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Puffin was built by Truscott in St. Joseph, Michigan in 1906. Starting out as a hotel “limo”, by the 1980’s she was in disrepair near Mackinac Island and was rebuilt, along with her sistership, the Antiqua. At this time Puffin was retrofitted to steam power from gas power to be more representative of her era. Puffin ended up in Seattle …

Vixen was built in Connecticut in 1952 and sailed around the world after being launched. She later spent 12 years in Port Townsend being rebuilt in preparation for her second circumnavigation from 2004-2015.

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, …

Solitude III is a John C. Harris-penned “PocketShip” sailboat. Per the designer, this stitch and glue boat, “is a small cruising sailboat of refined model, meant to sail well on all points, provide dry camping accommodations for two adults, and tow behind a four-cylinder car.” This gaff-rigged sloop weighs in at about 1100lbs (with ballast) in her typical daysailing configuration. …

In the preface of William Gardens first book “Yacht Designs” there is a copy of a letter he received from a couple who were then in New Zealand. They had sailed from California to the Marquesas Islands then on through the South Pacific to Tahiti. Finally, arriving in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand they were working to replenish their …

Sam Devlin designed the Song Wren in 2011, but this first example was completed and launched in 2019. I made a few minor alterations in the design, most notably using hollow birdsmouth construction for the Sitka spruce mast and integrating the mast tabernacle into the cabin front for both strength and aesthetic reasons. The cabin interior is outfitted as nicely …

Dr. Petra has navigated the Yaquina river as well as part of the Columbia River and completed last years Salish 100 from Olympia to Port Townsend, WA. Completed in 2017, she took 2 yrs 10 months to build and is constructed of straight-grained Doug fir and Doug fir plywood. Fastenings are silicone bronze and some stainless steel. She has also …

Ama Natura is a 36’ custom gaff ketch motorsailer built by the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding, launched at Point Hudson in 2008 and used each year since for marine decarbonization demonstration, clean water, wildlife protection advocacy, and exploration. Under the expert design guidance and deep knowledge of the NWSWB’S Carl Chamberlain, AMA Natura (“She Loves Nature”) was collaboratively designed …

Macaw is a Presto-type gaff-rigged centerboard ketch. Designed by Sam Crocker and built by his son S. Sturgis Crocker at Crocker Boat Yard in Manchester, MA in 1956. She was originally designed for cruising in the Bahamas. She has a very large cockpit, flush decks, a large cabin for her size with a large companionway hatch and lots of fuel …

I completed “My Boat” April 2011. My Boat was named by one of my granddaughters when she was two. We were camping on a local lake when a storm came up suddenly. She said, “Pappaw, a storm is coming. Save My Boat.” After hours of searching the internet, I was unable to find plans for a drift boat that could …