Festival Boats

Chesuki’s design is in “The Dory Book” by John Gardner, from which I traditionally built her of fragrant Port Orford cedar and Oregon white oak. The building of her was quite enjoyable, with just a couple of heart ache mistakes easily remedied thanks to miraculous epoxy, after 3 years the anticipation of her use made the launching a real celebration! …

Ceridwen was lofted in the fall of 1982 at Magner and Sons Boatworks by John and Kevin Magner and Matt McCleary. Matt continued on with the building project along with his wife Stephanie. Ceridwen has a lead keel and steam bent oak frames. Ceridwen was launched in 1994 in Port Angeles, Washington and made her maiden voyage in 1996 to …

Carlita is a Core Sound 17 Mark 3 Cat ketch designed by Graham Byrnes of B& B Yacht Designs. She is built from a plywood kit from B&B Yacht designs. She is water ballasted and has self righting capability to 100 degrees. The design brief was to create the smallest trailer sailer that has reasonable “”cruising”” amenities for two, and …

Well laid out custom built cruising yacht for a family of 4 and crew of 2. Alaska yellow cedar over oak frames on 10 inch centers. Power truster installed in 2007. New kitchen counter.

Sometimes you pick the boat, and sometimes the boat picks you. Port Ludlow resident Joseph Guillien showed up to look at a wooden boat and found it was sold the day before. As luck would have it, a similar boat was tied up to the dock with a for sale sign on it. As the vessel name came into view, …

Bright Star is from a design by Renn Tolman of Homer, Alaska. The Alaskan Skiffs were meant for rough waters, and have been customized to be just what the builders want in a boat. Tolman boats began as open skiffs, primarily for fishing. Renn’s basic design evolved, and a few have been built at 26′. Most of the cabin boats …

Bimi is a custom gaff-ketch sailboat that has been in our family for over 60 years. She was designed by Basil Knauth & Christian Norgaard, with extensive modifications designed by Scott Rohrer. Originally built by Nunes Bros. and launched December 17, 1955 in Sausalito, California, Bimi was brought to the Pacific Northwest in 1984, where she was substantially modified (at …

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 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 companion-ship …

The year 1998; we consulted with Paul Gartside and had several preliminary drawings produced. By 2000 we had the finalized plans and commenced building our dream. We lived in Revelstoke BC in the heart of the Monashee and Selkirk mountain ranges. Because of our heavy snowfalls and long winters, we built a shop with heated floor 32′ x 60′ with …