After a small stroke in 2011 I took on building a wooden kayak to help with the paralysis and weakness of my right side. This was a really uplifting fun
Grand Banks Alaskan 49 1973/2023, the Fleming yacht of Grand Banks- designed and directed by Robert Doris and Tony Fleming (Commonly mistaken by Arthur DeFever, DeFever designed only the 46’
Onward was built by High School students and adult mentors during the 2010-2011 school year. The designers were local geniuses Kit Africa and Jim Franken, with rig and sail design
Roy Jackson and his wife Dolores took on the 50-60 thousand hour build in their backyard and dedicated weekends and evening over the course of 35 years. In the spring
SS/V Townshend and SS/V Bear are replicas of yawls carried aboard HMS Discovery during her exploration of Puget Sound in 1792 – 95 by Captain George Vancouver. They live today
Scout is a 38′ New Jersey Style wood Sportfish style yacht (Post switched to fiberglass around 1972). There are very few wooden versions left. Scout is carvel planked in Philippine
The Kootenai Power Drifter is based on “The Bridges” design from Fletcher’s “Drift Boats and River Dories”. It is unique in that epoxy was utilized to fasten the mahogany plywood
Built in 1952, to designer Hanna’s specifications of Port Orford cedar and Eastern white oak, the Sprig has had four owners and been sailed exclusively in Northwest waters—twice to Alaska.
A Finnish boatbuilder in Portland, Oregon was the first to build one of these skiffs. It became a popular boat in Lake Oswego, Oregon where there was once a whole
