I choose Sam Devlin’s Onyx design as a maximum trailer able sailboat. I have a triple axil trailer for the Susan Joanne with the idea that we could trailer her north to the inside passage or south to Southern California. I haul the boat for the winter, and store her inside. Also, I intended to build this boat. I did …
Pacifica
Pacifica (Eroica) was designed by Sparkman and Stephens for Avard Fuller of the Fuller Brush Co. She was built in the winter of 1946 and launched in May 1947 at the H B Nevins yard in City Island ,NY. She is one of a long line of Olin Stephens iconic yawls. Pacifica has sailed extensively in the Atlantic and the …
Mojo
The PT Skiff was designed by Bieker Boats in Seattle to be a lightweight, easily driven center console skiff for use in bigger inland waters like Puget Sound and the Columbia River. She incorporates a fine entry, extremely efficient hull shape, and lightweight for a very efficient package. The boat is exceptionally competent for its size in challenging conditions. The …
Flying Eagle
“FLYING EAGLE”, as named originally by lobsterman Floyd Pinkham of Gouldsboro, ME, when her keel was laid, was launched by Vinal Beal on the Moosabec Reach of Beals Island Maine in 1963. Vinal designed and built all such lobster boats during winter when not lobstering, by means of a half-model (no plans). These stunning vessels with their low freeboard and …
Pia
Pia is one of six Klasse Spidsgatters imported into Victoria by the same man in the late fifties. Four of those boats including DaCapo, Cito, Eio and Pia sail Washington waters today. I found Pia in near derelict condition in Cortez Bay, BC in 1992 and spent 19 months repairing her including a new cockpit, interior, decks, rails, rudder and …
Scout
Scout is a John Carlson Design, Sam Devlin built 23 ’ raised deck cruiser. In 2018 I cut off her transom, added 3 ½ feet of stern and had Devlin repaint her. She cruises at 20 mph with accommodations for two in a spacious cabin with a wood stove.
Penguin
Penguin is a 19′ Bartender which is a unique double-ended planing boat designed by George Calkins. She is one of the last hulls he built and advertised in the back of Woodenboat Magazine issue #109. She is marine plywood on mahogany frame construction. In 2005, she was restored and added the small doghouse, raised windshield and self-bailing cockpit. She is …
Chesuki
Using only the lines drawing from the Dori book we measured and created a sheet of offsets to loft her. Thanks to the Newport Marine science center loft and bandsaw, I was able to fully loft her and then create her sawn frames in 1983. Thanks to Dick Tucker in Langlois Oregon I was able to order perfect Port Orford …
Sir Isaac
Sir Isaac was built in 1984 for shorthanded offshore sailing. We bought her in 2001 and sailed her for 5 years before deciding to undertake the task of restoring her. She was in our shop for 10 years for a complete rebuild of decks, cabin, and more. Sir Isaac was relaunched in 2016 and we have been sailing her around …
Ibis
Ibis is a 27′ Devlin Black Crown sedan trawler. Built in 1988 by Devlin Designing Boatworks using the stitch and glue method and displacing 7050# loaded, she is a perfect Northwest cruiser for two. She is powered by a 44HP Yanmar diesel and cruises at 8kts. Home ported in a boathouse at Portland Yacht Club, we trailer North twice a …