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CAP’N JOHN
Builder Name:
Katie Pontius and her father
CAP’N JOHN is a Chesapeake Light Craft Jimmy Skiff modified to take the sailing rig, board and rudder from...
NIRVANA
Year Built:
1946
NIRVANA is Island Clipper #6 built by Fellows and Stewart in San Pedro, CA in 1946, and actively sailed on San Francisco Bay. Some 40 Island Clippers were produced after WWII from plans drawn in 1939 by Merle J.
SHEILA
Builder Name:
Nick Giles
SHEILA is a Derwent Skiff designed by Allan Witt of Hobart; she is named after my late mother.
Puffin
Builder Name:
John Florance
The Welsford Navigator, Puffin, was launched on June 5, 2016. This is my first scratch built boat. Okume plywood was used throughout with white oak and Brazilian cherry for the various and sundry bits.
Lion 800
Designer
Unik Yachts
New Lion 800 is a continuation of a series of plywood yacht designed by the company Unik Yachts.
The main idea of a series of yachts Lion is to maximize the manufacturability of the design and the ability to self-built yacht from a kit of parts cut on the CNC machine.
SELKIE
Builder Name:
Grandy
The owner of this classic 30-ft Grandy, Jon Kjaerulff of Gig Harbor, Wash., took his Express Cruiser to Gig Harbor Marina & Boatyard for a much-needed transom repair.
THANE
Year Built:
1962 to 1976
Joshua Slocum’s voyage alone around the world (1895-1898) is among the most famous feats of single-handed voyaging of all time. SPRAY was given to Slocum by a friend in 1892. The vessel had been abandoned in a field seven years earlier. Slocum rebuilt her, then in 1895 struck out on his voyage.