My first boat and first build

Builder Name:
Kyle Goddard

"If you want something nice, build it yourself." I've wanted a boat most of my life but was never in a position to afford or transport one. But, last summer I decided I couldn't wait any longer and attempted building my first boat.

Free Boats

1941 36' Stephens motor yacht

She's FREE to anyone who can take on the project. Beauty is currently at Spaulding Boatworks in Sausalito (SF Bay Area), out of the water. Engines and tanks were removed and sent to recycling (Both engines had their heads off and were salted over when I began looking at her.

Sailboats - Cruising

AQUILA

Year Built:
1969
Small Craft

Staempfli Racing Single

Beautiful Swiss Staempfli Sculling Single from 1976. Classic lightweight rowing / racing shell in Spanish Cedar in near perfect original condition. As published in The WoodenBoat Magazine, #134 January/February 1997 in an article “The Call of Wooden Racing Shells”, by Daniel J Boyne.

Sailboats

Great Lakes Class sloop

Built by the Burr Bros in 1960, this 36' beauty with a 10'9" beam was restored over seven years and includes (from 2014) completely new interior, new wiring, new mast, new Beta Marine 25, new sails and refastened below the waterline in 2022.

Sailboats

32' Sparkman & Stephens Fisher Pilot

Mahogany over oak. Comfortable cruiser with 4 berths. Purchased in 2005 and sailed every summer until 2017. Extensively restored throughout the off-seasons - list available.

Power Boats

Glenn-L Gentry

19 Ft. gentleman's racer/ runabout. 383 Chevy power cruises great slow, and mid-range , and when you want a thrill it will also go over 50. This boat turns heads everywhere it goes! Boat is turn key and go! $30,000 or best offer.

Sailboats

Celebrity Sloop #575

1964 Celebrity Sloop #575. Built in Holland. 19’8”, 6’4” beam, 800 lbs. Centerboard, draws 3’. Cold-molded, African Mahogany; outer hull fared in West System epoxy and Kevlar. Topside and cockpit ~ brightwork; topsides freshly varnished. 25’ Sitka spruce mast. Marconi rig, 172 sq. ft.