Festival Boats

A wonderful day-sailor! Sociable cruising at it’s best. The truant is a wonderful boat to sail. Port Townsend designer/boatbuilder, Ed Louchard, designed her with the changing currents and winds of the Puget Sound in mind. Built by the Northwest School of Wooden Boat building, this boat is great for day-sailing, camping, and adventuring with friends. She has a beautiful spoon …

This classic 1973 Grand Banks 36 trawler is an excellent sea boat, and very comfortable for cruising. Twin Ford Lehman diesel engines use approximately 3 gallons per hour at 8 to 9 knots. 1000 mile range. This boat has made several passages into Canadian waters, and has made 2 trips to Alaska. Virginia Cary has always been under cover, and …

Designed by Bob Perry and built by the students and staff of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding FRANCIS LEE is a Perry Sliver Class Daysailer designed and built for the pure joy of sailing. Her construction was supervised by Bruce Blatchley the contemporary instructor at the school. She has modest yet comfortable accommodations and has been cruised by a …

Marianita was built over the course of 3 years in my small boat shop (it used to be a 2 car garage). She is moored in Eagle Harbor on Bainbridge Island and is a great little single-handed boat for those summer days when the chore list is done and nobody is around to act as crew. Down below there is …

This pirate ship was built in 1985. She was home ported in Olympia washington for 20 years. A retired naval architect created the ship from a cold molded hull. She was modified to carry square rigged sails. The vessel is a 1/3rd scale model of Christopher Columbus’s Santa Maria. She sat for 20 years outdoors before she was completely restored …

Unda is a double-ended cruising ketch custom designed in 1938 by Aage Utzon. She was built after World War II and launched in 1949 by Egon Nielsen Boatyard in Nakskov, Denmark. She is oak framed, larch planked and copper-riveted. Her spars are made from spruce. Her cabin sides and cockpit combing are made from “book-matched” teak planks. Her interior and …

Josephine is a converted Salmon Troller and is celebrating her 85 th birthday at the show this year. She was converted from a working fishing boat to a cruiser by Devlin Boat Co. of Olympia. Her power is a John Deere diesel engine. Converted from a Salmon Troller to a power cruiser by Devlin Boat Co. of Olympia, Wa. Josephine …

SYMRA was commissioned by William Larsen of Tacoma to be built at the Edison Vocational Technical School. She was launched April 26, 1941 and immediately began winning races. Purchased from Larsen’s estate in 1952 by Fred Haley she was raced extensively through the 1970’s and has been owned and maintained by the Haley family for 47 years. Originally maintained by …