Admiral Jack the newest addition to Northwest Maritime Center’s fleet, Admiral Jack! A comfortable tour boat in the summer and state-of-the-art floating classroom during the school year.
Townshend and Bear
Our 2 longboats, Townshend and Bear, are 26′ open wooden boats. They are historic replicas from Captain George Vancouver’s exploration of the region in 1792 that were built at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding.
La Vie en Rose
La Vie en Rose is the product of a 3-year collaboration between the previous owner and designer Paul Gartside. She was built in Sidney, B.C., by Jespersen Boat Builders. Her hull is cold molded of Western Red Cedar and Douglas Fir, sheathed with fiberglass and epoxy. The split rig provides easy sail handling in a wide variety of conditions. Her …
Camas Moon
Camas Moon is the first boat built to Tad Roberts’ new CoPogy 18 design. She is 18’ LOD, 24’ LOA, 6’6” beam, and 9” draft. She is rigged as a gaff yawl, with an off-center pivoting centerboard, and has a 6 HP outboard motor in a well. Designed as a trailerable mini-motorsailer for one or two people, she will be …
Frasier
“According to the Folkboat International Association, there are 4,000 Nordic Folkboats on the water today. About 3,000 of them are direct descendants of the wooden Nordic Folkboats first built in 1942. New Nordic Folkboats are built almost exclusively of fiberglass, using a design introduced in 1977 that mimics the performance of wooden Nordic Folkboats, so they can race in the …
Patience
“Patience” is a custom-built Expedition Wherry from Chesapeake Light Craft. Made from plans she has custom riggers that use Pocock Racing Shell components to give her a smooth and solid transmission of power during the rowing stroke. She was inspired by the Viking boats at The Dolphin Club in San Francisco. She was made over the course of a year …
Phase II
Saved from a barn in Nehalem Oregon for 15 years and then from another barn in Hood River Oregon… My wife Heather and I talked Alan Thomle of Thomle Boatworks in Stanwood Wash. into the exterior refinish. Of course, there are always a few surprises that Alan navigated through perfectly. I have always loved Nantucket Green, red bottoms, and a …
Ariel of Victoria
Ariel of Victoria was built on Vancouver Island in the 1970s at Fred Peterson’s yard near Nanaimo of Alaskan yellow cedar on oak frames. The original decks were Western Red Cedar 2x4s and she still has a marinized Perkins reclaimed from a refrigerated rail car. Since 2009, we have partially replanted, reframed and refastened. Replaced the deck, both cabins, electrical, …
Miners Queen
My brother-in-law started building this boat in the 1990s. I personally think to get out of the house. He sailed it once and then moved away from the Columbia River. It sat for 13 years when I began getting interested in sailing. So he gave the boat to me. I had the cabin cover redone last year with mahogany veneer. …
Wildlife of the Columbia
The “Wildlife of the Columbia” kayak, another Guillemot 17’ boat, represents another level of complexity of inlay work on the deck. Inspired by some of my favorite birds often spotted flying around the shores of the mighty Columbia River near Richland, Wa. The aft portion of the deck represents the section of river in my backyard. Thirty different kinds of …