance hull – shallow dead rise incorporating a 12″” wide speed pad. Cold molded batten seam construction with mahogany and maple planking; all planks vacuum bagged, no staples. Power is a highly …
Minnow
The design is a collaboration between Perttu Korhonen in Finland and Michael Storer in Australia. The evolution of the design started with the Bolger Brick, which was modified to become the home-built one-design Puddle Duck Racer. Then, Michael Storer came up with a slight variant on that design called the Ozracer. Perttu Korhonen came up with an idea to fit …
Min Dejlige Pika
Designed by Iain Oughtred and coached by Geoff Kerr’s glued plywood Lapstrake, Daren Lindley and his son in law Nick Luchterhand started this boat on December 20th, 2016 and completed on June 1st, 2017. This is Daren and Nick’s first boat. Initially the plan was to paint it. but as construction proceeded. They couldn’t bring themselves to cover the lovely …
Messenger 111
From 1947 to 1968, Messenger 111 served as a missionary vessel, bringing medical spiritual comfort to Vancouver Islands West Coat. She was featured in the book “Splendor from the Sea” and in 1954 Life Magazine. Messenger has served as a pleasure vessel since 1968. Her modern history includes the development of Scotty fishing products, including the SCOTTY Downrigger through the …
Merry Wherry
Hand build with marine plywood using a Merry Wherry II Kit from Maryland Marine, this is a fun craft for recreational sculling in various conditions. This rowing wherry is set up with two Piantedos sliding row wings with Concept 2 carbon fiber oars which combine the latest in competitive rowing technology with a timeless classic wooden wherry design. A 45 …
Martha J
She’s a “Pulsifer Hampton” previously owned by the Foley family, who donated her to WBF as a support vessel for programs and regattas. She was built by Richard Pulsifer in Maine. Martha J is a 24′ motor launch that is our MVP – used for races as a mark boat, for capsize drills as a safety boat, for classes as …
Martha
Martha was built for J.R. Hanify, the Commodore of the SanFrancisco Yacht Club in 1907 and named after J.R Hanify’s wife Martha Fitsmourice Hanify. She is now owned and operated by the Schooner Martha Foundation, a 501c3 non profit education organization and is primarily used for Youth and Family sail training programs. Martha has graced and raced the waters of …
Marionette
Marionette is a racer/cruiser built in San Diego CA, has twice raced to Hawaii. In 2007, sailed from Southern California to the Pacific Northwest on her own bottom. Since arriving in Port Townsend, she has had an extensive refit. New cockpit, interior, plumbing, electrical, engine and refastening. With this work, she is ready to go for another 55 years.
Marianita
Marianita was built in in her owner/captain’s two-car garage/boatshop on Bainbridge Island over the course of about 3 years. As much of the work as possible was done “in-house” from casting custom bronze hardware to the 400 pound lead keel to sewing the sails from a kit. When not at the Festival she can be found sailing around Elliot Bay …
Malle
Malle is a Spidsgatter, 30 square meter class, built in Denmark in 1936. This spring a major repair of the backbone was performed in the Maritime Center’s workshop. Recent improvements also include a conversion to an electric propulsion system.