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Second Chance

In Festival Boats 2023, Festival Boats 2024

Second Chance was a home built from a Chris Craft Kit in 1955. Through her long life she fell into disrepair and was at some point abandoned in a Long Beach Marina. She was saved by a couple that saw her potential. She was stored until 2011 when she then went through a complete year long restoration . She went …

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Badger

In Festival Boats 2023

Canadian Forces Auxiliary Vessel (CFAV) Badger (YAG-319) was one of ten wooden YAG-300 (Yard Auxiliary, General) vessels built for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) between 1953 and 1955. Built for use as auxiliary craft, Badger primarily served as an at-sea training platform for junior naval officers, boatswains, reserve personnel and Sea Cadets at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt. n 1954 …

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Pert

In Festival Boats 2023

Pert was built over many years by the Fish Brothers, initially in Yakima, finished on Marrowstone Island and launched in 2007. She was sailed for five Summers, put away during the Winter, and then laid up for eight years in the builders large shop. We purchased her in 2020 during the height of Covid, and have been enjoying her immensely. …

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Emma

In Festival Boats 2023

Emma is a 17’ 6” LOA gaff rigged sloop, built in 1983’ – Fir/yellow cedar an oak frames, mahogany thwarts, stern seat, centerboard trunk, rub rails, shear strake, and transom. Yellow cedar deck, oak combing. VG spruce floorboards.

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Paddington

In Festival Boats 2023

PJohn Welsford SCAMP, 11′-11″ balanced lug, cuddy cabin, water ballasted, off-center centerboard mini-microcruiser. Plywood kit built by son and father (Patrick and Malcolm) along with John Welsford, Howard Rice, Scott Jones and the other SCAMP Campers at Northwest Maritime Center 2013, SCAMP Camp III. Completed 2021, in Seahurst WA. Propelled by 100 sq-ft Lugsail and oars.

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Rampaging Turtles

In Festival Boats 2023

A merry wherry that is a Wayland Marine’s design and initial stitch and glue project that took 3 months to finish in 2012. In 2022 a bow and stern air tank were added to increase bouncy if swamped. In 2023 the boat was stiffened with adding thickness to the ribs and a fix rowing wing was built with a new …

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Revel

In Festival Boats 2023

The original builder was a lifelong captain at sea, beginning with racing sailboats off the west coast of Sweden, then a career in the Swedish navy until after WWII, and on for the next ~30 years running sail-powered cargo and research vessels (among other things), before landing in and retiring to California in the 1970s. He moved to Oyster Bay …

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Grand Slam

In Festival Boats 2023

The Grand Slam has her own charm that has outlived her captain’s captures. She has been to Alaska but not all the way to Ketchikan. Some dreams are realized later in life. She catches crab and fish, but not the mother load. She has provided good fun to children and mothers alike. She makes her captain proud. She’s a real …