Festival Boats 2019

Old Lace is a mahogany & cedar double planked cabin cruiser that has changed ownership several times in her history. Her new owner, Demian Detweiler, purchased her last year as a live-a-board while attending the NWSWB in Port Hadlock, WA. She sailed up from Olympia last June after her sea trails and inspection stopping along the way in Gig Harbor …

Diana is a Beal’s Island built and former lobster fishing boat. She was converted and re-built in 2002 by Doug Hyland of Maine and currently resides in Olympia, WA. She is owned by Sam Devlin of Devlin Boat Co. and currently gets used for weekend camp/cruising and fishing mostly around South Sound. Diana is a fine example of the simple …

INCONCEIVABLE was started by a gentleman who is a traveling salesperson. He worked on the boat in chunks of time over 15 years, often not touching it for multiple years at a time. He moved several times during this 15 years. In Fall 2017, he was moving from Washington State to the East Coast, and decided not to move it …

Kirin is a 29 foot 6 inch Lyle Hess designed Channel Cutter. Kirin is a heavy displacement Marconi rigged cutter. The late Lyle Hess designed it based on the hulls of the traditional gaff rigged Pilot Cutters of England. Kirin was built in 1990, the year I was born, though I’d like to think she shows her 28 years more …

The Blue Peter is a 96 foot, classic wooden motor yacht built by the Lake Union Dry Dock Company of Seattle Washington in 1928. She is very fortunate to have been owned throughout her life by individuals and families that have kept her original and in good condition. The present owners, the Barbos have “curated” the boat for the last …

2018, 33′ Water woody. Designed and built by Kerry Elwood in Salem, Oregon. Her name is Deep Purple. She is a living, breathing piece of unique art work! Once our children were grown and gone we sold our house, gave away everything we owned and contracted Kerry to build us this glorious boat. We had no intention of buying a …

Construction was begun in 1941 but the original owner had to leave the Seattle area after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941. The framed and partially planked hull was hoisted into the overhead of the boat shop where it remained until 1947. The vessel was used by the uncle of the builder, Vernor Jensen, for several years to …

History: Maggie Jane is a Herreshoff H28 modified (29’ with added doghouse and bowsprit). She was home built and originally sailed in Lake Michigan in the late sixties. Hull construction is mahogany strip planking, edge glued and fastened. A slow, on and off, 10 year restoration was recently completed by the current owner and included reconstruction of the cabin, interior, …

Bryony is one of the last boats built by Bob Prothero at the NWSWB, in 1983, She is Port Orford Cedar on White Oak frames, with Douglas Fir decks and Mahogany trim, and was designed by Jim Franken, based on the Bristol Channel Pilot Cutters. A gaff cutter, she sets 5 sails, Main, Staysail, Jib, Fly jib, and two different …

This boat was hand crafted in Norway and shipped to a Norwegian Merchant Marine living in Seattle with his American wife. It is constructed primarily of an oak frame and pine lap boards, and has a full length keel to allow sailing in shallow water. The mast supports a traditional main sail and jib, or the boat can be rigged …