Well, this is the boat that we've found and decided to take on as our project. That's the royal we as in I guess I have a new project. Despite saying during the summer that I wouldn't buy a project boat, this boat was too good to pass by. Douglas Bakke built the boat (started in 2004 and finished to its current state in 2009) for his family. Circumstances made it that he could not complete it. (Don't feel so bad...right now, he's sailing with his family in New Zealand enjoying the warmer weather.)Much can be said about the origin of the design but I will simply say that the boat is a catboat design, put together from plans drawn out by Howard Chapelle. The construction is douglas fir and oak backbone, bent white oak frames and western red cedar planking. The boat is 22' long, 8'6" wide and will look great (and hopefully sail great) once we get her in the water.
Still left to do is rig it with a mast, spars and sail, as well as install a propeller and propeller shaft to go with the Thoosa electric marine engine. Right now, it's parked in our back yard, hiding from the snow.
