Built in 1973 by American Marine in Singapore, “Black Opal” is a rare 36’ Grand Banks Classic for a number of reasons. She’s one of the last GB woodies built, with the shipwrights using thick Philippine mahogany planks for the hull and old-growth teak on most of the topsides. Ever since Jim Thiele found her languishing down in Long Beach, …
Ariel of Victoria
Carvel-planked in Alaskan yellow cedar on oak frames, Ariel of Victoria was built by Fred Peterson and Ron Hunt in Peterson’s shipyard near Nanaimo. Her ketch rig features original sitka spruce masts & booms. She has been a liveaboard vessel since launch and cruised extensively. Her current owners are 15 years into a major restoration and systems upgrade, pausing regularly …
Katie M
Our catboat Katie M is a 20′ Cape Cod catboat designed by Crosby and built in 2009 by the NW School of Wooden Boat Building. She is a sister ship to Mystic Seaports’ catboat Breck Marshall. Their lines were taken from a circa 1900 working cat TRYPHAENA. Her spar dimensions were taken from a 1905 Crosby sail plan. Katie’s predecessors …
Sir Isaac
Sir Isaac was built in 1984 for shorthanded offshore sailing and she did! Several trips to Hawaii, then on to Australia, Japan and back. We bought her in 2001 and sailed her locally for 5 years before beginning an extensive restoration project. She was in our shop for 10 years while we replaced her decks, cabin and completed necessary hull …
Burns Covw\e
This 1989 Sam Devlin designed and built Surf Scoter was built with an in hull outboard engine. The boat has had about four owners and after being brought out of long term pandemic storage the new owner turned this tough little boati over to Makenzie Devlin for a winter renewal project.. We feel the boat is ready now for the …
KHOYA
KHOYA Heals~ a 19 year old college lady recovered from several near-death experiences by time on the water sailing her little vessel. Circumnavigating Vancouver Island in 1979 was a first awakening adventure, opening an immersive, emerald marine world. KHOYA proved to be a stout and handy ketch ~ easily handled and maneuvered beautifully, especially with a 2 propeller prop. Later …
Gibnut
Based on the classic “Beachcomber-Alpha” club dories of New England, Gibnut is a slim and fast sail/oar boat. This year we will be testing out an experimental sail rig with carbon free standing masts.
GetAbout
Sailing is our main boating passion, but we thought it would be fun to have a fast run-about to explore the Columbia River and surrounding areas. After building a couple of smaller sailboats the 25’ Surf Runner design as a stitch-and-glue by Sam Devlin looked like a good candidate for a power boat and the next challenge. Sam was kind …
Guppy
The Guppy is an okoume plywood and Philippine mahogany sailboat, rowboat, powerboat, built to be equally at home on lakes or waters of the Puget Sound. It is constructed a bit heavy on purpose to help it feel more like a larger boat. The Guppy was built in my garage over a five year period while I was in the …
Zephyrus
Designed by Ed Monk Sr., MV Zephyrus was built in 1954 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Carvel planked, yellow cedar on white oak frames below the waterline, red cedar above. When Lady Z acquired Zephyrus in 2017, she was bow-heavy, overpowered by a Perkins 6.354 horizontal turbo engine. Re-powered with a Perkins 4.236 in 2018, Zephyrus now sits with a more …