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BLISS
Year Built:
1973
BLISS formally WEATHERFOOT and originally ROYAL SCOTT was built in Meteghan River, Nova Scotia, Canada between January and October of 1973 by James D. Rosborough. She is one of 64 Privateer schooners built by this builder. In his book Confessions of a Boat builder J.D.
ZISKA
Year Built:
1903
Ziska was first launched on 28th January 1903. She was built in Arnside, England, by the Crossfield Brothers, renown builders of work boats, to the lines of a Morecambe Bay Prawner, but built as a racing cruising yacht.
BLUE
Year Built:
1937
Built in 1937 on Lake Union by the Seattle Shipwrights coop for the family that owned Alaska Copper and Brass and originally named Hella Bella. Her name was later changed to Taruga and she was modified from a gaff cutter to marconi. The boom and bowsprit were shortened.
EGRET
Designer
robert reynolds
Here is a fine little working type punt that feels at home in the marshlands, as well as the open bay waters.She is 14′-9″ long and was designed around a working load, with a draft of about 3″.
AGAINST THE WIND
Year Built:
2014
Made by Marvin Spencer of Bushy Creek Yachts in Fries, VA. (https://www.brushcreekyachts.com). Based on on Joel White’s design from WoodenBoat Magazine.
VANITY
Year Built:
1923
Built for Edgartown fisherman Thomas Pease in 1923 and later sailed by his son Oscar Pease, VANITY was among the last of more than 140 vessels created by Edgartown master boatbuilder Manuel Swartz Roberts.
Honryousen
Builder Name:
Douglas Brooks, Dean Raffaelli, and University of Illinois students
Boatbuilder Douglas Brooks led eighteen students at the University of Illinois in building a 21-foot Shinano River boat, a traditional design from Niigata, Japan.