Boatfolk in transition become nostalgic for the interesting boats they have known and sometimes loved. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you…. “Favorite Boats, Part l”.

Jereboa… a 14-1/2 ft Whitehall with a sliding gunter rig and a dagger board. This design was a traditional utility pulling boat in the harbors of the North American East Coast for almost a hundred years starting early in the 19th century. It was made famous by Herreshoff as the Catspaw Dinghy. My interpretation was cyprus cored fiberglass.

Salvage Chief has participated in almost every major casualty on the US west coast in recent history. She was converted from a navy landing ship and has the most unique below-decks arrangement of anything afloat.

This Canadian Coast Guard utility boat was on training maneuvers when they stopped for lunch in Quarantine Bay, the historical immigration quarantine harbor for Vancouver Island.

Sea Monkey by Halberg Rassey combines an unusual set of attractive features. She’s solid but fast, light but steady, smaller inside than a Caliber 40 but with a bottomless void of wine and spirits.

Redeemer is a salvaged salvage tug that comes with matching rust colored lab named Buddy. I’m not sure about Buddy but everything else on this boat, from the head to the RIB, was salvaged from casualties in the Aleutians.

Kamchatskiy Proliv is only the current name of this Russian reefer picking up frozen fish in Dutch Harbor. She’s registered in Panama but has nothing to do with Panama.