Bolero is an original double-ended 40 foot sloop designed by the renowned N.A. Bill Garden and launched in 1965. Her distinctive appearance, clean lines, flush deck, and raking jack staff present a strong statement. She has been featured in numerous books and magazine articles. Bolero was always one of Bill Garden’s favorites. He made many trips aboard her, with his …
Morning Star
Launched in 1948, Morning Star’s first owners were Walter and Katy Maertens, who were one of the six founding couples of the Seven Seas Cruising Association. They lived aboard in Glorietta Bay in San Diego for nearly 30 years. Every winter they cruised to Mexico, Central America, and the Galapagos Islands. Summers often found them cruising the Channel Islands. Of …
Solitude III
Solitude III is a John C. Harris-penned “PocketShip” sailboat. Per the designer, this stitch and glue boat, “is a small cruising sailboat of refined model, meant to sail well on all points, provide dry camping accommodations for two adults, and tow behind a four-cylinder car.” This gaff-rigged sloop weighs in at about 1100lbs (with ballast) in her typical daysailing configuration. …
PattyB
Sam Devlin designed the Song Wren in 2011, but this first example was completed and launched in 2019. I made a few minor alterations in the design, most notably using hollow birdsmouth construction for the Sitka spruce mast and integrating the mast tabernacle into the cabin front for both strength and aesthetic reasons. The cabin interior is outfitted as nicely …
Macaw
Macaw is a Presto-type gaff-rigged centerboard ketch. Designed by Sam Crocker and built by his son S. Sturgis Crocker at Crocker Boat Yard in Manchester, MA in 1956. She was originally designed for cruising in the Bahamas. She has a very large cockpit, flush decks, a large cabin for her size with a large companionway hatch and lots of fuel …
M. V. Integrity
1993 ‘Czarinna 35’ twin-Diesel ‘Fantail’ Cruising Yacht designed & built by Sam Devlin (Devlin Designing Boat Builders, Olympia). Combination of aesthetic traditional lines, modern construction methods, and advanced technology.
Zena
I bought this partly-completed HADRON dinghy and completely redesigned the interior, fitting self-draining floor, daggerboard and cassette rudder. It’s designed to float low when capsized so that it’s easier to get on the daggerboard to right her.
Thelonius
Thelonis was custom built in 1953 for a Portland Oregon dentist who wanted a ‘traditional-style’ boat, so Ed Monk, Sr modified one of his 1920’s plans. Built by Admiral Marine Works (Earle Wakefield) on Lake Union in Seattle. In addition to operating Admiral Marine, Earle Wakefield was concurrently head instructor at the Edison Technical boat-building school. Although Thelonius looks very …
Seven Bells
A classic pilot-house cruiser, this 1929 Stephens Brothers boat was built in Stockton, CA, one of eight or nine boats using the same blueprints. Seven Bells has won the top restoration awards at classic wooden boat shows across the Pacific Northwest, from Victoria to Seattle. The boat was originally a private yacht, then served as an anti-submarine net tender in …
Scout
Scout was originally built by Sam Devlin in 2009 from John Carlson’s 20 foot design. The transom and motor mount on John’s original design made installing trim tabs difficult. Sam and John discussed adding several feet to the design and making refinements to improve handling and trim performance. Over the winter of 2017 John began remodeling Scout’s stern by cutting …