Lorraine is a Nordic Folkboat built in Denmark in 1959. She was imported for racing in San Francisco Bay then trucked to the Northwest for cruising. I bought Lorraine (named after my mother) in 1979. Since then, Lorraine has taken me and my family to many of the Salish Sea’s most beautiful cruising grounds. Port Townsend’s finest marine tradespeople are …
Li’l
Designed and built by Russell Brown, the PT Eleven is a highly developed 11ft nesting dinghy ideal for cruising boats since she can be stored in a small space; only 6ft x 4ft 2″. The PT 11 rows very well and has a simple and lightweight, high performance sailing option. Each hull half weighs about 45# and can be assembled …
Leslie Jean
Leslie Jean is a 15′ Whitehall that is a combination of many designs. Mostly the lines were taken from an article in National Fisherman Magazine from 1954 and 1977 as written by John Gardner. This was a learning project that took 10 years to complete. I would take a class and then go home and do that part of the …
Lazy Jack
Lazy Jack is a Chesapeake Bay style power skiff. Karl Stambaugh based the Redwing 18 design on Howard Chapelles’s Camp Skiff design from the 1940s, stretched half a foot and adapted to plywood construction. She is powered by a high-thrust 9.9 hp. outboard and cruises comfortably at a little over 5 knots, burning hardly any gas. She’s a good, relaxing …
Laurie T
A true NW boat, Laurie T was designed and built in Seattle using fairly local yellow cedar, fir and oak. She has her original interior and most exterior details. The Chrysler Crown engine is original as well. In her 56 years she has fished and cruised extensively between Puget Sound and Alaska.
Lady Dianne
Alaskan Yellow Cedar and Western Red Cedar over White Oak frames. Construction began in 1966 at McQueen Boat Works in Vancouver, BC. The hull was completed and shipped overland to the Toronto Shipyards where the vessel was completed in 1969. During the completion in Toronto Mr. Edwin Monk Sr. stayed in contact as a consultant. The Carvel planks were miter …
La Vie en Rose
La Vie en Rose is the product of a 3-year collaboration between the owner and designer Paul Gartside. She was built in Sidney, BC, by Jespersen Boat Builders. Her hull is cold molded of Western Red Cedar and Douglas Fir, sheathed with fiberglass and epoxy. The split rig provides easy sail handling in a wide variety of conditions. Her full …
La Boheme
La Boheme is one in a series of William Atkin designed double-enders. This one is the Eric. Modeled after Norweigian rescue boats at the turn of the century, the Eric is said to be “the best boat for the worst weather”. La Boheme was built in 1938 out of Victoria, BC. She has plied the waters of the North West …
Kingfisher
Designed and Built by Devlin Designing Boatbuilders in 2017, the Kingfisher is a powerful cruising boat, built for cruises to Alaska and back. She is built with Stitch and Glue construction to rugged scantlings. She is powered by a 260 hp. Yanmar