Festival Boats

RIPTIDE was built in 1927 by Frank E and William J Schertzer, owners of Schertzer Brothers Boat and Machine Company, which was then located at 1115 Northlake Avenue on the north end of Lake Union near the foot of Stone Way in Seattle. Her original owners are as yet unknown. RIPTIDE is 47 feet 1-inch long with a beam of …

Segue was built by the Northwest School of Wooden Boat building and the owner took delivery of a bare hull/deck/house in 2011. There followed a year of painting and fitting out. The hull is built over 9 mm ring frames and incorporates a trunk that houses a lifting keel that has 900 pounds of lead at the bottom. The combination …

Using only the lines drawing from the Dori book we measured and created a sheet of offsets to loft her. Thanks to the Newport Marine science center loft and bandsaw, I was able to fully loft her and then create her sawn frames in 1983. Thanks to Dick Tucker in Langlois Oregon I was able to order perfect Port Orford …

Built in Anacortes in 1977 (same year as the first Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival) by a 20 year old aspiring boat builder named Bo Garrison who took the lines from Chappelles American Small Craft. The boat’s design is an evolution from dugout canoes, and came into service for watermen in Long Island Sound for ease of construction, speed, ease …

Built by S.A.L.T.S. Sail and Life Training Society, as a working exhibit at Expo 1986 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Planked and Decked in Douglas Fir, Yellow Cedar Beams, Trimmed with Purple Heart Cap Rails and Sole, Topped Off with Spars in Douglas Fir. The Pacific Swift has sailed over 100,000 deep-sea miles on training voyages for young trainees. Her offshore …

Built on the lines of the SALT Society’s original Robertson II, Pacific Grace was constructed in Victoria primarily of Douglas Fir. Traditional double sawn frames measuring 9″/9″ are planked with 3 inch quarter sawn fir as is the deck. Framing for the deck is Yellow Cedar. Pacific Grace has been working with youth from all backgrounds sailing to far away …

Alaskan Yellow Cedar and Western Red Cedar over White Oak frames. Construction began in 1966 at McQueen Boat Works in Vancouver, BC. The hull was completed and shipped overland to the Toronto Shipyards where the vessel was completed in 1969. During the completion in Toronto Mr. Edwin Monk Sr. stayed in contact as a consultant. The Carvel planks were miter …

Sir Isaac was built in 1984 for shorthanded offshore sailing. We bought her in 2001 and sailed her for 5 years before deciding to undertake the task of restoring her. She was in our shop for 10 years for a complete rebuild of decks, cabin, and more. Sir Isaac was relaunched in 2016 and we have been sailing her around …

Originally named Edlu, Sparkman and Stephens design #35 has received much acclaim in her 84 years. Built in 1934 at the shipyard of the legendary Henry B. Nevins, Orion has proven many times over the speed and seaworthiness of Olin Stephens’ designs. Winning the Newport Bermuda race the year she was launched Orion went on to collect a laundry list …

Ibis is a 27′ Devlin Black Crown sedan trawler. Built in 1988 by Devlin Designing Boatworks using the stitch and glue method and displacing 7050# loaded, she is a perfect Northwest cruiser for two. She is powered by a 44HP Yanmar diesel and cruises at 8kts. Home ported in a boathouse at Portland Yacht Club, we trailer North twice a …