SS/V Townshend and SS/V Bear are replicas of yawls carried aboard HMS Discovery during her exploration of Puget Sound in 1792 – 95 by Captain George Vancouver. They live today as thriving members of the Wooden Boat Foundation’s educational fleet. The S/V Townshend participates yearly in the International Pacific Challenge, the Sooke King’s Cup Competition, in the WBF’s Adventures at …
Scout
Scout is a 38′ New Jersey Style wood Sportfish style yacht (Post switched to fiberglass around 1972). There are very few wooden versions left. Scout is carvel planked in Philippine mahogany on the bottom and cedar sided. Frames are oak. Original 427 Chris Craft engines. Scout came the west coast in the mid 70’s after originally being registered in Margate …
Kootenai Power Drifter
The Kootenai Power Drifter is based on “The Bridges” design from Fletcher’s “Drift Boats and River Dories”. It is unique in that epoxy was utilized to fasten the mahogany plywood sides and bottom to the fir frames. The only metal fasteners utilized were to mount hardware. The hull is encapsulated with epoxy and fiberglass cloth and then receives 5 coats …
Sprig
Built in 1952, to designer Hanna’s specifications of Port Orford cedar and Eastern white oak, the Sprig has had four owners and been sailed exclusively in Northwest waters—twice to Alaska. She has a new Yanmar 22 diesel engine with a 20 gallon fuel tank and burns less than a quart an hour at cruising speed of five knots. There’s a …
Peggy C
A Finnish boatbuilder in Portland, Oregon was the first to build one of these skiffs. It became a popular boat in Lake Oswego, Oregon where there was once a whole fleet of Lake Oswego skiffs. It has unique features, like a flat-bottom plank in place of a keel, that makes the boat relatively fast to build. This Lake Oswego boat …
China Cloud
Allen and Sharie Farrell not only built wooden boats on the beaches of the Gulf Islands on Coast Salish Territory, but inspired others to live healthy and meaningful lives full of connection and harmony. The artistry, intent, and skill put into building China Cloud, the Farell’s last large sailing vessel, can still be felt today, 40 years after its launch. …
Maggie Mae
Well-built with cedar strip planing over mahogany and oak. Repowered with 115hp eTech. Safe and sound big little boat.
Thea
Thea is a lightweight glued lapstrake version of a Ken Bassett “Liz”. She is 18 ‘ in length with a 3′ beam. The sliding seat frame can mount two feet forward when a passenger is carried in the stern seat. The riggers were changed to right triangles so they can swap sides to move the oarlocks two feet forward. I …
Yankee Dime
Designed in 1913 as a class racer by Manley Crosby (The Crosby families began designing and building boats in 1744 on Cape Cod and continue today with the 8th generation EM Crosby Boatworks) the Wianno Senior has navigated Cape Cods shallow waters every Summer Season by generations of dedicated families. Most notably the Kennedy Klan. Since 1913 173 wooden hull …
Alice
This hull was built with a combination of western red cedar and African mahogany laminations. Powerd by a single Perkis diesel, she cruises at 8-10 knots with ample tankage and battery capacity for extended cruising time away from services.