The small gaff rigged topsail sloop “Katie” was built to recreate the sailing experience and look of a sailing vessel typically to the turn of the century. From handmade brass port holes to the mast fittings, rigging, belaying pins, and many other small finish details many hours of enjoyable work were expended to recreate the look of a traditional sailing craft. The Katie has a hybrid keel having both a traditional weighted keel in addition to an external mounted retractable fin. Since the originally launch in the summer of 2004 the sloop has spent the many summers since sailing the southern waters of the Salish Sea.
