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Posted by on 07/21 at 12:00 PM
A photo tour of the Lake Union Festival of Wooden Boats on July 4, 2005, at the Center for Wooden Boats, in Seattle. No multihulls, but plenty of beautiful boats, and plenty of “old-fashioned” ideas that are now cutting edge when viewed through the sustainability filter.
Not much in the boating world is prettier than lapstrake smallcraft. The big green bow in the back belongs to Wawona - a lumber trading schooner.
The sharpie Colleen Wagner was giving rides to excited kids all day. This 28' sharpie is a replica of Egret, designed by Ralph Munroe in 1885 (Ralph Munroe was commodore of the Biscayne Bay Yacht Club and built a series of very fast proas at the turn of the previous century. See The Commodore's Story). She was launched in 2001, built by students of the Marine Carpentry School of Seattle Central Community College and named for CWB's co-founder.
Being the slack reporter I am, I can't remember anything about this boat except that it's a sailing dory with the cutest anchor light ever.
Being Lake Union, there was a nice collection of Lake Union Dream Boats on display. I loved this boat's paint job.
This pretty skin-on-frame lug yawl was sailing very well in the light breezes of the morning. Note the nice set of the sail - this ain't no lubber out there.
A Bolger-esque plywood canal barge complete with umbrella and geraniums.
Very nice Riva on display. I overheard the owner saying that Riva skinned each hull side with one full sized veneer of mahogany. No wonder they stopped building wooden boats, they couldn't find veneers like that anymore, and hell would freeze over before they'd compromise! There was a good showing of classic wooden powerboats this year.
Spindrift is an Iain Oughtred design, but I'm not sure which one... a Caledonia Yawl? In any case, a very pretty boat, and what a great camp-cruiser for Puget Sound!
Nasturtiums and the legendary canoe stern of a Herreshoff Rozinante.
There was even an authentic English Slipper Launch! This boat was a nautical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The R-Boat Pirate heading out for another sail. Designed by Ted Geary, Pirate was built in 1925 at Seattle's Lake Union Dry Dock Co. and underwent a complete restoration from 1999 - 2004. She is now the queen of the CWB fleet. That's St. Mark's Cathedral on Capitol Hill in the background. Comments
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