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Astoria Yard Upgrades Former L. A. Pilot Boat for Grays Harbor
The 54.5-foot aluminum pilot boat Vega represented the latest ideas in design and propulsionwhen it arrived at Jacobsen Pilot Service in the port of Long Beach (Los Angeles) in 2003. After 15 years of daily service, it was replaced in 2018 … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial craft, Multihulls, Shipyards
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Schooner Creek–Top West Coast Yard for 64′ Charter Catamarans
Schooner Creek Boat Works has been a fixture in the Portland sailing scene since 1977, when founder Steve Rander opened the doors of a wooden boat shop beside the Columbia River’s South Channel, next to the I-5 freeway. In those … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial craft, Multihulls, Shipyards
Tagged MOrelli and MElvin, Steve Rander, Tom Wylie
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Arthur Piver: Pioneer Trimaran Designer-Sailor
Arthur Piver (1910–1968) was a World War II pilot, and a legendary sailor, author, and boat builder who lived in Mill Valley on San Francisco Bay. In the late 1950s, Piver (rhymes with “diver”) owned a print shop, and designed … Continue reading
Posted in Cruising, Multihulls, Sailors & Yachts
Tagged Derek Kelsall, Piver Lodestar, Piver Nimble
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2008: No Tea on the “Tea Route” Record Breaker!
Published in Scuttlebutt Euope, 28 Sept. 2008 About this latest so-called “Tea Route” Record: like many sailing fans, I have followed the progress of Lionel Lemonchois and the crew of the 110′ catamaran Gitana 13 on their stop-and-go voyage around … Continue reading
Posted in Multihulls, Ocean Racing & Records, Opinion
Tagged china london sea route, gitana, Tea route record
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Vakea 19 Reborn–My 42 Years in D.I.Y. Trimaran Design
The boat in the title began life as 19′ schooner VAKEA in 1981. It was built from a rough sketch in 20 weeks, and first featured in Multihulls magazine the next year. I added a new, longer bow in 1983 … Continue reading
Posted in Cruising, Multihulls, NW boats and boaters, Worth Reading
Tagged 21 foot tri, vakea class, vaquero
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2010: Multihulls from the Stone Age to the New Age
For many years they were a nautical oddity, their owners dismissed by the traditional yachting world as cranks and dreamers, but no longer! Today cruising catamarans and trimarans (collectively referred to as “multihulls”) can’t be ignored. They can be found … Continue reading
2010: Woody Brown (1912-2008) — father of the modern catamaran
Although cruising catamarans have really taken off in the last 10 years, Hawaiians have always known about the benefits of the “double canoe.” Legendary surfer and former glider pilot Woody Brown was. inspired by outrigger canoes he saw in the … Continue reading
Posted in Multihulls, Ocean Racing & Records
Tagged manu kai, rudy choy, woody brown
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2015: Florence Arthaud Dies in Helicopter Collision
She Held Both Solo Trans-Atlantic Records Copyright P.Marsh French yachting star Florence Arthaud, who broke into solo ocean racing in the 1980’s and became a sailing legend by winning the 1990 Route dy Rhum, died recently in a collision between … Continue reading
1989 – Tales from the Inland Passage
Adventures on the Wild NW Coast – copyright Peter Marsh Cold Water and Hot Springs By the time most sailors have weathered Cape Scott, at the tip of Vancouver Island, they are ready to set a course for the undeniable … Continue reading
Posted in Cruising, Multihulls, NW boats and boaters
Tagged Butedale, Clayoquot, Hot Springs, Kyuquot, Quatsino, totem poles
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1990 – Exploring the Columbia/Snake Rivers
The Forgotten Rivers East of the Columbia Gorge – copyright Peter Marsh Nearly 500 miles from the ocean and 730 feet above sea level, the Snake River emerges from the deepest canyon in North America and, within miles, its white … Continue reading
Posted in Cruising, Multihulls, NW boats and boaters
Tagged BPA dams, Columbia Gorge, Snake river
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