RIPTIDE was built in 1927 by the Schertzer Brothers Boat and Machine Company, then located on the north end of Lake Union near the foot of Stone Way in Seattle.
1500 hours from first sketches to varnish. The boat is a cedar-strip, recreational/open-water scull, loosely based on Graeme King’s immortal Kingfisher. It’s built with 1/8-inch Western red cedar & Alaska
This is a very easy stitch & glue build. You can purchase CNC cut kits (for the hull) from a few different kit builders. Proven design especially for Alaska and
38-Foot Power Cruiser – Designed by John G. Alden of Boston, for sport fishing and general cruising. She is twin-screw powered and was built by Simms Brothers at Dorchester, Mass.
Bibi is a hard-chined, plywood centerboard sloop built in 1964 by hobbyist Ludvik Zbigniewicz, apparently to his own design. She has a long, fine entry, considerable rocker, and a tiny,
The sailing vessel Tusitala, Samoan for story-teller, does indeed have a story to tell. She is a gaff-rigged cutter, 30.5 feet, commissioned by Robert and Marge Saxton, of Round Pond,
