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33′ Restored Atkin Schooner
Year Built:
1957/ 2017
Planking :1-1/8″ White Cedar, Frames:double cut W. Oak Floor timbers 2-3/4″ wide White oak, engine bed 3-3/4″ W.oak
Displacement, not listed on W. Atkin's # 775 drawings.
Original owner, John Beckwith 1957-1999 , Jim deReynier 1999-2024
Sailboats
SILK PURSE - 1903 Trailerable Gaff Family Cruiser
Year Built:
1955
30 years to make a Trailerable Family Cruiser
Motorboats - Inboard
TAUTIRA
Year Built:
1930
M/V TAUTIRA is double planked, with Port Orford cedar construction, bronze fastenings, a blunt bow and raked, teak wheelhouse.
Sailboats - Daysailers
GAVIIDAE
Year Built:
2023
15′ Wittholz designed traditional Cape Cod catboat built by Al Watts and Jim Wagner May 2021-May 2023. Beam = 7.5′; draft = 18″ centerboard up and 46″ centerboard down. Ash frames, fiberglassed Okoume marine plywood body and mahogany trim. Auxiliary power = 4 hp Torqueedo electric outboard.
Covid Boat
Builder Name:
David Pfeiffer
When Covid hit I realized I would have time to build a boat. So, I did, a Glen-L zip caught my eye and I got started. I wanted the look of the boat, but I also wanted to go fast so I over built and put on a bigger than suggested motor.
Sailboats - Cruising
MORNING SONG
Year Built:
2016
Sistership to Lin and Larry Pardey's TALEISIN which was meticulously built by Kenneth O. Minor. This sailboat is a beautiful seaworthy vessel and a one of a kind hand built art piece.
HONEY BEE , a 1957 Speedicraft runabout
Builder Name:
David M Jones and Morris A(Pete) Jones Jr
In the summer of 2008, David M Jones of Suwanee Georgia was given a 1957 Speedicraft designed by Otis Borum of Jacksonville Florida. The Honey Bee’s deck, transom and 25 percent of her hull were rotten. Dave approached his Father, Morris A.