Wooden Boat Restoration

East Passage Boatwrights has built a reputation for high quality workmanship and attention to detail. Our crew is compiled of full time boatwrights, trained in traditional plank-on-frame wooden boat restoration, and in combination with our MARINE SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT and the finest manufacturers in the marine industry, EPB will manage all aspects of the restoration.

Starting with extensive research into the history of the vessel, including original construction methods, on deck and interior layout, and documentation of the “as found” condition of the boat, EPB will work with the owner to restore the vessel and get her back on the water.

Sparkman Stephens has designed some of the most accomplished wooden boats and yachts, EPB has had the opportunity to perform multiple restorations on these yachts including SONNY, SKYLARK of 1937 and most recently, the rebuild of SANTANA.

 

SANTANA was designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built in 1935 by Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, CA. She was originally designed and built as a stay’sl schooner but was converted to a yawl a...
53’ Yawl SKYLARK of 1937 – SKYLARK, originally Vryling, was designed by Sparkman and Stephens, design # 146, and built by Pendleton Yacht Yard of Wiscasset, Me in 1937. The cruising history of...
The 54’ Auxiliary sloop SONNY was built in 1935 by the Jacobs Yard in City Island, New York. In 2007 she returned from the Mediterranean to compete in the classic boat circuit in Newport, RI. Upon...
The International Dragon was designed by Johan Anker in 1929 as a small cruising boat, complete with two births, to be sailed off the coast of Norway. The design quickly gained popularity and in 1948...
36’ Grand Banks SARAH CAROL – SARAH CAROL was built by Grand Banks Yachts in Singapore in 1968, the last year of wooden hulled GB 36’s. She backed into the EPB shop in the winter of 2010 in need of a...
CHAPERONE is a 32' motor boat that came to EPB in need of toe rails and a small mast for running lights and other electrical accessories. Because the motor boat did not already have toe rails, EPB's...