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Doris B

In Festival Boats 2023

The boat this build is replicating was rebuilt at the dolphin club with the aid of some boat school graduates in San Francisco around 2016. It’s the ultra-light method of construction of that era, build before screws were used in US boat building.

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Dorjun

In Festival Boats 2023, Festival Boats 2024

Dorjun was designed and built by Fred C. Beebe at Greenport in Long Island in 1905, originally as a surfboat for the U. S. Lifesaving Services in Coos Bay, Oregon. Following her service, she was purchased by Amos Burg, a remarkable adventurer and photographer. Burg had Dorjun refitted in 1933 for a daring expedition to Cape Horn, where he and …

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Free Willly

In Festival Boats 2023

Free Willy was born out of the love for the outdoors. Chris Muhs, Daniel Hynes, Derek Sergison, and Alex Steiberger set out to build the boat of their dreams during the dark days of COVID. After sharing and paddling a McKenzie Driftboat for many years the group was ready to take the next steps and build a dream boat from …

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Hannah

In Festival Boats 2023

Hannah’s kayak was my very first strip built kayak, completed at the start of the pandemic. It includes woods primarily reclaimed for my daughter’s middle and high school gymnasiums, that of VG Fir and Hemlock. It also has VG Redwood for the deck that was gifted to me by the former manager of Copeland Lumber. That redwood had great sentimental …

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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 …

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Whisper

In Festival Boats 2023

LA 28 – Mahogany Dream – Hand Crafted from Germany, Designed by renowned naval architect and world class sailor, Martin Menzner. The LA28 is a classic yet modern, high performance day sailor that turns heads in every port or on any race course. It is cold molded and constructed to the highest standards and quality. All the wood used is …

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Runabout Inspired Wood Canoe

In Festival Boats 2023

Our canoes are all completely hand made using a strip plank construction method and laminated in fiberglass on the inside and outside of the hull. This construction method allows for a canoe that has the elegance and beauty of a wood boat, but with the durability of fiberglass. These hand made canoes are inspired by the runabouts of the 1920’s-50’s …

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Wayward Sun

In Festival Boats 2023

In 2021 Wayward Sun completed the first 100% solar voyage through the Inside Passage. Owners David and Alex Borton left Bellingham WA on May 25, and arrived in Glacier Bay Alaska on July 2nd. Propulsion was accomplished by using energy from the solar panels only, with no shore power or other backup of any kind. This ground-breaking trip shows it …

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Misty B

In Festival Boats 2023, Festival Boats 2024

After watching Tally Ho and Arabella coming together on Youtube I decided that I ought to build a boat too. After looking at many plans I came across Glen L Witt’s little Squirt. I loved the design as it had that timeless Chris Craft wooden boat look and it would actually fit in my shop while being built. After reading …