Festival Boats

Havhesten (“Seahorse”) was built in Langesund Norway. Her construction began before WWII but was halted soon after it started. Her construction was completed just after the end of the war. She is known in her native waters of Langesund on the southeast coast of Norway as a Langesund Sailing Sjekte (Skiff). Her type of keelboat evolved on the local fjord …

Red is a multichine plywood ballasted-daggerboard sloop that I designed and built for cruising in damp and wet Northwestern and Alaskan waters. The look is inspired by an eclectic assortment: a 1930’s Gordon Monroe motor sailer, Lake Union Dreamboats and early local gill netters with their tiny dog houses. To be honest the boat was really designed around the doghouse. …

Saravan was built in 1938 as a harbour tug, did wartime service in Victoria harbour during WWII. The Saravan tug boat was built in 1938 for Harry Van Froome and named for his wife, Sara. The wooden tug boat worked in local waters for fifty years. During wartime, the Saravan patrolled the waters to protect the naval base at Esquimalt, …

Caledonia Yawl 19′ 10″ long with a 6’4″ beam designed by Iain Oughtred. After sailing in his uncle’s homebuilt trimaran, Daren Lindley had a life long dream to build a boat. 50 years later, Daren and his son in law, Nick Luchterhand bought the plans and started bulding. After planking the hull we could not imagine painting her. Iain Oughtred …

Sawaya is hull #3 of the Pacific Pelican class, started in the 1980’s in the San Francisco Bay Area. The father-son team of Jim & Ed Barlow designed this 15 foot lugger based on the popular 12 foot San Francisco Pelican with the blessings of the original Pelicaneer, Captain Short. Constructed of marine grade Douglas fir plywood, clear Douglas fir, …

Ceridwen was lofted in the Fall of 1982 at Magner & Sons Boatworks in Carlsborg, WA. Matt McCleary with the help of John and his son Kevin, started building the Atkins’ “Little Maid of Kent” Schooner. Poured 2500lbs of lead for Keel, Balua Keel Timbers, Oregon Oak floor timber’s and steam-bent oak frames, Port Orford Cedar planking, old-growth Douglas Fir …

The Wheeler Shipyard Corporation was founded in 1910 by Howard E. Wheeler Sr. in Brooklyn, New York. The rest, as they say, is history. Wheeler thrived by building beautiful, highly-regarded yachts with inherent value. As their reputation grew so did their line of quality yachts, the largest design stretching to 85 feet. By 1921 Wheeler Shipyard needed more room, so …

I choose Sam Devlin’s Onyx design as a maximum trailer able sailboat. I have a triple axil trailer for the Susan Joanne with the idea that we could trailer her north to the inside passage or south to Southern California. I haul the boat for the winter, and store her inside. Also, I intended to build this boat. I did …

The Ellida is a Double ended, cutter rig that is a work of art and a thing of beauty. She glides through the water either under sail or powered by her 30 horse powered Westerbeke diesel engine.

Osprey is a sharpie built in Port Townsend by Bill and Glen Eppick. Her design is that of a New Haven sharpie which was used in the East Coast oyster fisheries around the middle of the 19th century. Osprey is the 4th complete boat built by Bill Eppick of Skye Boat Works. Osprey was meant to be the perfect shoal …