Guide to 38th Festival Boats Absolute 1970
Trumpys were built in Annapolis, Maryland, and were only afforded by the very wealthy. This boat was originally built for Bayard Sharp of the Dupont dynasty. Trumpys were coastal cruisers, not passage makers. Absolute is a houseboat design (not to be confused with what we in the NW consider a “houseboat”). Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Ada Wynn 1964
One of several Herreshoff-designed Rozinantes built by Giles at NorthShore Yard in San Francisco. Yellow cedar planking, bronze fastened to white oak frames with a marine ply deck. Many recent upgrades inside and out, including new 5hp Honda, new running and standing rigging, and Hood roller furler. Port Townsend, Wash.
Adventure 2005
Adventure is a large, heavy sailing pram designed for training people how to sail. She is a masterpiece of design by the late, great Pacific Northwest boat designer William Garden. Port Townsend, Wash.
Adventuress 1913
The schooner Adventuress, built in East Boothbay, Maine, is owned and operated by the non-profit Sound Experience. She sails throughout Puget Sound and the Salish Sea to educate, inspire, and empower an inclusive community to make a difference for the future of our marine environment. Port Townsend, Wash.
Alcyone 1956
Shipwright Frank Prothero designed and built the schooner Alcyone, an 81’ gaff-rigged topmast schooner. She was built in six years as a backyard project and launched in 1956. Her construction is carvel planked red cedar on steam bent oak frames, with her backbone and decks made from Port Orford cedar and bulwarks made from yellow cedar. Her spars are clear vertical grain fir. Port Townsend, Wash.
Allegra 1951
The Allegra was built as a yacht by the respected Bensen Brothers yards in Vancouver, BC. She has sailed through the Panama Canal in the past and presently serves as my home, art gallery and studio traveling to SE. Alaska every summer to pursue my wood carving endeavor and art work. See www.victorcano. com Bellingham, Wash.
Anna D 1968
The Anna D is an excellent example of the fine design of William Garden combined with the boatbuilding skill of Bill Richter of Meridian Boat Works. Her keel was laid in 1968 and launched in 1974 out of Moss Landing California. We started the conversion in 2010 and have a ways to go. Sean and Robyn Ryan welcome you aboard. Tacoma, Wash.
Arctic Tern 2014
A stretched version of Iain Oughtred’s Arctic Tern design, she features an enlarged gunter sloop rig with decks and bulkheads fore and aft. Originally designed at 18’2” in length, the person commissioning the boat preferred the longer length of the Caledonia Yawl, and the narrower beam of the Arctic Tern. Thus this is a hybrid of the two. Allyn, Wash.
Argonaut II 1922
Argonaut II is a 73’ classic wooden yacht featuring a narrow beam canoe stern design. The hull is cedar, the decks are painted fir and the house and 6” wide rails are teak. She is powered by a single Gardner 6L3 Diesel which uses less than 3 gallons per hour at full speed. This engine was installed in 1940. Seattle, Wash.
Ariel of Victoria 1980
Built and designed by Ronald Hunt, a refugee from the oil fields of Saskatchewan who moved out to Vancouver Is-
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land and fell in with a “rather salty crowd” in Nanaimo and decided to build a boat. Built over “7 years of madness” (his words), Ariel is planked with Alaskan Yellow Cedar on White Oak frames. With Western Red Cedar decking, Sitka Spruce mast and booms & powered by a marinized Perkins 4-236 from the Alaskan railroad. His first and only boat, a full keel with a round, lifted transom akin to local fish boats, she is a wonderful sea boat. Doug and Jane Bond from Victoria were the second owners, raising two boys aboard and playing an active role in the sailing community. We bought her in 2009 and have been sanding ever since (and planking, and corking, and fastening...). And sailing. She is quick and handy, sails with 2, but accommodates 14 for dinner (no reservations required). Seattle, Wash.
Arrow 1974
Arrow was inspired and built from John Gardner’s National Fisherman (1960’s) St. Pierre Dory Lines & Offsets and from builder Karl Sebastian’s involvement with North Pacific halibut dories around Kodiak, AK. Arrow was built as a self directed apprenticeship effort and upon completion, was reviewed by John Gardner as being the handsomest one he’d seen. Since 1977, Arrow has been used as a family “camp” boat all around Puget Sound. She combines seakeeping, simplicity and sheer beauty that has a historical reputation of returning. Port Townsend, Wash.
Arroyo 1938
Big Food is a sail & oar campcruiser. She is outfitted as a lug yawl, with a balanced lug main and a sprit-boom mizzen. Seattle, Wash.
Bobbie 1956
FOR SALE
Bobbie is a lovely example of the rare Jensen “Island Cruiser.” She was built in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island at Jensen Boatworks. She now sports a 2006 restoration undertaken by Phoenix Restorations, also of San Juan Island, WA. Oak Harbor, Wash.
Camp Skiff 2014
19’ stitch and glue camp skiff, built of marine and exterior plywood. Electric powered. Bellingham, Wash.
Carlyn 1996
S/V Carlyn is more than a sailing vessel that takes youth into wilderness areas to explore. She is more than a inquiry based science platform. She is more than just the idea of adventure - she is “Adventure.” Deer Harbor, Wash.
Flat bottom skiff built by the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building’s Small Craft Class of 2013/2014. Port Hadlock, Wash.
Carousel 1953
Aura 1948
Aura is a the 5th Blanchard 33 built. She was designed by William Garden in 1946; Blanchard Boat Co. built nine sister ships six months apart in the late 1940’s. Aura was owned by Norman C. Blanchard, son of the builder, from 1952 to 1977. She is in her fourteenth season of skippered charters with Classic Daysailing at Deer Harbor on Orcas Island. See www.classicdaysails.com Deer Harbor, Wash.
Azulita 2013
FOR SALE
Bandwagon 2001
The Hvalsoe 16 is one in a series of combination rowing and sailing craft from Seattle area builder/designer Eric Hvalsoe. The most recent rig option is an 80 square foot balanced lug mainsail with 10 square foot mizzen. Bandwagon was built cedar plank over oak ribs in traditional lapstrake fashion, and is actively camp cruised. Plans are available, as well as commissions for new construction from the builder. See www.Hvalsoe-Boats.com Shoreline, Wash.
Bebop 1963
Bebop is a converted gillnetter. She was built in Steveston, BC and fished the Queen Charlotte Islands and Alaska for 30 years. Converted in 2002 in Port Townsend, she still keeps her elegant fishing boat lines. Port Townsend shipwrights who did the work include: Phil Andrus, Bill Campbell, Klaus Dietrick, Barry Stevens, and Dave Thompson. Seattle, Wash.
Beckon 2014
Beckon is a NorthSea 29, designed by Mark Smaalders of Orcas Island. She is a wood-epoxy gaff rigged cutter, with centerboard, for ocean cruising and shallow anchorage exploration. Owner built with beautiful attention to detail in Bigfork, Mont., by cabinetmaker Richard Beck. Launched in summer 2014, after 8,000 build hours. Bigfork, MT
Bettina 1957
Bettina is a one-off teakplanked 41’ Laurent Giles 3/4-rigged sloop, built in 1957 in Hong Kong at the Wing on Shing shipyard. Port Townsend, Wash.
Compadre 1929
Carolina Skiff 2014
Built by Blanchard Boat Company as We’re Here, she won the 1949 Swiftsure Lightship Race. Arroyo was restored and rebuilt in Port Townsend, including ribs, deck, deck beams, cockpit, electrical, engine, electronics, prop, shaft, exhaust, galley and hull refastening. Re-launched in 1998, Arroyo has participated in Wooden Boat Festivals in both Port Townsend and Seattle. Seattle, Wash.
Built by the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building’s 2013 Contemporary Boat Building class. Port Hadlock, Wash.
Big Food 2007
FOR SALE
Carousel is a two station, full displacement design. The hull is 7/8” Port Orford cedar over 2 1/2” x 1 1/2” steam bent oak ribs, 9” on center, with galvanized fastenings. She’s powered by twin, counter rotating Chrysler 318 marine V8 engines through Paragon reduction gears and V drives. Cruise speed is 8.5kts at 1800 RPM, consuming 5.5 Gallons per Hour total. Bremerton, Wash.
Ceridwen 1994
Built by owner Matt McCleary, Ceridwen was lofted in the fall of 1982 with help from John and Kevin Magner. Stephanie, his 1st mate, joined the endeavor in 1985. Ceridwen was launched in 1994, and made her maiden voyage in August 1996, from Port Angeles to Port Hadlock, which is now her home port. The McClearys along with their children Kelsey and Carter, have spent many summer vacations sailing in the San Juan and Gulf Islands, and participating in the Captain Raynaud International Schooner Race. Port Hadlock, Wash.
Chesuki 1986
I love the way she sits so low, when sitting on the floor boards with the water and the shore passing by there is such a sense of movement and speed. It makes it easy to slip over the side to cool off in the heat of the day also. You may think that low hanging boom is a bother but she is more stable with a low sail and the scramble adds to the fun. There is a bit of challenge to rigging her and adjusting the sails just right, so you won’t get bored easily and the reward is a thrilling ride at her best. If your timing is right I may take you for a spin! Renton, Wash.
Chinook 2001
She’s a Sam Devlin Chinook 21 design, built by Devlin Designing Boat Builders in Olympia, Wash. using the marine plywood and epoxy, stitch-and-glue construction method. She is powered by a 20hp Yanmar water-cooled diesel with a sail drive with a cruising speed of 6 knots @ half a gallon per hour. Burien, Wash.
Columbia Sailing Dinghy 1925
Built by Portland, Ore., ship chandler The Beebe Co. and designed by Naval Architect Walter Howell. She’s spruce on oak framing, deep and heavy enough for sailing on the Columbia River despite her small size. She was built for the Failing family, Portland pioneers and early prominent citizens. Completely rebuilt 2014 by Mike Thacker, a boat carpenter and craftsman who works for Brusco Tug & Barge, in Longview WA. Portland, Ore.
Compadre is a 43’ bridgedeck cruiser, one of only three with the galley and saloon forward. Her hull is Port Orford cedar on white oak frames, and her house is Burmese teak. She is currently powered by twin Chrysler Crowns. Her interior layout and cabinetry are nearly all original. Compadre is her original name. Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Contessa 1977
Contessa is a 38’on deck, 47.5’ LOA gaff topsail schooner. Designed by Geo. Stadel Jr, and built by G.I.”Sonny” Hodgdon in East Boothbay Maine. White oak keel and frames, with Honduras mahogany FOR SALE planking, and teak decks. Ballasted with lead, both internal and external. Lake Stevens, Wash.
Czarinna 1991
Czarinna is a 30’ x 8’6” fantail cruiser built in Olympia by Sam Devlin. From 19912006, she was a frequent visitor to the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Since then, she has been exploring the wonders of the Northeast’s inland waterways, from her home port in Rensselaer, NY. Czarinna is returning to Sam’s shop this summer to upgrade her electrical systems and have a general going-over. While she’s in the area, I know Czarinna will be delighted at the opportunity to see old friends and make new ones at the WBF in September. Rensselaer, New York
Dolores M. Jackson 2007
She’s a Murray Peterson gaff rigged schooner. Bainbridge Island, Wash.
Draiodoir 1935
Draiodoir was built by Hugh Garrett and designed by Ed Monk Sr. The owners are Mishawn and Danielle Ewart, and this is the first year participating in the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival; they are looking forward to the boating experience, the fun, and the enjoyment of being with fellow wooden boat enthusiasts. Grapeview, Wash.
Driftwood (Devlin) 1996
This Black Crown 31 remains one of Sam Devlin’s most popular designs. Driftwood is a fast and economical diesel cruiser and is the perfect boat for a couple to explore the Northwest waterways. Kelseyville, Calif.
Driftwood (Houseboat) 2014
A home built houseboat with a marine plywood hull sheathed in fiberglass set in epoxy.Featuring twin propane engines,a “Li’l Cod” wood stove, composting head, LED lighting, solar panels, a gangplank up front and a rain cachement system.Upper deck is of recycled red cedar with laminated beams, Port Orford cedar framing, with a black walnut sole and myrtlewood joinery. Draft is only 12 inches. Salem, Ore.
Duo 2014
Duo is a 2 sheet plywood dinghy that can be rowed or sailed. She can be built in 20-25 hours and at 50 pounds is light enough to cartop . A nesting version is also available. You can build her using plans from Woods Designs. Saturna island, BC
El Mistico 1927
El Mistico was on the leading edge of technology in her day. From a contemporary magazine article in Pacific Power Boat: “The application of the low powered oil engine to the propulsion of medium sized yachts and workboats is a comparatively new thing.” She was originally equipped with a Fairbanks-Morse four cylinder 40hp at 650 RPM two cycle type diesel. She’s proudly serving as the committee boat for this year’s festival races. Shelton, Wash.
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