Jespersen

Boat Builders Ltd.

Boat Name               Designer            LOA    Year     Comments                                            WBRef.

Courageous               S&S                   47'       1982    Covering boards & toerails,sheerplank coamings

Falcon                        Owens              40'       1983    CMSkin, rebuild                                   61:104

Dorade                       S&S                   52'       1985    Bulwark,covering board,maststep

Raven                         B.Perry              38'       1988    Interior,systems install

Dame Pattie               A.Paine             69'       1988    12M cruising conversion

Fairwyn                      S&S                    42'       1988    Deckwork    1998    Replank below WL

Canada II                   B.Kirby               67'       1986    Keel patterns & rudders

Liz of Hanko              E.Amble             40'       1991    2-Ton cruising conversion

Grizzly Bear               W.Garden                                   New Spars & Partners

Lapworth 50              Lapworth          50'       1996    Interior & cabin

Concerto                    W.Fife                48'      1994    8M-Frames,floors,planks,splines

Rainbird                     W.Garden          40'       1995    New main mast             

Grenfell Barrelback   Grenfell             22'       1996    Complete structural rebuild

Ginny                         Calkins               50'       1997    Repower,systems,keel,frames Interior.

Sea Fever                   B.Seaborne        52'       1999    Floor & frame replacement               

Makima (T-Bird)        B.Seaborne        26'       1999    Complete rebuild                                

Buzzy III                     O.Stephens        32'        2001    New frames,floors,lower planks, Rebuild stern to original design

Marinero                   R.Wilson             42'       2000    Rebuild cockpit & engine room,

Warm Rain II             Bruce King          48'       2000    Interior remodel, brightwork

Irene                          R.Hunt                38'       2000    Refair & paint

Coriolis                      R.Hunt                38'       2000    Refair & varnish

Katie Ford                 H.Dole                45'       2001    Replace planks, refinish topsides & Doghouse,transom repair

Shangri-La                 Tolly                   48'       2001    Custom flybridge enclosure   

San Mateo                 Wall                    41'       2002    Fish boat conversion

Renegade                  Tiara                   32'       2002    Custom hardtop

Saga                           B.Aas                  32'       2002    Frame replacement      

Wooden Boat References

Boat Repair & Construction: 1974-2002

Boat Name                  Designer                 LOA   Year Built     Comments                                WB Ref.

Limfjord                       L.F.Herreshoff            29'       1969         SP/Sloop/H28

Swoop        W.Garden                   33'       1975         PF/Sloop/B's book     

Daedelus                      W.Garden                   33'       1975         PF/Cutter/B's book

Saanich Beagle            W.Garden                   25'        1976         PF/Gaff sloop                           12:70

Distant Drummer        D.Peterson               37'       1977          CM/Sloop/1-Ton racing

Pennwyn                     McGraph                    30'       1977         SP/bilge keel sloop

Island Raven               W.Garden                  37'       1978         PF/Trawler Yacht                       27:89

Jura                              D.Peterson                  34'       1978          PF/Sloop/last old shop            11:76

Polyestermite              F.Swiesguth              22'       1979         PF/Star/Racing

Reality                          G.Nicholson               48'       1979          CM/8-Metre sloop                     34:21

Azimuth                        F.Carius                      22'       1979         SP/Sloop                     

Mist of Lemolo             W.Garden                  30'        1980        CM/Doom Catch                       35:98

Heathen Speed             T.Gilmer                    24'       1980          PF/Yawl/Blue Moon Design

Indomita Branta            Baltic Trader Repl.'  32'       1980          PF/Gaff Cutter

Will o'the Wisp            D.Peterson                 41'       1980          CM/Sloop/2-Ton racing

Rogue March               F.Herreshoff              33'       1981           PF/Sloop/Araminta model

Lucifer                          D.Martin                     51'       1982          CM/Sloop

Pachena (1st)                Driscoll/Perry            51'       1982          CM/Sloop/Wrecked

Sarissa                         L.Giles                         25'       1985          CM/Cutter/Virtue design

Octavia                        B.Kirby                        48'       1984          CM/8-Metre Sloop/racing

Capriccio                     B.Kirby                        32'       1985          CM/6-Metre Sloop/racing

Celeste                         F.Kinney                     40'       1986          CM/Cutter

Exit 12                         B.Kirby                         26'       1986          Ply/Norwalk Is. Sharpie

Tugs                             P.Gartside                   24'       1987          CM/Power Yacht

Pachena (2nd)               D.Peterson               53'       1987           CM/Sloop

Rapture                        W.Garden                   25'       1988           CM/Speedboat

Churchill                       J.Young                      39'       1988           CM/Sloop

Sliver                            P.Gartside                   36'       1988          CM/Sloop

Aeriel                           J.McCurdy                    39'       1989          CM/Sloop                                  100:108

Green Flash                  Stolk                           33'       1990          CM/Power yacht/trihull

Sagitaire                       T.Brewer                      47'       1992         Alum/Cutter/Int./Assembly

Magic                           C.Johnsen                    40'       1993          CM/Schooner                             114:109

Spitfire                         Cherubini/Hohman   44'       1994           CM/Ketch                                   114:109

Myrrh                           E,Jespersen                  30'       1996          Ply/Sloop/Race,cruise

Exit 12 (2nd)                 B.Kirby                        29'       1995          CM/Sloop/Nor.Is.Sharpie

Yoni                             B.Perry                        50'       1997           Alum/Cutter/Int./Assembly

Jack Tar                       G.Marshall                   62'       1998           CM/Power Yacht

Truitt                            P.Bolger                       35'       2000          CM,Ply/

Y.D.Dandy                   N.Zimmer                     24'       2002          CM/Power/hull&deck

Title/Author                                                                                Issue #

Troller Conversions, New life for classic                                  169:76
Northwest workboats by Charles B. Summers


Bent Jespersen, Building Boats of Understated                     136:54

Elegance by Craig C. Johnsen


Building Spitfire by Russell D. Hohmann                                136:64


Aeriel, a Design by McCurdy & Rhodes                                   100:108 

By Joel White


Cold-Molded Overlay: A Close Look at One                           61:123

Technique by Maynard Bray


30’ Cat Ketch by William Garden                                               35:98


Another Reality by Bent Jespersen                                           34:20


36’7” Power Cruiser by William Garden                                    27:89


Three Views of the Saanich Beagle by Alex Bavelas               12:70


Peterson 33 by Douglas Peterson                                             11:76


Other references

One Man’s Dream Boat ( Yoni ) by Brian Fagan                      Vol.34 #6:74
In Sailing


Jack Tar, A Modern Classic by Don Morison                           Vol.11 #12:30
In The Westcoast Mariner


Onboard Myrrh by Sven Donaldson in Pacific                        Vol.40 #8:26
Yachting

Fairwyn: A Family Affair by Stephen Carlman                           Vol.40 #8:4

In Pacific Yachting, The Romance of Wood


Racing: Gold Stars by Sven Donaldson                                     Vol.36 #12:44

In Pacific Yachting


Latest Technology in a classic ketch by Gerry Kidd                  Vol.5 #9:20
In Boat World


Tugs: One Man’s Boat by John Shinnick                                   Vol.28 #1
In Pacific Yachting


Onboard Aeriel by Bill Jensen in Pacific Yachting                    Vol.32 #12


Boat Construction Listing: 1974-2002

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