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Nutmeg

In Festival Boats 2017

Nutmeg is a reproduction of one of Nat Herreshoff’s favorites boats. Completed in 2009 in Anacortes, WA at Aspoya Boats by Jay Smith, Torgy Torgersen and original owner Jim Taylor. Hull is planked in yellow cedar and attached with over 1,300 copper rivets. Top sides and thwarts are in Sapele.

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Northern

In Festival Boats 2017

Northern was one of the wildly profitable halibut schooners that fished the Northwest coast for most of the 20th century, modeled after the Scandinavian North Sea trawlers. She was built on Lake Union in 1927, but burned to the waterline in ’33 and was rebuilt – we don’t know what caused the fire. Originally, she was probably powered by an …

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Nonie Too

In Festival Boats 2017

Nonie Too was built in the winter of 1999-2000 at the Silva Bay Shipyard School. She spent some time in the east on a lake and has returned to this coast in 2006. She is glued lap construction with steam bent frames and fir deck beams. She has had floors added since new and seats to accommodate the many uses …

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No Name

In Festival Boats 2017

Found this boat in a neighbor’s garage and he was moving. It was painted all military gray. He had Ed Monks name wrong (Ed Wood) as the designed. As I began working on the mast and boom to restore them, the unique aspects of the design became apparent. It has been much fun to restore and sail it. I think …

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Nimbus

In Festival Boats 2017

Nimbus is traditional Nordic Folkboat. The folkboat design was a result of a 1930’s design competition to develop the ideal small cruising vessel for the common folk. They are world renowned for their seaworthiness and design. Nimbus has spent her whole life in the Pacific Northwest primarily at the Victoria Yacht Club from the 60’s through the early 2000’s. She …

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Nil Desperandum

In Festival Boats 2017

I built this Devlin Winter Wren II in about 3000 hours over three years 2008-2011. The hull is Okoume marine plywood sheathed in fiberglass/epoxy; spars are Sitka spruce, and most trim pieces are sapele and Douglas-fir. I made two notable modifications to Sam Devlin’s plan: I converted 12 cubic feet of potential storage in the bilge and cockpit sides into …

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Nevermore

In Festival Boats 2017

The story of schooner Nevermore begins in the mid-1970’s when a young Canadian couple by the name of Ralph and Debbie Eastland decided to build a boat upon which to raise a family. As a skilled woodsman, Ralph set out into the forests of Quadra and Vancouver Islands, selecting and hand harvesting the timber from which he would build their …

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Mr. Mallard

In Festival Boats 2017

Mr. Mallard is an original Devlin build restored after much neglect by the current owner. She was first launched on the day Sam Devlin’s oldest son was born. She enjoys engineless cruising around the Puget Sound as she is a very smart sailor.

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Mojo

In Festival Boats 2017

Mojo is an efficient, low power, center console skiff. Built as a stitch and glue, plywood kit from Port Townsend Watercraft, the builder included many solid wood upgrades to seat tops, coamings, rub rails and more. Powered by a fuel injected 20 HP Suzuki outboard, the boat is very fuel efficient while attaining a 20 knot top speed and a …