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Molly

In Festival Boats, Festival Boats 2023

Molly has had a quiet, but adventurous life on Whidbey Island. She has spent most of her voyages within the Saratoga Passage from Penn Cove to Langley with a few side trips into Holmes Harbor. She has also visited several lakes including Baker Lake in Bellingham for an overnight campout, day visits to Campbell Lake near Deception Pass, and Deer …

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Spirit

In Festival Boats, Festival Boats 2023

At the end of the second world war, Harold A. Jones, owner of Vancouver Tug Boat Company LTD, commissioned Ed Monk Sr. to design a thoroughbred racer. Jones had been saving top quality materials for years. The deck is made of aged India teak and the original winches are chromed (a very hard-to-come-by resource during the war). During her construction, …

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Duet

In Festival Boats, Festival Boats 2023

This vessel reminiscent of a Chris Craft runabout is an original design and build by builder Doug McElroy in California. The boat named Duet is aptly suited for day cruises for two around the bay or lake. The experience of the ride is sublime with a quiet and clean inboard electric propulsion system. Port Townsend Shipwrights has replaced the batteries …

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Jilly Bean

In Festival Boats 2023

She is a beautiful, post-war runabout built by Higgins Boats in Seattle. Higgins produced many of the landing craft and PT boats used in WWII. She is powered by a reliable GM 350 V8 and is fully equipped for a great day on the lake including matching lines, fenders, anchor, bimini cover, mooring cover and trailer cover.

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Vamp

In Festival Boats 2023

John Harris classic watercraft. Fully founded for inland sailing and protected waters. Full battended lug rig is a pleasure to sail and looks great. Built from CLC kit.

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The Pintail

In Festival Boats 2023

The Pintail was created from her original hull, a prototypical Columbia River bowpicker. Her 28′ was originally constructed in lap strait design with overlapping Port Orchard cedar planking on oak frames. Her indented use was as a day fishing gillnet boat, designed to cross the Columbia River bar by oar power, fish by gillnet and fill the hull, and coast …

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Montana Wild

In Festival Boats 2023

Montana Wild is a seventeen foot kayak boasting several natural wooden inlays depicting wildlife commonly found in Montana. Although it would be too numerous to list here, there were 38 different woods were used to capture various animals and birds for this boat. Special attention was given to the wood selections, especially for the wildlife, to capture color, texture, grain …