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