In the late 1950's, the Owens Company hired 30 year old Darryl Fish, an industrial designer at Ford Motor Company, to design their Tahitian model yacht.  Fish was the designer of the "mod" 1950's Ford Thunderbird that began the sports car craze in America.  The Owens Company wanted the same sexy styling found in the Thunderbird for their Tahitian model.

The 96-foot ocean diesel yacht Blue Peter, built at Lake Union Drydock in Seattle in 1928 for John Graham of that city, was sold by him to George L. Machris of Los Angeles, head of the Economy Oil Co., the sale being made and the vessel delivered to the new owner at Los Angeles by L. E. Geary. [Gordon Newell, Maritime Events of 1934, H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle Superior Publishing Company, 1966., p. 430.]

Chris Craft Corvette 1954

Compadre is a 43 foot bridge-deck cruiser designed and built by Stephens Brothers Boat Builders in Stockton, California.  Launched in 1929, she was the second of three cruisers built by Stephens Bros. to a 42-foot design.  Compadre is unique, however, because her original owner, Leland Adams of San Francisco, specified that the wheelhouse be lengthened by18 inches, making her 43-1/2 ft overall.  A sister ship, Classique, currently is berthed in Seattle.  The third boat, originally named Alys, has apparently has been lost. 

Faun is a 36’ Blanchard Standardized Cruiser, launched on Lake Union in June, 1926 by the N.J. Blanchard Boat Company for W.N. Winter of Medina, Washington. Her designer is Leigh H. Coolidge. Her 1926 purchase price was $6000. She is one of 25 Standardized Cruisers built by Blanchard, most of which were 36’, and one of the most luxurious. She is powered by a 1947 Chrysler Crown 6-cylinder gas engine, and cruises at 8.5 knots. Her hull is Alaska red & yellow cedar, her frames are white oak and her bright work and house are Burmese teak. She has her original cast iron stove, a Neptune.

Forest Surveyor was built in Vancouver B.C. as a picket boat for patrol in WW II.  After the war she was transferred to B.C. Forestry as a patrol and survey vessel.  She is owned now by the N.W. Marine Propulsion Museum.  

Designed by Ed Monk Sr., and built in 1940 for the president of Tacoma Boatbuilding Co. to provide safe, efficient and seaworthy transportation for his family, Freya has made twelve trips to Alaska.  She carries 200 gallons of fuel and 90 gallons of Water, and was recently repowered with a diesel engine.

A 36' custom built canoe stern yacht created by Taylor & Grandy on Vashon Island in 1914, Glorybe is one of the oldest boats in the CYA and the oldest member of the Seattle Yacht Club. Owned by Betsy Davis. Glorybe was severely damaged in the SYC fire, but was rebuilt at Seattle Community College.

"Halcyon" was purpose designed as a working salmon troller by Naval Architect Bill Garden and built for a member of the Prothero family.  Fished the Northwest coast from Alaska to Oregon for over 20 years. In 1984 master shipwright Sam Fry acquired her and spent 10 years converting her into a comfortable and seaworthy cruising troller.

Holiday has been family owned since launched in July 1946. My Grandfather Rex Bartlett commissioned Ed Monk Sr. to design her and was built on Lake Union by the Edison Technical School. Jim Chambers who ran the school along with Earl Wakefield and Vic Franck also worked on building her. I grew up on the boat and later helped "Gramps" maintain her, taking ownership in 1985. We are very proud of the fact Holiday has been maintained all these years and not restored. Of course mechanical repairs and replacements have been made due to normal wear and tear.

Constructed in Algonac, Michigan by Chris-Craft Corporation for Rex Marine Center, certified by Eugene Sabin, Master Carpenter for Chris-Craft. Alvin H. Levy purchased the vessel and had her documented with the USCG, named "Re Ality" and moored in NYC.

"Cantagree" was commissioned in 1952 at the Stephens Brothers, Inc., yard in Stockton California by Mr. James Camp, Bakersfield, CA.  She was launched in May, 1953. 

Built by the Chris-Craft Corporation, Maranee was launched in Algonac, Michigan in 1940.  She served as flagship of the Vermilion Yacht Club in Ohio in 1946, and cruised the Great Lakes extensively, visiting Georgian Bay, the Erie Canal and the St. Lawrence River.  In 1959, Maranee began a new life on the west coast when she was shipped to Seattle by rail. She is still powered by her original twin Hercules six cylinder gas engines. 

MERVA  40'  1932 Pilothouse Cruiser, built by F. W. Morriss

NOOTKA of Lummi Island

The former Mission Boat “Ave Maria"

As many as twenty Mission Boats and one seaplane operated from 1905 to 1969 providing medical, dental, pastoral and social care to remote settlements and communities of British Columbia, Canada. Ave Maria served until 1983 when the Christie Mission school finally closed. This unique vessel was built by the eye and hand of a First Nation shipwright which makes her unique in the history of the Mission Boats.

Built for the Neikirks of Tacoma, the name Olmaha was inspired by first names of the family: OLin, MAude and their daughter HAzel. Launched in June 1926 and christened by Hazel, the August 1926 edition of Pacific Motor Boat reported that Olmaha “was placed in the water ready to cruise and within a few days left on a ten day’s sail to British Columbia waters. Ten Tacoma men made up the party.”

Owl was named the "Louise Idaho" when she was originally launched by the McKenzie Barge and Derrick Company in North Vancouver, BC in 1942. Her first owners were Leo and Louise Towell of New Westminster, BC, and she worked as an inland tug until 1964. The boat was repowered from a steam engine to a 240 HP diesel engine in 1948.

Built in 1952 at the Chris Craft factory in Algonac, MI. In 1992 Dan Enloe of Portland, OR  purchased the boat and in 2000 did a major overhaul including new engines and christened the boat Cruise Missile. Current owners, Jerry & Karen O'Neill purchased the boat in Aug. 2013. They have completed projects including interior upgrades, electrical system, sanitation overhaul and extensive bright work on flybridge, aft cockpit and transom. Their goal is to restore it to its original splendor. They rechristened the boat Reverie in 2014.

54' 1939 Elco. CYA Flagship of 2004. Powered by twin 671's. She was shown at the 1938-39 New York Boat Show.

Riptide's original owner was Howard Johnson, and she was later owned by mobster Moe Dalitz and kept on Lake Mead. During the 80's, she was featured on the TV show "Riptide" and was a member of the Southern California Fleet as "Southwind". After the show was canceled she fell into disrepair. She then underwent an extensive restoration in 1998, and was relocated to the Puget Sound region in 2010.

Spent most of her years in Southern California. Transported by barge to the PNW in 2003 where she  spent time in Port Hadlock WA. She was sold again in 2012 and moved to the Port Orchard Yacht Club. We purchased Sequoia on July 30th 2020 and she is still in the Port Orchard Yacht Club.

"SERAFINO" was originally sold out of Seattle and was built for the Commodore of the Tacoma Yacht Club. She remained with that family for a number of decades before she was sold to an Anacortes family who lavished her for decades with meticulous upkeep, maintenance, and appropriate refits including a repowering. Current owners purchased her in 2021 and have moored her in Seattle's Lake Union ever since.

A 1963 46' Chris Craft, she is unique with her through-hull anchor and in being a convertible.

Built in Algonac, Michigan, in 1961, and delivered to Staff Jennings Marina in Portland, Oregon, TAHOE is a 1962, 55' Chris Craft Constellation, hull #CAB-55-007. Hull material is mahogany, beam is 14' 9", LOA is 55’ 6” and draft is 3' 10". Tahoe is powered by two 275 HP 8V-71 Detroit Diesels and has a cruising speed of 12 knots.  

Turning Point is a Lake Union Dream Boat built in 1928 at the Lake Union Dry Dock (LUDD) Company in Seattle, WA. “Dream Boat” was a trademarked name. The original configuration accommodated eight passenger berths. Staterooms include one forward with built-in berths and drawers underneath, and a full length clothes locker. The salon has double berths on each side and bookshelves overhead. In the original layout, there was a single berth above these double berths.

Twin Isles was purchased from a production run of Halibut schooners and converted to a custom naval architect design for Mr. Andrews. The intention was to use the vessel as a commuter boat from Vancouver to his personally owned estate on the Twin Islands in Desolation Sound. Following WWII the boat went to the Bay Area where it stayed for many years.  

She returned to the PNW where the current owners purchased her in 1985 and raised their family aboard. The children are now grown and have fled the nest leaving the parents with more room.