Rutherford's Boatshop

Completed Projects

Joyant l Gaycin l Whirlwind l Aeolus l Buenos Aires l Bounty l Gryphon l Seven Bells l Barbara l Brightstar l Carbon Fiber Wing Mast l Four Oared Lifeboat l Haley-A l Whitehall Rowing Boat l Beatle Cat l Pacific Spirit l Kanaloa l Felicity (ex Speedwell)

Joyant is a 1911 P-Class Nathaniel Herreshoff classic racing yacht. At 58’ on deck, she is the longest P-Class built. She was found buried in overgrowth poison ivy behind a barn in Cape Cod, Massachusetts after 20 years of neglect and abandonment. She had no ballast keel or hardware at the time, all of which had to be custom fabricated during the reconstruction. Since, she has successfully competed in the classic boat regattas in New England and the Mediterranean.

Joyant has been featured in several publications including: Wooden Boat Magazine, Nov. 2002, #169, Classic Boat Magazine, July 2002 and Sailing Magazine, Nov. 2002. Read an article in Latitude 38 here (PDF). More Joyant photos.

Gaycin, a 44’ Army Utility Launch; we converted it to a luxury motor yacht. The interior was completely gutted, the hull rebuilt and an entirely new house and interior put in. View more photos of Gaycin.

Whirlwind, a 16’ outboard powered, varnished mahogany runabout. She had been sitting in a garage for over 15 years before the granddaughter of the original owner commissioned us to completely restore her. All the original hardware was re-chromed and the original engine rebuilt. View more photos of Whirlwind.

Aeolus, a 45’ British Plank-on Edge design. We re-rigged it to its original gaff cutter design and completed the cockpit and house. She was shipped to England where the owner lives. View more photos of Aeolus.

Buenos Aires, a Buzzard’s Bay 14 designed by L. Francis Herreshoff. Built new. She was launched ready to sail in Richmond, California for family use on January 1, 2000 as a celebration of the turn of the millennium. Despite their small size, we built hollow spars; we chose to use locally grown laurel for her sawn timbers. See article in Latitute 38 (PDF). View another photo of Buenos Aires.

Bounty, a 52’ Sparkman & Stephens Yawl built in 1949. We built a new rudder and did some structural repairs including refastening and we also refaired the hull for new paint. Bounty competed in the Pacific Cup Race from San Francisco to Hawaii twice and she sails regularly in the San Francisco Bay. View more photos of Bounty.

Gryphon, a 22’ aluminum hulled RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) designed by Jim Antrim, built new by our shop. She became very popular in the San Francisco Bay and was chartered out to local regattas and for commercial work. View another photo of Gryphon.

Seven Bells, a 43’ Stephens motor yacht. The hull uses white oak frames with Port Orford cedar carvel planks. She has bronze fastenings, a teak deck and trim (bright work), plumb bow, and a flat transom. Between 1998 and 2000, Seven Bells underwent a complete restoration, including structural hull work, new or reconditioned decks, new plumbing, electrical and electronics systems, refinishing of exterior and interior teak, new cabinetry, upholstery, soles and overheads, hard dodger added over aft cockpit, and engine refitting. In 2000, Seven Bells was awarded the prize for Best Restored Power vessel at the Classic Boat Festival in Victoria, British Columbia. In 2001, she was selected for the People's Choice Award at the Bell Street Rendezvous on the Seattle waterfront and was runner-up for the People's Choice Award at the LaConnor Vintage and Classic Boat Show. She currently sails in Puget Sound. Visit Seven Bells' website here. View more photos of Seven Bells.

Barbara, a 50’ schooner. We rebuilt the cockpit and the house, built and installed all new spars and rig, and made structural repairs to the hull. She took 1st place in the 1987 Master Mariner’s Regatta with the Rutherford’s Boatshop crew aboard and won subsequent races and has continued to compete well over the years. View more photos of Barbara.

Brightstar, a 53’ Schock Cutter. We gutted and totally rebuilt the yacht. She won first place overall and in her class during her first entry after the reconstruction at the Master Mariner’s Regatta and has since participated annually in this regatta. She sails regularly in the San Francisco Bay. Read articles in Latitude 38 from November '86 and March '87. View more photos of Brightstar here.

Carbon Fiber Wing Mast for a Catamaran, designed by Jim Antrim built of stripped plank red cedar core and carbon fiber. View more photos here.

Four Oared Lifeboat, built new, it was copied from the original for the San Francisco Maritime Museum. It is displayed aboard the Balclutha, an 1886, steel hull, full rigged ship. We have also restored many other small craft for the museum as well as traditional rowing crafts for the South End Rowing Club of San Francisco. View more photos here.

Haley-A, a 30’ classic tugboat. Originally built for PG&E in the 1920's to attend to electrical lines under the San Francisco Bay and near the waters edge. We finished the restoration that had been started by Alan Cameron including all the rigging, towing bitts and fendering and put the boat in working condition both for commercial jobs and for pleasure. The tugboat was used regularly in the San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento River Delta and later in Long Beach, CA where it was used successfully for commercial towing.

Whitehall Rowing Boat, we stiffened the bottom, built watertight flotation tanks and made new gunwales both with decorative inlays, and repainted her.

Beatle Cat, the boat came to us dried and broken, she had been out of the water for many years, we completely rebuilt in and rerigged it.

Pacific Spirit, an 86’ luxury motor yacht. We remodeled the interior to accommodate 80 passengers for elegant parties on the San Francisco Bay. Our work was certified by both the US Coast Guard and the SF Health Department.

Kanaloa, a 72’ Philip Rhodes designed steel motorsailer. After chartering in the Caribbean for many years it came to us for a complete refit, including new deck, interior, some hull plating and painting.

Felicity (ex Speedwell), a 45’ Lester Stone design, built in 1896. We completely rebuilt her from the keel to the mast in 1982. She competed and won its class in many Master Mariner’s Regattas in the San Francisco Bay.