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Haverchuck

In Festival Boats, Festival Boats 2023

The Hvalsoe 18 measures 18′6″ by 5′4″, Her rig is an easy to reef lug yawl. Design displacement is 750lbs. Designer Eric Hvalsoe says his goal for the design was “to create a boat that was comfortable to inhabit—in the oar-and-sail sense of inhabit—for long days on the water.” Launched in 2015, “Haverchuck” has since explored much (but not nearly …

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Ouzel

In Festival Boats, Festival Boats 2023

This Sam Devlin design was custom built by Tom Larkin of Seattle and has proven herself worthy on at least one previous trip up the Inside Passage towards Southeast Alaska. As the Devlin Boat Company states, the Godzilla 25 is “a working boat that would happily carry you away to distant ports.” This custom Godzilla 25 design has spent many …

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Faamu Sami

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Ray Speck built this boat in a, surplus military prefab barracks boat shop that he and Kit Africa shared, perched upon an old, deteriorating WWII Sausalito slipways pier. It’s a rare enlarged version of his ‘stock’ SYD skiffs, well-known through Ray’s years as a Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding instructor, and absolutely typical of Ray’s early production work–an approach to …

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Eclair

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Rare classic runabout built in 1954 by Tomahawk Boat Co., Tomahawk, WI. Lapstrake construction of marine plywood with enclosed bow, windshield, and brilliant red mahogany brightwork. Tomahawk was an early pioneer of fiberglass pleasure craft.

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Klara

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Klara, the Somes Sound 12 1/2 designed by John Brooks, follows the tradition of a sturdy, elegant daysailer – the Herreshoff 12 1/2. It’s immediate predecessor is Joel White’s Haven 12 1/2, which has often been built using cold molded construction. Like the Haven, the Somes Sound has a foreshortened lead keel with a drop through centerboard, making it more …

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Dennis Kirk Oswalt

In Festival Boats, Festival Boats 2023

This custom built, one-of-a-kind Hacker was commissioned on October 9, 2001 and recreates the famed early 1930s Hacker Craft Commuter design. It was built by Bill Morgan of the Hacker Boat Company in Silver Bay, NY. The mahogany hull is in impeccable condition and was built in a traditional style with a blend of modern technology. Powered by a Crusader …