Festival Boats

Grail is built of the finest materials Balu, Oak, VG Fir, back bone and ribs. VG Fir planking, Oak deck beams , Port Orford Cedar decks , single plank Mahogany house sides, spruce spars. She made a voyage down the coast to the Galapagos Islands with her original owner. She returned to the Salish Sea where she has been since. …

Marionette is #6 of 22 K-50s built in San Diego. She was commissioned in 1964. Kettenburg Boatworks was famous for building lightweight and very fast wooden racing sailboats and the K-50s are of that model. She is light for her size, weighing just 28,000 lbs. She has a 13.5′ beam, 7′ draft, and carries a sail area of 1,000 square …

Topsides re-planked, hull totally re-calked and refastened in 2018. Hull, topsides and cabin repainted in 2018.

Felicity Ann 1939. Felicity Ann’s keel was laid at Mashford Bros. yard in England in 1939. Aboard her, in 1953 Ann Davison became the first woman to go solo across any major ocean. The voyage was documented in Ann’s book “My Ship So Small.” She was sailed for the first time in 50 years during the summer of 2018. The …

Resembling, and preceding, the larger and more well known Folkboat, the KDY15 became a popular racing class in Denmark during the last century. Svale was built in 1954 in Svendborg, Denmark and incorporates all the ‘updates”‘that became part of the class design in the 1950s including a laminated mast, rectangular boom, foam flotation, and other small details. Svale was brought …

Duffy was built to a design penned by Edwin Monk Sr. in 1947 by Frank Adams under the north span of Seattle’s University Bridge. She was launched in 1950. The original owners raised their family onboard while cruising the length of the Salish Sea, making Ketchican twice. Duffy remained under their stewardship for 42 years, moored at the Seattle Yacht …

This is a 20.5′ Bartender which is traditionally built as plywood on frame. The hull frame construction is nearing completion and includes the frames, building jig, stem, sternpost, keelson, breasthooks, chine logs, and sheer clamp. The next step is to permanently glue and fasten all components, fair the frame structure, then plank the sides and bottom with marine plywood panels.

This is a striking example of taking a classic boat design and applying custom features to keep the weight quite manageable yet balancing the variety of complementing woods to produce a very efficient and beautiful boat. While a relatively new construction, this boat can be seen frequently being rowed in the Port Townsend Bay, home of the owner/builder. This is …

This Stephens Brothers boat was built in Stockton, CA, one of eight or nine boats using the same blueprints. Purchased by the United States War Shipping Administration in 1942, the boat served as an anti-submarine net tender in San Francisco Bay during WW2. The boat was fully restored in 1947 and then again in 1998 after purchase by its current …

Epic is the latest is a constant refining of the perfect youth Voyaging boat. Stable, easy to row, fast under sail or oars, beachable, with water-tight integrity. It was designed by Ed Louchard with input from the CBP captains. It is a true community boat.