Liberty Belle
Builder Name:
Doug Sutherland
Wood Duck 12 Hybrid, first time builder. Approximately 3 month build time.
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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
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
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.