DUFFY at Penrose Point, WA, 2018.

DUFFY

Year Built:
1949-50

DUFFY was commissioned by Dr. William Kidd and Elaine Kidd and built on Seattle’s Lake Union by the Adams Boat Company. Built to an Edwin Monk Sr.

Richly Joined

Builder Name:
John Ridley

Intended to get me out to where the fish were after spending an afternoon not catching anything from shore, but watching a fellow land one after another just beyond casting distance in the middle of the pond.Based off Andrew Waters’ “Trixie”, Richly Joined is the first boat I’ve ever built.

NOOTKA at Spencer Spit, Washington.

NOOTKA

Year Built:
1957

NOOTKA was built at Meares Island, Clayoquot Sound, B.C., in 1957 by Barney Williams, a shipwright and fisherman of the Nuu-chah-nulth Nation. As AVE MARIA, she served the Christie (Kakawis) Indian Residential School for almost 30 years.

Sea Otter

Designer
Bray Yacht Design And Research Ltd.

Sea Otter was designed for an adult night school class I was teaching in boat building, in which nine boats were built at one time. Actually the principles of construction used in Sea Otter are the same as used in many of our larger designs.

Dad's Wake

Builder Name:
Ray Oatley
  • Sailing skiff
  • Length: 15′
  • Beam: 5′
  • Designer: Warren Jordan. Builder: Ray Oatley. Owner: Ray Oatley. Photographer: Sandi Oatley
  • Launched: May 19, 2018
  • Place of use: East coast.
DIRECTION was designed by K. Aage Nielsen and built by Paul E. Luke.

DIRECTION

Year Built:
1966

DIRECTION was launched in 1966 at Paul E. Luke’s famous boatyard in East Boothbay, Maine, one of the last wooden boats to come from the yard prior to their move into aluminum construction.

Blackbird

Builder Name:
Mason Pace

18′ Farley Boat Works Port Aransas Skiff. Center console Plywood construction with Mahogany trim. Teal plank Decking with Evinrude 60HO two stroke engine.