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TugZilla is the hub of a new business venture for Devlin Boat Co. and works as a harbor tug in the South Sound. She has accomodations for two in her cabin and a fantail stern wraps up her design. She is a wonderful little boat, maneuverable and able and we have had a great time with her first year of …

The solar boat Wayward Sun (Solar Sal 27) has been cruising the San Juan area for 2 years. The ride is calm and comfortable with minimal motor noise and no pollution. In 2021, she has been upgraded with extra batteries, additional solar panels, and a satellite phone in preparation for a trip to Ketchikan and then on to Glacier Bay.

Sam Conner, the original founder of the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, built Wonderland in Port Townsend in 1978 of red cedar /epoxy strip plank. Wonderland has been converted to gaff ketch from knockabout sloop. An inboard diesel has been fitted.

Folks said Interlude, purchased in 2013, “had good bones”. She has neither been an interlude nor were her bones too good… However, her mahogany planks on white oak bent frames fastened with bronze to a yellow cedar backbone made her worthwhile. Now SV Paddleshell, this little sloop can look forward to many days to come at sea.

Starlight and I embarked on a Pacific voyage starting in 1979 that lasted five years. Many wonderful miles and people were encountered. She was designed by Edwin Monk Sr. in 1938 for Hervey Garett Smith who wrote the book Marline Spike Sailor. He never built the vessel to my knowledge but when Cecil Lange’s son arrived from New Zealand, Cecil …

Why Wisper? It’s not a misspelling. She is modeled after an 18 foot Monk designed sloop that I restored from a derelict hull in the 1970s. The original boat was Wisp and the new boat is even more wisp-like hence, Wisper. Wisp was traditionally built with a full keel and weighed over 3000 pounds. I spent three years rebuilding her. …

Savona is a 1942 39′ Ed Monk Sr. designed, Forder built for Russell Rathbone in Kenmore on Lake Washington, Seattle. She spent time at the Bremerton Yacht Club while owned by Dr. Kenneth Jackson from 1946-1952. She is back at BYC currently.

“Halcyon” was purpose designed as a working salmon troller by Naval Architect Bill Garden and built for a member of the Prothero family. She fished the Northwest coast from Alaska to Oregon for over 20 years. In 1984 master shipwright Sam Fry acquired her and spent 10 years converting her into a comfortable and seaworthy cruising troller. The original interior, …

Tall Ship Lady Washington is the official state ship of Washington. A traditionally built replica, she was launched in 1989 for the state centennial. The original vessel played a major role in American history, departing Boston, Mass. on a trading mission on September 30, 1787. The mission was the first American voyage around Cape Horn. She established critical relations and …

Varya is mahogany planked over oak frames with a fractionally rigged Sitka Spruce mast and synthetic standing rigging. She was designed to be a racer/cruiser and as a result she is both fast and comfortable. The original owner, a member of the Chicago Yacht Club, wanted a west coast boat and so Varya was built by the well known Kettenburg …