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El Mistico

In Festival Boats 2017

From Pacific Motor Boat magazine, January 1928 “El Mistico”, a 44-Footer with Diesel Power. The application of the low powered oil engine to the propulsion of medium-sized yachts and work boats is a comparatively new thing. A number of such installations have been made on the West Coast and are being watched with keen interest by motor boat operators everywhere. …

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Ebbtide

In Festival Boats 2017

A 32′ customized for Puget Sound cruising. Flybridge removed and a new roof built in its place, mast and boom removed, solar panels installed on the new roof. Hardtop cockpit cover integrated into new roof. New dashboard designed and all instrumentation now shown through chart plotters. Propane fireplace installed in salon. Ironwood band installed along waterline for ice protection.

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Ebb

In Festival Boats 2017

“Ebb” is a glued lapstrake varient of the 1911 Lake George Boat “Winona” which is in the Mystic Seaport collection. The Lake George Boats were recreational boats derived from the working Whitehalls. The LGBs had a simpler and lighter construction than the Whitehalls, and also didn’t feature their wineglass transoms. “Ebb” is built for our own use. We needed a …

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Dreamer

In Festival Boats 2017, Festival Boats 2023

This is the Graduate 25, design #712, from the Build-a-Boat Plans catalog from Sydney, Australia. It was built near Portland, Oregon at Heydon Island on the Columbia River in 1987 by Garry Weber. The hull is of Cold Molded Construction with the first/inside layer of 3/8″”Alaskan Yellow cedar and 3) 1/8″” diagonal layers of Red Meranti, the deck and house …

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Dorjun

In Festival Boats 2017

Built for the U.S. Lifesaving Service, her design and hull shape are similar to the lifeboats used in Shackleton’s epic voyage. In 1937 she sailed through the Straits of Magellan on a trip documented in National Geographic. She sank in the 1946 Portland flood, and spent several years on the mud before being rescued and stored. In 1992, Dorjun was …

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Defiance

In Festival Boats 2017

This sweet custom Tugboat was built on a Clipper Craft dory body built in Portland, OR in 1986. She fell into our lap as another “free kitten” and is the third boat we have restored and the second wooden boat. She has many custom features, lots of brass and a beautiful line. We are especially excited for our grandkids to …

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Daddy’s Third

In Festival Boats 2017

I built my first St. Pierre Dory 21 years ago and decided to go all electric when I found out they needed to be heavily ballasted. At that time steel nails were $0.50/lb and batteries were $1.00/lb. The choice was obvious. My third version of the Glen-L Lucky Pierre is powered by two 36 volt trolling motors that can get …

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Corsair II

In Festival Boats 2017

In 2011 “Corsair II” was visited by Frank Jacobs, the original owner’s grandnephew. He shared stories of adventures in the 1920’s. We learned that she and Jacobs had been commissioned by the federal government to do mapping work in Alaska. It brought dimension to a vintage photo we have of fur coated men with rifles and women on the bow. …

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Compadre

In Festival Boats 2017, Festival Boats 2023, Festival Boats 2024

Compadre is a 43-foot bridge-deck cruiser built in 1929. She is one of three yachts built to this basic design by Stevens Brothers in Stockton, California. Her hull is Port Orford cedar on white oak frames, and her house is solid teak. She was originally powered by twin 6-cylinder Lathrop Mystic gasoline engines and was recently repowered with twin 80hp …