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SWIFTSURE
Year Built:
1948
S/V SWIFTSURE is a Ben Seaborn design built by Blanchard Boat Works in Seattle, Washington, in 1948.
TIDBIT
Year Built:
1964
TIDBIT was built in 1964 by Herbert Baum to Winthrop L. Warner’s design for Alfred B. Scofield of Stamford, CT, and St. Michaels, MD. She is cedar planked over oak frames with teak trim and laid deck. The catboat’s lines appeared in Yachting magazine in April 1964 (p.
ERIE FEELING
Builder Name:
Randy Novak
Took the ERIE FEELING (Jeff Spira’s Clemente design) for a maiden voyage. Almost 2 1/2 years making. It was an outdoor summertime weekend family project. Still needs finishing touches but it performed well. This is build #2. Number 1 was Jeff's same smaller Hatteras version.
THE OTHER SIDE
Builder Name:
Bill Blanas, Sailor Ellison (RIP)
THE OTHER SIDE is a 16 foot drift boat built to fish the upper Kenai river for trophy rainbow trout. She is built on a Don Hill design and constructed primarily of clear fir by Sailor Ellison, and Bill Blanas in Nikiski Alaska.