The Air Snipe (ex SC-1068) was laid down Dec 10th of 1942 as PC-1068 in Camden NJ by Mathis Yacht Building Company (later became John Trumpy & Sons); she was completed March 26th, 1943 and then reclassified and commissioned into the USN on April 13th, 1943 as SC-1068. All told a series of small shipyards built 438 examples of this …
Stephanie E.
Stephanie E., was built by the well-known boat builder, Dan Jones in Sausalito, Calif. in 1980, She is built to the lines and plans found in John Gardner’s Book: Building Classic Small Craft, Vol. 1. She has a lapstrake hull planked in Port Orford Cedar, and copper riveted. Black Locust keel and ribs. Dan Jones sold the boat to his …
Second Chance
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 …
Bear
Commissioned by the Wooden Boat Foundation, Bear was built in partnership with Gray Wolf Ranch and the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding. Greg Foster designed her from the lines of Pacific Crest Outward Bound’s Elizabeth Bonaventure. She’s been used for a wide variety of on-the-water programs including Sea Scouts, Adventures at Sea and Puget Sound Explorers. She’s made a wonderful …
Misty B
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 …
Poem
MV Poem, previously MV Sunshine, was designed by Edwin Monk and built in Seattle in 1938 and plied the waters of Puget Sound for most of her years. Almost always shed kept she is is splendid condition having been well maintained and carefully updated over the years. In 2021 she moved to Victoria BC under new ownership and was renamed …
Sue
Sue is a 1961 40’ Rybovich Sportfish completed as hull #48 in West Palm Beach, Florida by the iconic founders of the original sportfishing boats – Rybovich. She has several unique features such as teak decking on the foredeck and flybridge, and having deckhouse corner posts Sue is remarkable in that she remained with the original family owner for 59 …
Scamp
SCAMP was designed and built at the W.F. Stone & Son Shipyard on San Francisco bay as the last personal boat for the yard’s owner, Lester Stone. Her sister ship is Little Packet of Port Townsend. Scamp is planked with Honduran mahogany and her frames are white oak and purple heart. Her spars are Sitka spruce. Her previous owners, Tom …
Onward
Onward was built by High School students and adult mentors during the 2010-2011 school year. The designers were local geniuses Kit Africa and Jim Franken, with rig and sail design by Wayne Chimen. This is an “Oceanic Dory” – so, typical dory lines but modified for purpose. The hull lines were designed to carry Mick Bird on a row around …
Townshend
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 …