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Klara

In Festival Boats, Festival Boats 2024

Klara, the Somes Sound 12 1/2 designed by John Brooks, follows the tradition of a sturdy, elegant daysailer – the Herreshoff 12 ½ (aka The Buzzard Bay Boys Boat). Its immediate predecessor was Joel White’s Haven 12 1/2, which has often been built using cold molded construction. The Somes Sound iteration of the 12 ½ family capitalizes on glued plywood …

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Puffin

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Built at the renown Jensen boatyard in Friday Harbor, Wa. to a Bill Garden design the Puffin is as close to the quintessential Northwest cruiser as is possible. She is heavy, almost 80,000 lbs and sits comfortably on the water without the need for additional stabilizers or aids to her stability. She has a Gardner 6 LXB diesel engine, 3500 …

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Pax

In Festival Boats 2024

PAX is the only 45 sq meter Danish Spidsgatter sailing in North America. Pax (Latin for Peace) is a spidsgatter (Danish for “double ender”) built in Kalundborg, Denmark in 1936. The spidsgatter was a racing class begun in the mid-1920s as sail clubs across Denmark sought to expand opportunities for families to sail together. The boats were fast (very high …

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Lavengro

In Festival Boats 2024

Built in 1926 and originally named “Helen,” Schooner Lavengro is a 2/3rds scale yacht built on the lines of the Biloxi shrimp and oyster schooners of the early 1900s. During WWII she was loaned to the US Coast Guard Station in Biloxi, where she was used for sail training and as a patrol vessel. From the 1950s onward, she changed …

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Ollie

In Festival Boats 2024

Restored 1950 Penn Yan ( Cartopper ) Wooden 13’ boat weighs 80 lbs. canvas over wood strips. Painted with George Kirby paint. Sits on a restored 1959 Tee Nee Trailer. Completely restored. Custom to the boat. Original Oars and vintage motors.

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Buckley

In Festival Boats 2024

This boat was built by George Pocock and his son Stan in the early 1960’s for Ervine Valley College, CA. It was originally called the John Lusk while at the school. John was a reality broker in Los Angeles then and had given a large donation while his son went to the school. The Rat Island club acquired the boat …

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Puget Lady

In Festival Boats 2024

Puget Lady is an Ed Monk, Sr. designed tri-cabin trawler. She was built in 1941 by Tregonning Boat Co. (Shilshole, WA.) for the Harvey Rowe family, owners of Ballard Brass. Originally named Marharver, after Rowe family members, she was sold in 1953 to the Timmerman family, active members of the Queen City Yacht club in Portage Bay, Seattle, where she …

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Anna

In Festival Boats 2024

Anna was built in 1966 in Picton New Zealand. One of her sister boats is detailed in XXXX The Proper Yacht. When we purchased the boat there were a number of stories which were told about her. She was sailed for 10 years in the South Pacific, sailed around Cape Horn at least twice. Was home ported in SE Alaska …

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Anna Bray

In Festival Boats 2024

Anne Bray is the “little sister” to Serenity – the 22ft skiff used for fishing, crabbing and traveling to the islands. Built by John Breiby in Wasilla, AK, this two masted sprit sail boat has great amenities such as being made from Alaska Sitka Spruce with Purple Heart blocks, the rudder is hung with the English beach boat system and …

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Belle

In Festival Boats 2024

Belle was designed by Laurie McGowan for the “sketchbook” section of Wooden Boat Magazine. She is a rowing-sailing dinghy 11- feet long made from local northwest woods and very little glue or plywood..