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2017 NEWPORT BEACH WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL 1

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We are very pleased to welcome you to the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival, a

Balboa Yacht Club event. � is Festival honors these wooden-boat works of art and salutes their owners who with

great devotion, pride and love, maintain these boats in excellent condition so that we

can share them with you today. What makes this event so unique is that every boat comes with a story. In some cases

these boats are older than us and have lived either a dour or an incredible and abundant

life traveling the world’s waterways and oceans with titans of industry or government on

their decks. In some cases, a boat might hav e been given up as junk by one owner only

to be seen and recreated as a vision of beauty, excitement and passion by another owner.

In some cases, the boat has never le� one family and is passed down by generations

to love use and cherish. In all cases every wooden boat at this event demands

meticulousness and hard work. � at is what you will see today. But I recommend you

go beyond what you see and ask the owner about the boat’s story, and you just might see

her come to life. I’ve been involved with this Wooden Boat Festival for four years now. � is year, along

with Co-Chairman Patrick McCormack, I’m honored to have helped build this event

on Ralph Rodheim’s vision to what has now become a three-day concours d’elegance

all about wooden boats. Partnered with other Newport Harbor stakeholders and

supported by the City of Newport Beach, plus generous sponsors and 120 tireless

volunteers, this is now a true community event. � is year I will pass on the baton that

Ralph passed to me to the capable hands of Patrick McCormack. I am humbled by the

experience and grateful for our community and your support.

Enjoy the Festival!!

David LaMontagneChairman

Enjoy the Festival!!

David LaMontagne

2017 NEWPORT BEACH WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL4

Dear Festival Visitors,

On behalf of our yacht club members, welcome to Balboa Yacht Club and our 4th Annual

Wooden Boat Festival. Founded in 1922 as the Southland Sailing Club, then established as

the Balboa Yacht Club (BYC) in 1926, BYC had its � rst proper Clubhouse just across the way

on Little Balboa Island. Today BYC is a thoroughly modern yacht club with a rich heritage:

a community of 800 members and their families who love being on the water as racers,

cruisers, anglers, rowers and paddlers. In short, we are a community of dedicated friends

sharing a passion for excellence in yachting. Our annual Wooden Boat Festival is one of the

many ways in which we express and celebrate that passion.

� e life of our Club comes from our members’ creativity and willingness to volunteer. � ere

is no better example of this than our member and friend, the late Ralph Rodheim. Ralph

� rst envisioned the Wooden Boat Festival as a Concours d’Elegance, showcasing the art and

cra� smanship of wooden boat building of a largely bygone era. We believe that in just four

years, we achieved Ralph’s vision for the Festival as it has become one of our Club’s signature

events and has formed yet another BYC tradition.

We are so grateful for the support the Wooden Boat Festival receives from the City of

Newport Beach, the community at large and our generous sponsors. Right from the start,

the Festival was widely recognized for its signi� cance in honoring the heritage of boating,

timeless cra� smanship, quality restoration and preservation. � anks to our supporters, we

can provide you the opportunity to be right here on Newport Harbor, enjoying the views and

activities that this great harbor and event o� er.

Again, welcome to BYC and thank you for being a part of the Festival. We hope you

enjoy the experience and maybe meet a new friend or two to share the lure of the sea and

appreciate beautiful boats.

Cordially,

Tom Mooers

Commodore

Cordially,


WHEREAS, Newport Beach has been a major center of commercial trade and shipping since the late 1800s; and

WHEREAS, Newport Beach the country’s largest small-yacht harbor with a storied history of recreational boating on celebrities’ yachts, including those of Humphrey Bogart, James Cag-ney, Errol Flynn, Dick Powell, Shirley Temple, Joey Bishop, John Wayne, and Mae West; and

WHEREAS, the region has been the home of many boat manufacturers and shipyards, which have provided employment and revenue to their communities, and created boats, many of which endure today thanks to the commitment and skill of area cra� smen and owners; and

WHEREAS, since 1922, Balboa Yacht Club (BYC) has encouraged yacht racing and cruising, promoted the science of seamanship and navigation and provided a beautiful clubhouse and marina for the educational, recreational and social use of its members, families and guests; and

WHEREAS, event founding Chairman Ralph Rodheim inspired the Annual BYC Wooden Boat Festival for volunteers, community leaders and boat owners to showcase exceptional classic, antique and new wooden hull boats on the west coast and to celebrate the rich heritage of boating in Southern California; and

WHEREAS, under the guidance of event Chairman David LaMontagne and Patrick McCor-mack, the Wooden Boat Festival has become a two-day weekend event and is now o� cially named � e Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival, a BYC Event, with support from the city of Newport Beach;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, MICHELLE STEEL, Supervisor, of the County of Orange, on behalf of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, do hereby proclaim the second weekend in June as

NEWPORT BEACH WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL WEEKEND

in Newport Beach, California.

P R O C L A M A T I O N


S C H E D U L E O F E V E N T S

JUNE 10, 20179am – 6pm Complimentary Shuttle between BYC and Corporate Plaza Parking

10am Offi cial Opening Ceremonies for the 4th Annual Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival. Commodore Tom Mooers and WBF Chairman David LaMontagne Welcome Guests. Cannon and Harbor Patrol Fireboat Salute to begin the fun.

10am – 5:30pm Boats, Artists and Exhibitors on display. Knot tying demonstrations by The Knot Guy, Lindsey Philpott. Live Music by the Dave Stephens Band.

Electra Tours at Harbor Patrol dock. Water Taxi Service.

10am – 3pm People’s Choice voting for the best in each category of boat.

11am – 3pm Tickets available for lunch and beverages on the Flag Deck; Dining Room open.

10am – 3pm Silent Auction bidding on special items at Silent Auction booth.

12pm – 2pm Curlew Sail

2:30pm – 4:30pm Curlew Sail

3pm Voting closes for People’s Choice Awards. Ballot boxes picked up.

4:30pm – 5:30pm Awards Ceremony on the Flag Deck. Trophy presentation of People’s Choice Awards, Special Awards, Best of Show, Best Sailboat, Best Power Boat, Best On-Land Boat, Best Sportfi sher, Best Replica boat.

Drawing to win a 2-hour Duffy cruise.

5pm – 7pm Curlew Sail

5:30pm Conclusion of Wooden Boat Festival, Water Taxi concludes.

5:30pm – 6pm Presentation on Dorade for Wooden Boat Entrants in the Model Room.

6pm Last shuttle to parking at Corporate Plaza.

JUNE 11, 20179am Skippers Meeting9:30am Wooden Boat Entrants begin clearing of the BYC docks.

10:30am Boarding at BYC for Curlew and Electra Wooden Boat Parade and Sail-By Cruises.

11am Wooden Boat Parade line-up in channel north of BYC to BCYC.

1pm Heritage Sail-By begins at the top of the bay.

2pm Curlew and Electra disembark at BYC.

The Information Booth, volunteers and concierges are available to answer questions, give you directions, and post messages for participants.

The First Aid Station and Lost & Found are located in the Information Booth.


PRESENTING SPONSOR

Farmers & Merchants Bank

OFFICIAL SPONSORSAudi

Balboa Bay ClubClarke Marine Garvey Insurance Services

Newport Beach & CompanyTen-X Commercial

SUPPORTING SPONSORS

Boatswain’s LockerLido Yacht Anchorage

SPONSORS & IN-KIND DONORS

Armstrong Garden CentersBoat Rentals of America

Cheryl and Jim DaleCity of Newport Beach

Driver SPGHirsch Pipe and Supply

InterSeller, Inc.Island Marine Fuel

John Wayne Cancer FoundationKing Size Bows

Newport Center Urgent CareDiscovery Cube’s Ocean Quest

PAU Maui VodkaPierre E. Loubet

Seven Angels CellarsSimple GreenTowBoat U.S.

T H A N K Y O U T O O U R S P O N S O R S

We want to thank our generous sponsors & underwriters for helping us establish the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival as a legacy event in Southern California

that celebrates our maritime heritage and supports youth sailing.

Cheryl & Jim Dale

Now you can park your car around Newport and cruise on the water to the Festival. � is year the Wooden Boat Festival will have two hop on/hop o� water taxis to ferry visitors to and from the Festival and activities around Newport Harbor. From 10am to 5:30pm on Saturday, a water taxi will stop at the Festival at Balboa Yacht Club, then circle to Balboa Island’s Coral Avenue Public Dock, Ocean Quest Fun Zone Dock, Balboa Bay Resort’s Dockmaster Shack, Lido Island’s Blue Park Public Dock, Balboa Peninsula’s Fun Zone and return to BYC. � ere is no cost and taxis will be at each stop once an hour.

Balboa Bay ResortMain Dock

Lido IslandBlue Park(Via Genoa)

Coral AvePublic Dock

Ocean Quest/Fun Zone Dock

Lido Isle

Balboa Island

Balboa Peninsula

Cruise on the Water to the Festival and More!

At the Discovery Cube’s Ocean Quest stop at the Fun Zone, visit the hands-on, interactive Science of Sailing exhibit and the full-size authentic Chinese Junk, Mei Wen Ti, open for touring.

Take to the bay later by water taxi and re-lax at Balboa Bay Resort’s A&O Restau-rant overlooking the bay. Linger there for a while, then return to BYC for the Awards Ceremony at 4:30pm.

Water taxis are provided courtesy of the Balboa Bay Resort and Discovery Cube’s Ocean Quest.

lax at Balboa Bay Resort’s A&O Restau-

FREE WATER TAXI AROUND THE BAY


The Ralph M. Rodheim Memorial Trophy, awarded to the Best of Show entry, is a perpetual trophy with the name of each year’s winner and its owner inscribed on it. The trophy features a ceramic sculpture of the fi rst winner, Humble. The sculpture is by Jon Gariepy, and the base is by Robert Kingaard, both local area craftsmen. The award is prominently displayed at Balboa Yacht Club.

Humble - 2014 Winner

Kail Ezra III - 2015 Winner

Chubasco - 2016 Winner

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Ralph M. Rodheim1944 - 2017

Founder of the Wooden Boat Festival

This is the fi rst year of the Wooden Boat Festival that has not had its founder Ralph Rodheim in-volved. After four years with ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, Ralph passed away on 5 February 2017. We miss him enormously. He was a visionary, a guiding spirit, and a life force for the Festival and all of Newport Harbor. Thank you, Ralph. We wish you smooth seas, the wind at your back and a safe, happy journey.

In honor of Ralph in perpetuity, beginning this year the Best of Show winner of the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival will be awarded the newly named Ralph M. Rodheim Memorial Trophy.

T R I B U T E B E S T I N S H O W


P E O P L E ’ S C H O I C E A N D A W A R D S C E R E M O N Y

Vote your choice in each of the six (6) categories listed below for boats on land and in the water. Ballots are available at the Information Booth and in the Wooden Boat Festival program. Voting hours are 10:00am to 3:00pm. Complete your ballot and drop it into one of the several designated voting boxes by 3:00pm. The

winners of each category will be announced at 4:30pm on the Flag Deck.

2017 Wooden Boat Festival Entrants

2017 Major Trophy AwardsThe winners of these particular awards were selected by a special judging committee and deemed the best within their designated category. Each special trophy is handcrafted refl ecting the heritage of wooden boating.

Mayor’s Trophy - Best of Show presented by representatives from the Mayor’s offi ce and Wooden Boat Festival Presenting Sponsor, Farmers & Merchants Bank. The name of the winning boat will be engraved on the trophy for the award, the Ralph M. Rodheim Perpetual Trophy, which will remain showcased at Balboa Yacht Club. Commodore’s Trophy – Best Sail Boat presented by Balboa Yacht Club Commodore, Tom Mooers. WBF Chairman’s Trophy – Best Power Boat presented by David La Montagne, Chairman.Harbormaster’s Trophy – Best On Land Boat presented by Harbormaster’s representative. Captain’s Trophy – Best Sportfi sher presented by BYC Vice-Commodore, William Bloomberg.Ensign’s Trophy – Best Replica presented by Patrick McCormack, 2018 WBF Chairman.

2017 Special AwardsThe Wooden Boat Festival wishes to recognize recognize some additional entries and their contribution to the success of the festival and wooden boats worldwide. Categories will include:• Best Presentation and Staging of the boat for the day• Most Distinguished Provenance vessel and its unique yachting history• Vessel that travelled the longest distance• Best maintained owner-used vessel

On-Land

BOLGER SCHOONER ELL

EAGLE’S WINGSJOYFUL

MISS STEPHANIE MORNING MIST

NO KNOT ROCK-A-BYE

Replicas

ACORNFIRECRACKER

KETEL ONEUNCLE ERWIN

Cruisers Under 40ft

BELLACOMOCEANDAZZLERDORADOGRACIE

LAST CALLLUCY

NO CORKAGEWICKED

Cruisers 40ft and Over

CONQUESTGALATEA

ONOPHANTOMPRIMETIME

SEA BOARDER

Sailboats

DORADEMADNESS

OLINKA

Sportfi shers

BIMINI BABECOLNETTCRACKER

DOLLYDRAMBUIE

FOUR BELLSHUCK FIN


Curlew was designed by John G. Alden and launched in 1926 in Wiscasset, Maine. She is an 82’ schooner with a beam of 14.8” and has proven to be amazingly resilient.

Curlew was built as an ocean cruising boat for New York Yacht Club member Charles Lee Andrews and was sailed and successfully raced for many years by his son, Snowden Andrews. In 1937, new owners asked Alden to re-design Curlew into a staysail schooner. In 1940, she was donated to the US Coast Guard for $1.00. During the war, she served as a coastal submarine patrol boat and, a� er the war, as a training vessel in New London, Connecticut, and Cape May, New Jersey, teaching new Coast Guard recruits sailing and basic seamanship.

She was decommissioned in 1960 and, in a sealed bid sale, purchased for $3,000. � at was the beginning of Curlew’s worldwide period of peril: damage closely followed by repair and

renovation. Her owners in 1960 purchased her with no bowsprit or foremast, which had been lost when she had broken loose in a hurricane. Restoring her and planning to charter her out in the Caribbean, she had to be abandoned by her crew and was nearly sunk in a storm near Bermuda. Again made seaworthy, she traveled to Samoa and New Zealand and ran aground in so� coral near Tobago. During a lightening storm her main was struck and crumbled, which required more work.

Eventually Curlew made her way to the West Coast, was chartered in Hawaii for a few years, was extensively restored on Bainbridge Island and � nally made her way to Long Beach then to Dana

Point. Today, Curlew has been totally re� tted and restored. She has her earlier beautiful lines combined with today’s latest equipment. She charters out of Dana Point Harbor and sails the coastline of Southern California.

Electra is an elegant 100’ fantail yacht that moves beautifully through the water. She was built in 1930 at the Lake Union Drydock Company in Seattle commissioned by A. W. Leonard, President of Puget Sound Power and Light Company, for his wife. Electra, named for the Greek goddess of light, was a gi� to her on Valentine’s Day.

But Electra is not only beautiful with burnished mahogany, polished brightwork and stained glass. She is able and seaworthy too. She was designed and constructed for rugged cruising in the heavy seas of the Northwest. She has a 3” hull of diagonal double-planked Alaskan cedar over 4” cedar oak frames. A renovation exposed some of her construction showing her stained and varnished hull timbers. For her � rst 30 years, Electra was well-maintained and sheltered in a boathouse on Lake Union, interrupted only by anti-submarine duty during the war.

A new owner brought her to Newport Beach where she was recon� gured and used as a party boat for

several years. Eventually Electra was purchased by Fred and Mary Ru� ner and brought through the Panama Canal to Fort Lauderdale where she was restored back to her original design and purpose and extensively used for

entertaining.When Ronald Reagan was president, Electra

was his “o� cial yacht” in California. She was a setting for scenes in the movie Nixon and in one

showing the life of Elizabeth Taylor. Her current owner brought her back to Newport Beach where

she now hosts weddings, parties and elegant dinners. One owner described Electra as a “people boat” because she seems to look better with people on board. She certainly gets her chance now. Electra is a regular feature of Newport Harbor steaming around the bay and � lled with people celebrating happy occasions.

Cruise on Curlew, the 82’ schooner, this weekend. She will sail in three two-hour cruises on Saturday at noon, 2:30pm and 5:00pm. The cost is $80 per person age 18 and over and $50 for children over 5 years old.

On Sunday, ticketed passengers can watch the Wooden Boat Festival Parade and sail in the Heritage Sail-By from the deck of Curlew while enjoying a Champagne Brunch harbor cruise. The cost is $80 per person 18 and over and $50 for children over 5.

The classic 100’ fantail yacht Electra, circa 1930, is also hosting a Champagne Brunch Harbor Cruise on Sunday providing waterfront viewing of the Parade and Sail-By. Tickets are $80 per person 18 and over and $50 for children.

S H O W C A S E D B O A T S

TICKETTO RIDE

TICKETTO RIDE

Tickets are available on line at www.newportbeachwoodenboatfestival.com or at the Information Booth.


Acorn is a replica of a Whitehall, boats which were used in the mid to late 19th century for a variety of purposes from � shing, though not designed for � shing, to ferrying agent and chandlers to the square-riggers arriving in port. � ese Whitehalls were prevalent until motorized vessels became more common in the 1930s. Typically larger than this, Whitehalls ranged from 16 feet up to 25 feet, with larger versions accommodating four rowing stations and a wider beam for more stability. � is replica has been “slimmed down” for better rowing characteristics.

I built this dinghy in 2011 with tremendous assistance from Rick Brown, shipwright. We got the plans from Ian Oughtred who has taken the plans of many old vessels of this type and recon� gured them for easier building methods. Acorn was built in a more traditional manner using hardwood and “plank and frame” construction. � e primary woods are Port Orford cedar for the blond planking and Honduran mahogany for the red shear plank, stem, thwarts, dagger board trunk, and transom. � e frame is white oak and the � oor planking is teak.

Bimini Babe, built in 1954, was the thirteenth sport � shing boat, hull #13, built by Rybovich. Robert E. Maytag, celebrated tournament � sherman and noted ecologist, commissioned her. She is one of the three earliest examples of Rybovich cra� smanship still operating as intended.

Bimini Babe was the sixth in a series of 36-footers. She, along with her sisters, Hull #16, Four Bells, and Hull #18, Timid Tuna, is considered a further re� nement of an extremely successful design. She underwent a total re� t in 2004-2005 and recently went in for updated electronics and paint.

Bella, a 26’ Lyman Sleeper, was built in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1964 by the Lyman Boat Manufacturing Company. More recently, she was listed on e-Bay in sad shape and located up in Lake Michigan. She was purchased and, a� er a trip across country to Newport Beach in 2010, Bella spent the next year in the boat yard getting completely reworked top to bottom.

She has a new electrical system, an engine and drive rebuild, and a complete interior restoration. Electronics were added, over 1200 pieces were chromed, and much more was done.

� is classic cruiser can be seen around Newport Harbor on a regular basis.

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Acorn

Bimini Babe

Bella

SPORTFISHER

REPLICA

CRUISER UNDER 40’


� e Bolger Light Schooner was built in 1980 from a kit. She is 21’ long with a beam of 5’.

Comocean, a Chris Cra� El Capitan manufactured in 1953, was featured in the company’s marketing brochures that year in its original colors: black hull with aquamarine cabin. She also toured boat shows that season in the Midwest and East. Her � rst owner brought her to the Sacramento Delta and she spent many years there. Later owners brought her to Huntington Beach where she still resides. In the mid 1990s, Comocean had a complete re� t including a reconstruction of the hull, new mechanical systems and repower, and all new � nish materials. She now has new colors that are also traditional and correct to the 1950s: white hull and tan cabin.

Colnett is a 42-foot cruiser built in 1924 by Sea Cra� Shipyard in Wilmington, California. She was originally built for Henry Vaughn. She was constructed to Edson R. Schock Design #307. � e hull is carved planked cedar on bent oak frames. Her cabins are built of Select Teak with tongue and groove decks, canvas or � berglass covered. � e original power was an Eastern Standard Gasoline engine. Currently, she is powered by a Caterpillar Model D3240 four-cylinder diesel engine. Changes from the original drawings include a modi� ed window layout, an a� mast stepped to the top of the upper deck and � tted with a crows’ nest viewing platform. In 1938, she was sold to Captain Frank Bivens, with the express intent of catching broadbill sword� sh on Tuna Club regulation tackle. A� er World War II, Bivens decided to travel and sold the boat to � shing companion Ken Neptune, who made many improvements to Colnett over the years. Sometime a� er the war, the � ybridge was added, and in 1961 the original engine was replaced with her current Powerplant. In 1997, the underbody was completely reconstructed with new planking, frames and fasteners by Long Beach shipwright Dennis Budd. Steve Farwell and Bunker Hill purchased Colnett in 2007, intending to continue her legacy of sport� shing and local cruising. She won the Mayor’s Choice for Best Powerboat and People’s Choice for Cruiser Under 45 feet at the 2014 BYC Wooden Boat Festival.

CRUISER UNDER 40’

CRUISER 40’ AND OVER

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Bolger Schooner

ComOcean

Colnett

ON-LAND


Not many boats have hosted a First Lady as well as a Playmate of the Month. Conquest, a one-of-a-kind tri-cabin cruiser, has done both. Stephens Brothers Shipbuilders built Hull #572 in 1929 for industrialist Donald Rheem of Orinda, California. She still has her original etched Art Nouveau mirrors, polished Burmese teak, and solid brass hardware. � rough the 1930s, she cruised in the San Francisco Bay and Orcas Island in Washington. During World War II, she was commandeered by the US Navy and served as a VIP vessel. It was during that time that she hosted Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1989 Conquest was used as a setting for a Playboy centerfold featuring Erika Eleniak of Baywatch.

Today, on the exterior, she is beautifully maintained to her original lines yet her interior has all the conveniences of today. A 1955 Chrysler hemi gas engine powers her at 14 knots.

Designed and built by Lyman Boat Works in 1969, Dazzler is an all wood lapstrake “Open Sportsman” model, ideal for bay cruising Newport Harbor and weekends in Catalina Island. Dazzler has a colorful history of previous owners and their adventures. In the 1970s she was o� en seen � shing for marlin at the Avalon Bank equipped with a tuna tower, outriggers and a cockpit � ghting chair. In the 1980s and 1990s she logged many miles cruising between happy hour at Woodies Wharf and last call at Newport Harbor Yacht Club’s “Pirates Den.” In 2008 a complete keel-up restoration was completed and Dazzler is ready for many more years of fun with family and friends. Cheers!

Cracker is a 31’ Rybovich sport� sher built by Rybovich and Sons Boatworks as hull #24 in 1956. She was built for Bev Smith, a South Florida Ford Dealer, and originally named Tranquil. Bev was a true Rybovich enthusiast as he owned three Rybovichs. Tranquil was the only 31’ Rybovich ever built. Cracker is an active � shing and cruising vessel and is currently enjoyed as was originally intended by her builders.


SPORTFISHER

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Conquest

Dazzler

Cracker

CRUISER UNDER 40’


BALBOA YACHT CLUB For over 95 years, the Balboa Yacht Club has served to encourage yacht racing and cruising, promoted the science of seamanship and navigation and provided a beautiful clubhouse and marina for the educational, recreational

and social use of its members, families and guests. The Club also maintains a one-of-a-kind outstation at Whites Cove, on beautiful Santa Catalina Island.

CAPE HATTERAS MARINE is a leader in

personalized boating gifts offering quality embroidered boat and boarding mats, fender covers, towels, blankets, hats, shirts, jackets and more. It offers the newest and most innovative boating products and accessories from high tech gadgets to classic personalized items at the lowest prices. Its personalized and custom boating products and apparel lets you, your boat and your crew cruise in style.

HANDI CRAFT MODEL SHIPS provides the highest quality ship models and boat models at wholesale pricing. Whether you are looking for pirate ship models or a stunningly accurate Titanic model, Handi Craft Model Ships is your number one source for hand crafted ship and boat models. Our extensive product line of fully assembled ship models also includes model sailboats, tall ship models, and Coast Guard gifts. Our authentic models are great gifts for all ages, and make a stunning addition to any home or offi ce.

K. MONTGOMERY HOMES Kim Montgomery manufactures custom outdoor pillows designed to be the perfect complement for the home, outdoor living area, patio, porch, or boat. Whether sailing, touring or Duffy cruising, the personal touch on your custom pillows make it more comfortable and fun. The pillows are durable, weather and fade resistant and completely washable.

INTERNATIONAL GUILD OF KNOT TYERS Lindsey Philpott is known worldwide as “The Knot Guy,” a forensic expert who has been learning and applying the craft since the age of six. Square-rigged ships are a passion for Lindsey, who teaches

marlinespike seamanship and rigging. The author of several

books, he now edits the international magazine “Knotting Matters.” The International Guild of Knot Tyers (IGKT) is an educational non-profi t association with over a thousand members worldwide dedicated to preserving traditions and promoting the development of new techniques.

NESPRESSO specialty machines brew espresso from pre-apportioned single-use coffee capsules of ground coffee and fl avorings. The company sells the Nespresso and VertuoLine systems at Macy’s, Crate & Barrel and

other fi ne retailers. Their mission is “to attract and delight coffee lovers by making coffee moments an everyday luxury experience.”

NIKKI’S FLAGS in Newport Beach has been customizing fl ags and banners since 1966. We are known for customer satisfaction, service, and quality products.

Our benchmark is the highest standards of craftsmanship, expertise, integrity, and attention to detail. Our design team can help with your design and its production. We offer various methods of making your fl ag – appliquéd (sewn), digital print, dyed, or dye sublimation on nylon fabrics or vinyl banners. We have our own in-house appliqué sewing operation and use various outside vendors to better serve your needs.

PELAGIC GEAR is devoted to those who live, dream, and stand by the ocean lifestyle. Born in Newport Beach, California, in 2001, Pelagic is deeply rooted in surf, fi sh, and dive culture.

It is driven by an undying thirst to provide the worldwide public with a name brand that identifi es them with a single love for the ocean. Combining casual, lifestyle wear and high performance apparel, it offers headwear, footwear, gloves, and high end polarized optics, Pelagic has it all. As a leader in the sport fi shing industry for well over a decade and counting, Pelagic continues to stay on the forefront of innovation and cutting-edge design in clothing and technical products. In producing a large line of board and

E X H I B I T O R S & A R T I S T S


WALT HACKMANWalt Hackman is the author of the book “No Problem, Mr. Walt.” The book is a memoir about his travels throughout China during the construction of the Mei Wen Ti, a 55-foot, 40-ton, authentic wooden Chinese junk that was built in a small rural shipyard he found near the Yangtze River south of Shanghai. In the book he explores ancient Chinese history

and traditions and shares his views on today’s modern China.

GARY MILTIMORE For over forty years, Gary Miltimore has explored the evolution of the offshore racing yacht through his paintings and extensive racing experience. The artist is well qualifi ed to illustrate the dramatic evolution of blue water racing. His sailing career includes crew positions aboard many of the world’s premiere offshore

racing yachts, from majestic pre-WW II schooners to today’s high performance “turbo-charged” sleds.

technical fi shing shorts, UV sun-protection shirts, and performance polarized optics, Pelagic products give the modern waterman and woman the best advantage possible when it counts the most.

STEAMING COLD freezes up the coolest ice cream treats ever made. Custom ice cream tacos and frozen bananas dipped, topped and drizzled to your wildest desires and fl ash frozen in liquid nitrogen until steaming cold.

WESTERN MARINE MARKETING is one of the premier

Manufacturer’s Representative Companies in the marine industry since 1982. It has been located in Costa Mesa since 1991 and it is a member of National Marine Distributors Association, National Marine Representatives Association, Southern California Marine Association, and Sail America. Servicing Arizona, California, Nevada & Hawaii, the company is showcasing: Pettit Marine Paints, Infi nity Fabrics and System Three Epoxy.

Under Way! The classic sport fi sher designed by Rybovich and the renowned William Fife-designed schooner Astor making their way out of Newport Harbor. This is an original watercolor and India ink painting, approximately 17 x 18 inches, done in 2017.

I am honored to be asked to contribute to this year’s Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival cover art!

Joy and appreciation of these fi nely crafted living sculptures is transmitted naturally into my portrayals whether in watercolor, India ink or in oil paintings. Caring and owning and building wooden vessels myself for more than forty years has no doubt infl uenced many of my subjects in art. I am happy to see this grand celebration of craftsmanship represented so well now for four consecutive years, thanks to Ralph Rodheim and the Balboa Yacht Club.

– Scott Kennedy

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SCOTT KENNEDY

Scott Kennedy is a maritime artist whose works hang in some of the fi nest museums and galleries in the world. He initially studied art in Mexico then moved to Denmark where he lived aboard his boat Svanen, publishing works of art while learning Danish boatbuilding. During the 1980s and 1990s he operated several galleries under the name of Scott Kennedy Maritime Art in Newport Beach. He currently resides in Ensenada, Baja California.


More than a simple sport� sher, Dolly is a 52’ custom Elliott sport� sher built in 1966 for comfortable cruising. Her 18’ beam provides an exceptionally roomy interior with sleeping accommodations for six people. She has an all-electric galley and an attractive main salon complete with wet bar, built-in console and icemaker. Twin Cummins diesels provide a cruising speed of 15-18 knots. As with many yachts of her vintage, construction by the Venice, California, builder was of Van Nuys � berglass over Honduran plywood.

When not on the � shing grounds o� Baja and the Sea of Cortez, you will � nd Dolly and her owners in an island cove or cruising o� the coast with their families.

Dorado was launched in 1960, one of � ve 32 – 33 footers built for James H. Walraven at Sea Boat Company in Costa Mesa. She was then a double-planked mahogany � ybridge sport� sher powered by two gas Chrysler Hemi’s. In the 1990s, a� er several owners, several names and some neglect, she was res cued by a 10-year restoration. She lost her � ybridge, received Volvo diesels and a custom C-Fab tower and became today’s Dorado, an Express Sport� sher. She was voted Best Overall Boat at BYC’s Opening Day in 2011, and � rst in Vintage Class in 2010 and 2011. She goes on many pleasure trips to Catalina and enjoys � shing trips.

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Dorade, a 52’ yawl launched in 1930, has won more ocean races than any other boat in history. Designed by Olin Stephens and commissioned as a family yacht by Roderick Stephens Sr., his father, Dorade was Design 7 by Sparkman & Stephens. An unusual design for her time, she had a tall rig with a narrow beam, sharp ends, and a lead ballast deep in her keel. Immediately, she was successful as a racer. In 1931, she won the Transatlantic Race from Newport, Rhode Island, to Plymouth, England, by a margin of two days. � at same year she won the Fastnet Race and continued with multiple victories. New owners brought her to the West Coast in 1935 where continued to race and win. Dorade came in � rst in the Transpaci� c Yacht Race in 1936. She later sailed for years in Mediterranean classic regattas a� er she was extensively restored in Italy. She was brought back to the States in 2010 by new owners and continues to race and win. Dorade just � nished second in class in this year’s Newport to Ensenada Race and has a full racing season planned which includes the Sydney Hobart Race later this year. Dorade is also known for the Dorade Box an innovative deck-mounted ventilator designed by Rod Stephens Jr.

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Eagle’s Wings is a classic 1960 17’ Chris-Cra� Sport Ski utility ski boat with all original wood and engine. She is powered by a Chevrolet 283 Corvette marine engine with 186 hp. � is antique cra� won a Silver Award for “Best Preserved” at the 41st Annual International Antique & Classic Boat Society show at Lake Tahoe, California, in September 2016. � e award was published in the Antique & Classic Boat Society’s Rudder magazine in the fall of 2016. � e owner’s admiration for classic antique boats started in Northern California at beautiful Clear Lake with memorable summers on the lake with a Chris Cra� Capri in the 1960s. “You just can’t beat the way an old wood boat sounds and rides,” he says.

Ell is an Ellero built in 2015. She is a 17’ Touring model with a beam of 23” .

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Drambuie is a 1956 Rybovich 36 foot Sport� sher, hull #23, with an impressive list of former owners like the Kaiser family who set her up as a cruiser rich in accommodations for her time. She is long on style. Her current owners are currently bringing her back to pristine condition focusing on her true pedigree with state-of-the-art equipment. She is powered by a pair of new Yanmar 6LY3’s rated at 440 HP and has a new 6kw Northern Lights generator. Drambuie is much faster than a 1956 wooden boat should be. She’ll be a regular on the � shing grounds this summer where she w ill be in full “Sport� sh Dress.”

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� is 38 foot Grand Cra� is owned by Mark & Tracy Widder of Newport Beach. Built in 2003, this beauty is a replica of a 1928 Chris-Cra� with a mahogany hull.

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Galatea was built in 1964 by shipwright Paul Lindwell in Santa Barbara for Bill Hanna, the cartoonist who created Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear and others. Naval architect Art DeFever drew the lines of a West Coast � shing seiner and maximized accommodation provided by the generous hull form. She and her dozen sister ships, built between 1959 and 1967, represented the start of purpose-built, heavy displacement trawler yachts. Constructed of � r-on-oak, she is Monel-fastened. Galatea measures 53.5’ by 16.5’, draws 7’, and displaces 105,000 lbs. Power is a single Caterpillar D-333, dry stack, turning a 46” wheel. Cruising speed is 8.7 knots at 1450 rpm. Fuel consumption is 5.5 gallons/hour. With a reduction gear of 4:5 to 1, the prop turns at 322 rpm at cruising speed. She holds just under 2,000 gallons of diesel and 1,000 gallons of water. Since 2001, she has cruised approximately 35,000 miles including voyages to Alaska, Canada and Mexico. Mostly though, she is used for exploring between Newport and San Francisco, with lots of time in the Delta, at Catalina, and around the Channel Islands.

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Gracie is a 36-foot Ed Monk Sr. bridge deck cruiser design, built in Seattle in 1950. Larry and Teri Walker acquired her in 2007 a� er their look-see trip to Shelton, Washington, where the former owner kept her in a boathouse for 18 years. She won many awards, including Best of Show in the Olympia Boat Festival. She is now berthed in Cabrillo Marina in San Pedro. Her features include: Single Volvo 200 HP diesel engine; four HP stern thrusters; 400 KW Northern Lights genset and a planked cedar hull with all mahogany cabin. � e Walkers enjoy events with the Southern California � eet of the Classic Yacht Association, as well as jaunts to Catalina and short coastal trips.

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Four Bells is a 1955 Rybovich, powered by twin Sabre diesels. � e 36 foot Sport Fisher has hull #16, with double planed mahogany with teak cockpit and covering boards. Since 1948 Rybovich has built the � nest wood boats for the world’s most discriminating boaters. John Rybovich’s � rst project was Earnest Hemingway’s Pilar, which featured the very � rst � y bridge and outriggers. Four Bells is owned by Jim Busby, Little Balboa Island.

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Ketel One, built in 2006 by the owner, is a replica of a Chris-Cra� .

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Joyful was built in 2014 as a traditional 16’ Whitehall rowing boat (circa 1820). She is lapstraked, planked with Port Orford cedar on yellow oak frames and is fastened with over 900 copper rivets. Her stem and keel are made of oak and her transom, seats and rails our teak. Her topsides are painted white and the interior is varnished. “Be Joyful in hope, patient in a� iction and faithful in prayer.” Romans 12:12.LOA: 15’ 10”, Beam: 4’4”, Dra� 11”, Displacement: 230lbs.

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Huck Fin is one of two 56’ Sportsman models built by the Huckins Yard in Jacksonville, Florida, which gained fame with its legendary PT Boat “Quadraconic Hull,” later known as the Fairform Flyer Hull. She underwent a complete restoration in the late 1980s only to partially sink in the Gulf a� er hitting a submerged object. So she underwent a second restoration later that year that included the installation of the CAT 3208s. Because of her unique hull design, she planes at 11 knots and tops out at 24 knots. She also raises � sh well, something about the harmonics of the CATs through the wooden hull.

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The Evolution of Sportfi shersFor the � rst time, the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival

is showcasing the evolution of sport� shing boat design. It’s come a long way, as you can see from the � eld on display.

At the turn of the century, sport� shing was done from rowboats launched from trawlers. With the advent of propulsion systems for cruisers from the 1910-20s time frame, single-screw, cruiser type boats were set up to catch the big ones. � ese were more yacht than sport� sher as we know the class today. Colnett is an example of that time period.

Trolling the waters between Key Largo and Bimini, author Ernest Hemingway and other celebrities helped to introduce the well-heeled of the Roaring Twenties to the challenges of catching marlin and sail� sh. In 1934, he asked the Wheeler Shipyards of Brooklyn, New York, to build him a modi� ed Playmate cabin cruiser with extras: additional tankage so he could � sh farther and longer, a transom lowered 12 inches for landing � sh, a live � sh well and an auxiliary inboard motor. She also had a wooden roller spanning her transom to ease � sh into the cockpit. Today, you’ll � nd sport� shers with a transom gate instead.

� anks to Papa Hemingway and his 38-foot � shing boat Pilar, millions of Americans think nothing of spending a day, weeks, or a life of weekends on the water. He was a founding father of the multibillion-dollar sport� shing industry today,

along with legends such as Charles Holder, Michael Lerner, Tommy Gi� ord, the writer Zane Grey and General George Patton.

An early adopter of outriggers, Hemingway added a � ying bridge with controls to his boat a few years a� er he bought her. John Rybovich and Sons rose to fame a� er Hemingway brought his Wheeler to the Rybovich boatyard for sport� shing modi� cations. � e 1930s were a time of experimentation. Everyone was trying to improve the boats, the tackle and the � shing techniques, laying the foundation for sport� shing today.

Miss Chevy II, a 34-foot cra� , was commissioned by car dealer Charlie Johnson in 1947. � e boat included the � rst � ghting chair and � rst set of aluminum outriggers. � e three Rybovich sons introduced models equipped with transom doors and tuna towers. � eir boats were edge-glued and glassed from bow to stern, which give them longevity.

In 1952, Miss Chevy IV introduced the company’s broken sheer design, providing a more sleek pro� le than the previous seven, trunk-cabin cra� . From the � ghting chair and the transom door, all of

the Rybovich’s on display, Bimini Babe (1954, #13), Four Bells (1955 #16), Drambuie (1956 #23) and Cracker (1956 #24) represent the dawn of a new era.

� e growing popularity of sport� shers led to amenities and technologies for family and friends on long-range trips. � e Elliott Dolly is an example of the larger, more luxurious

Ernest Hemingway with wife Pauline and children, Bimini, 1935

Hemingway, catching a marlin o� hisboat, Pilar.

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Ernest Hemingway � shing o� his boat, Pilar


accommodations. � e Huckins Huck Fin represents another boat company well known in the 1960s. Other popular builders known to build wooden sport� shers in the ‘60’s include Chris Cra� , Viking, Egg Harbor, Marlineer, Dittmar Donaldon, Drake and Post.

Bertram came on the scene in the 1960s with their � berglass sport� sher. Fiberglass quickly replaced wood as the desired building material and ultimately replaced wooden boats for decades. In the mid-80s, new construction techniques with epoxy and cold molding, using wood once again, came

into fashion. Boat builders using these techniques began producing lighter weight boats that were stronger, faster and more e� cient than their � berglass counterparts. Ironically, in 1964, Rybovich started using this process, Merritt and other manufacturers adopted the modern process and 50 years later the majority of the ultimate sport� sher builders of today are building boats out of wood again.

In this full circle from wood to � berglass to wood again, the elite builders are recognized for their consistent quality, level of � shing functions, range of customized options. � ey have greater � exibility on the design of the layout along with improved power options that have produced yachts with mind-boggling performance. Add the cra� smanship and state of the art building processes that includes the utmost attention to detail, these boats deliver an incredible level of owner and crew satisfaction. In addition to Rybovich and Merritt, mentioned above, there are many other builders delivering magni� cent boats that are wood at heart. Some of these builders include Garlington, Spencer, Bayliss, American, Monterey, Jim Smith, Tribute, F & S, G & S, and others.

� e common thread is these boats are designed and built for comfort, style, speed, e� ciency, and safety all to provide the good life in pursuit of your dreams.

Lido Yacht Anchorage is home to the largest slips in Newport Har-bor, with capacity to accommodate vessels up to 135’ in length. We are also home to Southern California’s only dry stack boat storage facility on the water with capacity for boats up to 40 feet. We utilize the latest in reservation technology that allows you to schedule the use of your boat from the convenience of your mobile devices! Your launch reservations feed directly to our forklift operators, so we’ll have your boat ready and waiting when you arrive.

• Wet slips up to 135’ • Cable television access • Dry storage up to 40’ • Pump out station • Electrical • Restrooms • Potable water • Full-time onsite staff

949.673.9330www.lidoanchorage.com

151 Shipyard Way | Newport Beach, [email protected], catching a marlin o� his

boat, Pilar.

� e Bertram 31 debuted at the New York Boat Show in 1963.


Madness, a Coast Rhodes 33 designed by Phillip Rhodes, was one of forty-two identical vessels built by South Coast Shipyard of Newport Beach. � e � rst boat was commissioned in 1937. Madness was one of the last Rhodes built in 1948. � e class was an iconic � xture in Southern California yachting over the years. Madness was fully restored by Ralph Rodheim, Robert King and Bill Jacoby. � e boat returned home to its original owner, Gavin Herbert, in 2016 and is actively sailed and raced today. Only a few of these gorgeous sailboats have survived over the years

Last Call is a 24 foot Chris-Cra� Holiday, hull #H 24 049. A� er locating the boat in a shed, Last Call was restored by her owners with the assis-tance of a local woodworking expert “Gordie” formerly of the Balboa Boat Yard. � e exacting handcra� ed detail of this restoration was a one-year process, which created the � nest restored Holiday anywhere in the United States. � e topside and hull wood is 100% original with a new 5200 bottom. All hardware was located and rechromed. Several missing items required fabrication. Original wiring was utilized where practical for safety. New, extremely comfortable, beautiful red and white upholstery was also installed. � e original teak � oors have been beau-

tifully restored, and the original 158 HP engine was meticulously restored by Tom Harper of Harpers Marine in Wilmington. � is boat is equipped for cruising in Southern California, seats 11-12 comfortably and is a great family boat. She made a maiden voyage to Catalina for a Levi’s model shoot.

Lucy is an open launch wooden boat built by Ackerman Boat Works around 1945. Ackerman Boat Works, on the Lido Peninsula, built about 35 boats--wooden yard tugs, mine sweepers and rescue boats--to aid in the war e� ort.

� is yard tug, a workboat for the shipyard, was found in the 151 Shipyard Way building and renamed Lucy. She has a deck length of 23’, a 5.5’ beam, 22” freeboard and a 3’ dra� . She was originally powered by a Universal Atomic 4 gas-powered engine, a design emulating motors used in World War II to power lifeboats for the ships, barges, and tankers of many navies and merchant marine � eets.

Lucy was completely restored in 2012 at the Newport Harbor Shipyard. Her wood hull was restored and a custom knotted bow fender added. Further work in 2016 included new teak decking, tooled brass handles for the ship’s wheel and a new Yanmar @YM15 engine. � is 2 cylinder, 4-stroke vertical, water-cooled diesel engine has a 13.6 mhp output. Lucy has an approximate top speed of 8 knots and seats 5 people.

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Morning Mist was built in 1983 by Art Hoban in Boise, Idaho, for a doctor in Dana Point. � e current owner purchased her in 1985 and she was rowed once or sometimes twice a day in Newport Harbor from 1985 to 1991. � e bow and stern seats accommodate passengers. Using one or two Oarmaster drop-in sliding-seat rowing units allows the boat to be used as a single or double. She is rowed with two or four Piantedosi wooden oars (from West Acton, Massachusetts) with Macon-style blades. Morning Mist was a California Wooden Boat Festival Honorable Mention “Best of Show” in 1984 She was the second place single scull in the 1990 Newport Autumn Rowing Festival. She was restored in 2016.

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Over the past 23 years, The Dave Stephens Band has played over 3,000 shows, opening for the legendary Count Basie Or-chestra, performing for two U.S. presidents and playing to sold out crowds around the world. From the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles to the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida to the hot jazz clubs of Paris, France, the band always delivers.

Albums include a 1998 tribute to the Big Band Era “Swing Out,” “Tropical Cocktail,” “Live at Jardin e’s,” “Jazz Hymn Project” and their fi rst Christmas album “The Best Time of Year.”

The Dave Stephens Band creates a live experience not to be missed. High energy, vintage jazz, all forms of ballroom dance and unique interpretations of early 20th century classics may be in today’s repertoire.

Dave Stephens Swing Band

Miss Stephanie is a Burchcra� Super Lightweight (about 100 pounds) built in the 1940s that was intended to be hauled via car roof. � ere were only a few of the model made and Miss Stephanie might be the only surviving one. She was found in a backyard in Lancaster, California, but has been fully restored to her original colors, a project that took the owner two years. She is powered by a 1949 Evinrude Zephyr 4 cylinder 160cc outboard. � e 1949 Big Bear Lake permit plate attached to the bow is original to the boat. Its trailer, found in a � eld in Gorman, ha s powder-coated, 1935 Ford wire wheels with whitewall tires. ON-LANDCategory:

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Olinka, a 64’ yawl, is an Olin Stephens design. Pym Boat Yard in Sweden built her in 1953. She is made with 1 3/8 African mahogany over an oak frame. Her beam is 13’ and she weighs in at 68,000 pounds.

Olinka was commissioned by C. B. Nathhorst who used her as a day sailor. When not being sailed, she was kept in a covered shed that had a slot for her masts. In 1973, Tony Bill, successful Hollywood actor-director-producer most famous for producing � e Sting, purchased Olinka. Bill is a San Diego native who sailed her all over the West Coast for the next 15 years. Her current owners purchased her in 1988 and have restored and upgraded Olinka to her present condition.

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Karl and Lori Kreutziger found the 1954 Commander Express Cruiser in Fair Haven, Michigan, not far from the Chris-Cra� factory in Algona where the boat was built in 1954. With only four owners, its condition re� ects the love and care the boat was given. Before leaving the Mayea Marina on Lake St. Clair, Karl worked with the shipwrights to replace hundreds of hull fasteners. A� er the boat arrived in Newport, the topside was completely stripped, stained, sealed, and received 10 coats of varnish. Already well-known and popular in Newport Harbor, No Corkage has been used in a TV commercial and won a yacht club award. She has been kept true to the builder’s design. No Corkage is a fast boat with twin 454 Chevy V9s that were installed in the 1980s. Wait until you see her at full

speed. A black hull seems right for this bad boy.

No Knot, our hand-made canoe, was rescued from a canoe rental operation in Northern California. We restored it with � ve coats of E-pafone Marine Varnish and now exhibit it on a 1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster Stationwagon Woodie, a multiple Best-of-Show winner.

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Phantom was designed by well-known Northeast naval architect and mechanical engineer Joseph Dyer. She was built at his Astoria Construction Company yard in Oregon and christened Phantom and launched on January 19, 1936.

Nicknamed “Queen of the Columbia,” the 50’ wheelhouse cruiser is constructed of double-planked, Port Orford cedar over oak stringers with teak houses, teak decks and Honduran mahogany paneling inside. A makeup vanity for the � rst owner’s wife, a bath tub constructed from Monel metal, along with a � replace that has since been removed, added to the luxurious interior. Originally powered by twin Palmer Conversion Ford V-8 engines, Phantom has been repowered with twin 240hp Yanmar engines capable of pushing her along at 21 knots.

Requisitioned in 1941 by the U.S. Navy as a patrol boat protecting Kaiser Steel Works on the Columbia River, Phantom was painted gray from bow to stern and out� tted with a 30-caliber Browning machine gun on its foredeck. Stolen and run aground on the Colombia Bar in the late 1980s, then abandoned, Phantom was rescued by well-known Portland Yacht Club member and wooden boat enthusiast Chuck Kellogg, who spen t three years on her restoration.

Purchased in March 2017 by Rick Ingold and Dean Kiser, Phantom now � ies the Balboa Yacht Club burgee and calls Newport Beach her home.

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Ono is one of the fastest � sh in the sea, and Ono is a fast cruiser, built by Dawn Boat Company in New York in 1929. Designed as a speedy, local commuter boat, her original owner immediately had her � tted with a � y bridge and moved her to Florida for sport � shing. As a fast boat in inter-national waters � shing o� the Florida coast during Prohibition, Ono might have done double duty…perhaps, as a rumrunner. Maybe…. � ere are suspicions.

In the late 1930s, Ono came by train to Southern California and now is kept at Shoreline Marina in Long Beach. Her 48-foot interior has mostly all nat-ural mahogany surfaces, and her style is post-Victorian with a bit of Great Gatsby. But she has twin Detroit Diesel 671 engines with 460 horsepower and up-to-date electronics and chart plotters. Ono is a fast, able, good-look-ing cruiser.


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Rock-A-Bye was built in 2000 by Barry Mason for his � rst grandchild. She is 45 inches long with a 24-inch beam.

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PrimeTime is a classic wooden motor yacht built by Matthews, in Port Clinton, Ohio. It is a 1949 Matthews 40 Stock Cruiser. A former owner, who had been a shipwright at Stephens Shipyard in Stockton, began a meticulous restoration using only high quality components. Anything that was not done by him was completed by her current owners. � e hull was re-fastened, and the boat was re-powered with two GM V-8 Crusader en-gines and Velvet Drive transmissions. PrimeTime was completely rewired with a new AC/DC distribution panel. � e interior was refurbished and is stunning. Teak and mahogany abound. � e ceiling is dressed with ma-

hogany beams. � e galley is detailed with intricate inlayed wood and custom tiles, custom, built-in cabinets were put in the forward stateroom, and spectacular custom doghouse hatches bring in light and ventila-tion. � ere is a deep porcelain sink and stand up shower. Today everything is freshly painted, varnished and ready for PrimeTime.

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Uncle Erwin was built by Dave Carroll from lines that he took from a boat in the Lake Windemere Steamboat Museum in England. � is particular design was build in production about 1916 for use on the lakes in Ontario, Canada. � e Uncle Erwin is built from lapstrake construction using Brunzil plywood. � e decks, seats and coamings are of teak, and the laminated sterns, and rubrail are of ash. � e steam bent ribs are oak and the entire hull is coated with West Resin. Carroll was rewarded for his e� orts as the winner of the 2014 People’s Choice for Land Powerboats at the BYC Wood-en Boat Festival.

Wicked, hull #229, is a 1949 Chris-Cra� Racing Runabout. According to the 2016 Directory of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, only 12 of those built in 1949 are accounted for. Wicked was purchased in 2006 and, over the course of three years, underwent a “keel up” professional, authen-tic restoration by Retro Nautique of Bear Lake, Idaho.

Hull # 229 was one of three Racing Runabouts that was powered with a six-cylinder engine with three carburetors that Chris-Cra� positioned un-der the chrome dome. Wicked has been re-powered with a pre-1985 Chevy 350. It is a very fast boat.

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� is 42’ Stephens is truly a Newport Harbor legacy yacht. William A. � ompson, owner of Seaboard Finance Company commissioned Stephens Brothers in 1951 to build this cruiser for his Balboa Island home. He called it Sea Boarder and it remained at Balboa Island until his passing in 1970 when it was moved to the Sacramento Delta. � ere it sat in a barn and was � nally restored in 1998 and returned to Southern California. It was entered in the 2015 Wooden Boat Festival and just happened to be parked next to a steam launch owned by Jim Kroeger, � ompson’s grandson. Talk about a chance meeting! Both owners kept in touch and six months later the Sea Boarder was re-acquired by the � ompson family a� er 43 years. It now resides in Huntington Beach.

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Gary AllenDee AllenAlan BaronRenee BartellCharlotte BennettRobert BentsRon BowerSherry Bower Hugh BradleyPeter BretschgerKari BretschgerPam BunkerJeanne BurzanJohn BurzanNolan CannonD.J. CathcartArt CiancioAnne Marie Coffi nCheryl DaleRichard DebeikesKaty DennisTom DesselJanis DinwiddieStacy DraperKeith DuarteKen DutcherBarb DutcherCyndi FloranceJim FloranceMathew ForemanJudy FosterDiana Gold ElamPatt GrablePinky GreeneJim GurneyNancy GurneyWayne Harvey

Gwen HassChuck HaywardGinny HaywardGreg HaywardJane HoffnerMark HooverDonna HooverMark HooverRick IngoldGar JacobsJan JacobsMichael JarvisSusan JenningsJoanne JohnstonJames JonesMerrins JonesKevin KernsJan KingaardBob KingaardS/C Morrie KirkPamela KreiserStephen LarkinElaine LinhoffJim MahaffeyDan MariscalMarie MartingBud McNairBarbara McNairHelga McClungDr. Gene McClungMichelle McCormackMichelle McKayMike McKibbenTina McKinleyBill McNamaraNancy MellonArt Mitchell

Kim MontgomeryRosalee MoretRick OlsonMarrene PacelliDick PacelliMarjie PageChristine PappasCathy PazemenasKaren PierceLee PiperBeverly RobertsMary Kate ScandoneLynn SelichNorm ShepherdJoyce ShepherdCatherine SmithLorrie SmithMike SmithArleen StevensBob StevensDavid StockmanKaren StockmanJane SussmanMike TrckaTerry TrombatoreJoanne UleneTom WalkerEd WatsonMikelle WatsonJenny WedgeJudy WeightmanChris WeimerChris WyattChristy WyattPam YoungJim Young

Thanks to all our Wooden Boat Festival Volunteers! The success of this annual event is credited to the selfl ess hours of expertise and time donated by individ-uals, clubs, businesses and organizations who share an infatuation with wooden boat craftsmanship and history.

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Steering Committee David LaMontagne, Co-ChairPatrick McCormack, Co-ChairTom Mooers, CommodoreAnne L. BohnJim Dale

Roger GrableMike HayPenny RodheimNorm ShepherdJim StonemanDick Wheaton

We apologize for anybody not listed and we thank you for your effort and support in volunteering.

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That’s just how we do business.

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