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 …
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.
El Mistico
A number of such installations have been made on the West Coast and are being watched with keen interest by motor boat operators everywhere. A particularly striking yacht installation was that made in the 44-foot power cruiser El Mistico owned by E. Michelson of the Seattle Yacht Club. The El Mistico was built by the Ballard Marine Railway of Seattle …
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 …
Betsy D
Built in Anacortes in 1977 (same year as the first Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival) by a 20 year old aspiring boat builder named Bo Garrison who took the lines from Chappelles American Small Craft. The boat’s design is an evolution from dugout canoes, and came into service for watermen in Long Island Sound for ease of construction, speed, ease …
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 …
Whisper
Whisper was built in 1957 by the Thomas Knutson Shipbuilding Corporation in Halesite, Long Island, New York. She was designed by Sparkman and Stevens as part of their “Pilot” series of production boats. Whisper has sailed in Maryland, Florida, and Puget Sound. A simple engine replacement in late 2012 resulted in a 3 year major rebuild in Port Townsend. The …
Joshua
Joshua’s hull and deck were built by Bill Elliott of Bay Ship and Yacht with a hands-on assist by owner Bill Harpster. Line drawings for Joshua were taken from R.D. Culler’s Spray, as drawn by Victor Slocum, son of Joshua Slocum in 1928. After Joshua was launched in 1980, owner Bill Harpster hand-built the houses, booms and masts, and rigging. …