Festival Boats

At the age of 67 years, M/V Suellen is a fine example of Ed Monk’s designs from the late 1930’s. She was built in West Seattle by Louis A. Hascall, a master carpenter who was a supervisor at Blanchard Boat company. Launched in 1951, she was christened by his granddaughter, Suellen. She’s cruised Pacific NW waters of Puget Sound and …

Pia is one of six Klasse Spidsgatters imported into Victoria by the same man in the late fifties. Four of those boats including DaCapo, Cito, Eio and Pia sail Washington waters today. I found Pia in near derelict condition in Cortez Bay, BC in 1992 and spent 19 months repairing her including a new cockpit, interior, decks, rails, rudder and …

Beautifully built and maintained William Garden design Cutter; Built on Bainbridge Island by Andy Goodwin; bright mast, boom, wood decks, bright trim with some contrasting painted cabins, nice wood interior. Purchased by Sam & Pam Fry 2017

A sweet 36′ Herreshoff ketch. As far as we know, only 4 or 5 of this design were ever built. We have sailed and worked on it for 12 happy years.

Scout is a John Carlson Design, Sam Devlin built 23 ’ raised deck cruiser. In 2018 I cut off her transom, added 3 ½ feet of stern and had Devlin repaint her. She cruises at 20 mph with accommodations for two in a spacious cabin with a wood stove.

This Dark Harbor 17 1/2 was built by the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building Large Craft Classes of 2017 and 2018.

Black Opal is a Classic Grand Banks 36 Trawler. This boat was purchased and totally redone by it’s previous owners Jim and Barbara Thiele. They enjoyed her for many years and kept her under cover at Pleasant Harbor. She has cruised to Alaska. Currently she is kept under cover at La Conner Marina and we enjoy cruising her in the …

A number of such installations have been made on the West Coast and are being watched with keen interest by motor boat operators everywhere. A particularly striking yacht installation was that made in the 44-foot power cruiser El Mistico owned by E. Michelson of the Seattle Yacht Club. The El Mistico was built by the Ballard Marine Railway of Seattle …

To save time we ordered our hull parts to be cut by West Coast Boat Works of Bend, Oregon. We asked Chuck at West Coast Boat Works to increase the stringers to 9 inches and stretch the hull panels as far as the plywood would allow. Our hull measures in at 25′ 6″. The boat surveyed at 26 feet overall …

Malle is a spidsgatter, 30 square meter class, built in Denmark in 1936. Last year a major repair of the backbone was performed at the Wooden Boat Foundation’s boatshop. Recent improvements include conversion to an ELCO electric propulsion system.