Nearing retirement, I decided to build one last boat. Little did I know this project would take almost 10 years! Paul and Eric at Bieker Boats had been thinking of
Banjo was designed to live on a trailer and has cruised waters from the Gulf Islands in British Columbia to San Francisco Bay to Monterey. My wife and I have
When we think about boats, we often wonder, “Is she a keeper?” Alcyone is definitely a keeper. She was designed and built by Frank Prothero in his backyard in Seattle.
ANJA’s design is based on the legendary Bristol Pilot Cutters of Britain. These boats were able to weather strong storms as well as be sailed short-handed. They would take the
Sandavore’s keel was laid in 1962 during the fishing trawler heydays. Pacific Northwest shipyards could not churn these boats out fast enough for an industry hungry to fish. As “Barbara
Bill Garden published this design in his 1977 book Yacht Designs. She traces her roots to George F. Holmes who is described as the father of the canoe yawl and
Thistle Dew was the first boat that I built alone. Built from scratch, with plans from WoodenBoat magazine, I so conscientiously tried to fit each piece that I would often
We chose to build this slightly smaller variant of a Piscataqua River Wherry designed by Bud McIntosh as we believe it would give us a nearly ideal fixed-seat recreational rowboat
Built to a Sam Devlin design called the Pelicano. Meant to be a commuter boat for my spouse—but no one commutes to work anymore! Build time was about 28 months.
