Great Gulf Coast Small Craft Festival

Cortez Florida

April 17 - 19 - 2009

 

Bill Whalen, Ron Hoddinott, Steve Kingery, and Richard Anderson on the docks. Bill Fite Photo

 

Dennis Bradley's Egret by Commodore Munroe - Bill Fite Photo

 

 Bill's lunch

 

 Whisper as seen from MoonShadow - Bill Fite Photo

 

Bob Wood sailing his O'Day Mariner - Bill Fite Photo

 

Ron Hoddinott - hands on a work of art. (photo by Bill Dolan)

 

 Quiet docks on Friday.

 

Bill Dolan's Sea Bird - Marshall Cat with Dennis Bradley aboard.

 

Cornish Shrimper

 

Fiberglass Beetle Cat - built by my old friend Don Peterson -

 

Roger Allen - Museum Curator sailing Miss Kate

 

Bill Dolan with a "Dark and Stormy"

 

Nadine - a restored Coquina Cat - recovered from the bottom!

 

 Strip Planked canoe.

 

Whisper in cruising trim

 

Bill Whalen's My Little Chick-a-Dee (Peep Hen)

 

Another strip planked wonder

 

Now that's some varnish!

 

Sallie Adams of Cortez, Florida.

 

 The Highland Lass

 

beautiful work!

 

 Mac McCarthy - father of modern strip planked canoes made it to the festival!

 

Esperanza - A Cuban refugee boat restored by the museum.

 

Larry Paige's Swampscott Dory in center

 

Steve Kingery's Princess Canoe

 

Lovely Marsh Cat by Joel White.

 

David Turner's Maya - SeaPearl 21 

 Bill Fite's MoonShadow on Sunday

 

Checking out a future site for a WCTSS Cruise!

 

 Crossing southern Tampa Bay

 

Crossing Egmont Channel towards Fort DeSoto - photo by Bill Fite

Gallery