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Some boats are race boats. Some boats are cruising boats. Opus, a modified Wee Seal, designed by Iain Oughtred, is a boat that just seems to make people smile wherever she shows up, according to Seattle owner Lee Bjorklund. With Scandinavian-influenced longer ends, and great reserve buoyancy all round, Opus has proven to be a double-ended, exceptionally able, comfortable, dry …

Built for the owner of Tacoma Boat Arne Strom. Originally named Bernice. Later a mission boat named Lower Light. Stormking returned to the Tacoma yacht club until she was owned by the Matthews in Port Orchard and then in 2002 moved to Anacortes. Stormking was repaired and refit over the last 20 years primarily by Emerald Marine in Anacortes and …

The Hvalsoe 16 lapstrake dinghy is considered by Eric Hvalsoe to be “the great compromise,” as it both rows and sails well. This craft’s fine ends make the Hvalsoe 16 an excellent rowing boat, while it carries enough beam to make it stable under its 85 square foot sprit-sail rig. Marked by an elegant curved stem and rake wineglass transom, …

12-foot single station dinghy. Glued plywood lapstrake construction, White oak stem, keel, rails, Sapele transom, meranti floors, and thwarts. The boat is displayed with a Stillwater trout fishing seat/floors.

Joy was purchased back in 2016, as a stock Chesapeake Light Craft Skerry open hull rowing/sailboat, built by an unknown craftsman. The last owner entered her in the first leg to the Race To Alaska and had to be rescued by the Canadian Coast Guard, which must have smarted a bit, being a member of the US Coast Guard himself. …

Climb aboard this one-of-a-kind classic from the post-World War II era. Huckins boats were used as patrol boats during the war and a hand full were produced for recreational use after the war. This was one of those vessels. Fully restored by a professional team in 2018, she offers a litany of amenities and plenty of style to impress your …

All it took was standing in her cockpit. Her mast was not stepped and she was supported by the static steel of boat stands rather than the undulating sea, but I could still sense the elegant movement and speed, Even perched there above the green lawn, her lines and proportions seemed to resonate the English translation of her Swedish name; …

Replica of an 1845 sixteen-foot Cutter from USS Massachusetts, the first US Steamer on Puget Sound, which arrived in 1850. Walden would have been one of the smallest ship boats carried by the USS Massachusetts when she became the first US steamship, and the first propeller-driven vessel ever, on Puget Sound, arriving here in the year 1850. The Massachusetts began …

Brian enjoyed building this boat but discovered he did not like to row it that much. He gave it to us, and it saw use in Tomales Bay and the Carquinez Straight. She became known as the “CHRISTMAS WHERRY”, as it served double duty as a repository for SANTA to leave Christmas presents hidden in the boat in the days …

The seaworthy Nordic Folkboat Lorraine has truly been a gift to steward–from January of 1979 to the present. As a sailmaker of nearly 50 years, I have had the privilege of sailing on many hundreds of boats and know that Nordic Folkboats are among a handful of perfect sailing vessels. Sailing Lorraine is an effortless and absolute joy. She answers …