Designed in 1938 and built in 1939 as a 14.25m racer/ cruiser in Denmark, PAN 3 appealed to four racing dudes out of San Diego who found her and made an offer that could not be refused and she was shipped off to Southern California in 1960. Legend says the gentleman’s bet was right and BONGO swept up the prized …
Sea-weed
Richard Mitsch built Sea-wood Lebanon Oregon in nine months working full time, and only having 12 of his Old Coot Boat Building. Group of friends to invert the hull to permit Richard to start building the cabin. The Small Craft Advisor magazine featured an article with picture of Sea-weed. As the second owner, in 2017, I raised the roof and …
Kachina
Home built between 1975 – 85 Kachina is very traditional double ended cutter yet used cold molded construction with west system epoxy and red cedar. Teak for all exterior wood and golden Ash inside. She was crusied by the builder and my family extensively from Alaska to Columbia River. My family is the second and third generation of family cruising. …
River Dog
River Dog has a cabin with sitting head room, kitchen counter, a V birth, built in stereo and marine radio and shade top is 7×9 feet. Powdered by a Mercury 15 HP 4 stroke engine. Engine well storage for battery, fuel, fenders, anchors and tools. The boat sips gas while cruising at 5 mph with a top speed of 9 …
Aquila
Aquila was found on the hard, as a derelict, on Lopez Island, WA, in 2011. Rebuilding her became our complete focus for two and a half years. Rebuild an old wood boat knowing little about it? We rebuilt Aquila in the best way possible considering that we had no money. We scrounged high-quality logs of old-growth Fir, Yellow Cedar, and …
Salto
Salto is great quality, affordable, with a large cockpit and cozy cabin for 2. She is fun to sail and easy to trailer. She is self-righting and with the board up beachable.
Bright Star
“Bright Star” is a Tolman Jumbo 24, from a design by Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska. As are all the Tolman boats, she is a plywood stitch-and-glue wooden boat, and light for her size. The Tolman Alaskan Skiffs began as 18′ open boats, built for fishing in Alaskan waters. The basic design has evolved. Most now are cabin boats 22′-24′ …
Halcyon
Halcyon owner designed and built 20 sloop with center board and inboard electric drive. The boat plan was developed from a model carve in 1975. 2011 learned how to loft and develope a plan. This was to be a day sailer which for me determined the planking method of strip planking, gluing and screwing the planks together, I would not …
Spainnear Uisce
Designed by the late Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska, Spainnear Uisce (Irish for Water Spaniel) is an owner-built cabin cruiser. As an Alaskan fishing skiff, this seaworthy design is well suited to cruising the waters of the Pacific Northwest. Tolman’s design is a robust skiff built with marine plywood bonded together with epoxy and reinforced with fiberglass. The relatively shallow …
FAME
Schooner FAME was the personal boat of the designer, BB Crowninshield. She was built in 1910 by the Rice Brothers yard in Maine. FAME was completely restored by Dennis Conner in 2010 in time for her centennial birthday. FAME’s homeport is Port Townsend.