Kari-san was built by Lee Sandifur, a boat builder working for the designer, Sam Devlin. The original sprit rig required some one to stand to furl or reef the sails. Because I’m in a wheelchair I could not handle the boat without help. I made a new boom and top spar and changed it to a lug rig with a …
Vaudeville
Built in Stockton Ca. By the famous Stephens bros. Boatworks this lovely example is the last one of 10 built that still serves. Mostly lived in San Diego. Many time Catalina veteran. Many upgrades to make her more cruising friendly. Built of port Orford cedar over white oak frames . Refit in mid 90’s replanked and refastened and west systemed …
Avenger 2
Avenger is in excellent condition. Has a new beta 38 hp only 300 hours. New lawfrance windlass ,new rocna anchor, new refrigeration, new force 10 heater with water coils to heat the boat, new furling, new cushions, she Sails fast and a very proud bow keeps her dry in heavy seas, hold 150 gallons of water and 120 gallons of …
Raven
The Raven is a locally built Chesapeake Light Craft Expedition Wherry. Steve has built several of these over the years.
Air Power
She’s an 18 foot Sportboat with a 8 foot beam. She has a 26’6″ aluminum mast with a 10 foot boom and a 5 foot bowsprit. She was made using Okume plywood with a clear cedar cabin. Comes with an outboard motor and trailer.
Sylvia
When I decided to build a wooden boat I knew what I wanted. I was looking through a copy of Wooden Boat Magizine when I saw Doug Hyland’s design, ” Oonagh”. It fit all the reguirements I was looking for with a 12ft. length and a wide 5ft. beam. She was compact with the stabilty and seaworthness I wanted. A …
Glencannon
I rescued Glencannon in 2007 after she sat in dry storage for 30 years. She was a rough fish boat that I spent the next 8 years converting her into a sweet little pocket cruiser. The last 2 yrs of her restoration were spent in the Schooner Martha shop where I worked under the experienced eyes and supervision of Robert …
Big Woody
The Hacker Boat Co is the oldest constructor of wooden motorboats in the world that is still building the same classic craft today as what that were in the early 20th century. Hacker Craft was the boat of choice by Henry Ford, J.W. Packard, the Dodge Brothers and many other industrial tycoons. ‘The Big Woody’ is a one of a …
Pluto
I bought Pluto around 1986, right before I started working for Anchor Jensen at Jensen Motor Boat Co. in Seattle. The boat seemed in fairly good shape at the time, the exception, some decay in the lower frame ends where they socket into the keelson. The boat was designed by Laurent Giles for single handed cruising around the estuaries and …
Tusitala
The sailing vessel, Tusitala, Samoan for “story teller,” does indeed have a story to tell. She is a gaff-rigged cutter, 30.5 LOD, commissioned by Robert and Marge Saxton, of Round Pond, Maine; designed by John Atlkins in 1979, and built and launched in Rockport, Maine by Rockport Marine. in 1986, the Saxtons, in their mid sixties, began a circumnavigation, which …