Syndicate Members, Contributors and Volunteers

Twenty-two syndicate donors and eleven additional significant donors facilitated the acquisition of Pirate to bring this vessel, with an outstanding northwest heritage, to the Center for Wooden Boats. This novel approach to acquiring and restoring northwest vessels for the CWB was pioneered by a team of donors and volunteers. Restoration work began in the winter of 1999. We had hoped to have her back in the water in the summer of 2002, but restoration projects being what they are, she was launched in April, 2005.

Pirate Syndicate


  • Kim and Susan Bottles
  • Scott Rohrer, project manager
  • Dr. Daryl Dahlgard
  • Mr. Tom Dyer
  • Ms. Lin Folsom
  • Mrs. Sharon Gee
  • Mr. Charles W. Guildner
  • Mr. Larry E. Johnson, Treasurer
  • Mr. Gilbert Joynt, President, Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society
  • Mr. David G. Kelly
  • Mr. John Kelly
  • Mrs. Sally Laura
  • Mr. Howard Miller
  • Mr. Michael Murray
  • Mr. Ron Reisner, CMS
  • Mrs. Karen A. Rohrer
  • Mr. Tom Speer
  • Mr. Bill Van Vlack
  • Mr. Chip Wall
  • Mr. Chipps Whipple
  • Mr. & Mrs. Doug Wilson

Volunteers


  • Joe Cable
  • Nick Carey
  • Roger Coulter
  • Max Denise
  • Dan Firor
  • David Kennedy
  • Steve Kinnaman
  • Rik Langendoen
  • Paul Marlow
  • Howard Miller

Additional Contributors


  • The Merrit Adamson Trust
  • Mr. Tom Alberg
  • Mr. Douglas D. Adkins
  • Art & Soul Photography
  • Associated Boat Transport, Inc.
  • Mr. John Asuncion, The Blue Whale Sailing School
  • Mrs. H. A. Ayers (Sally)
  • Mr.Webster Augustine
  • Mr. Will Blethen
  • Mr. Lester Books
  • Mr. William H. Buchan
  • Mr. Earl Boebert, US Vintage Model Yacht Group
  • Mr. William Brandt, Schooner SUVA
  • Jay & Diana Broze, Cape Flattery Foundation
  • Mr. Joe Cable & Barbara Lewis
  • Robert and Molly Cadranell, Cadranell's Yacht Landing
  • Jack Christiansen and Hank Thayer, North Sails
  • Betsy Davis
  • Mr. Paul Dorpat, The Seattle Times
  • Everett Scan Center, Boeing Aircraft Company
  • Edensaw Woods Ltd.
  • The Enersen Family Trust
  • Mr. Ted Frantz
  • Tom and Elizabeth Gregerson
  • Pat Haskett, Sea Commander Studios
  • Mr. Steve Hathaway, California Yacht Club
  • Mrs. Anne Gould Hauberg
  • Mr. Norman L. Havercroft, Marine Documentation Service
  • Mr. Frederick W.Hayes
  • Mr. Robert M. Helsell
  • Marshall Cove Paints, exclusive paint sponsor of Pirate
  • Dr. David B. Jones
  • Mr. Bob Leamer, Marine Artisans Group
  • Ms. Helen Lee
  • Mr. Robert Long
  • The Lucky Seven Foundation, Family of Mr. Manson Backus
  • Marine Construction & Equipment, Marco Shipyards
  • Mariner's General Insurance Group
  • Mr. Bruce McCaw
  • Mr. Stephen L. Morel, Ballard Pattern and Brass Foundery
  • National Assoc. of Marine Surveyors (NAMS), Seattle Chapter
  • Mr. Francis Pelly
  • Mr. Gerald Parker, Dudley Boat Transportation, Inc.
  • The St. Paul Fire & Casualty Co.
  • Port Townsend Rigging
  • Ms. Victoria Quinn
  • Mr. Tim Reagan, Traditional Boat Caulking
  • Mr. Brad Rice, The Boatwright
  • Mr. Richard Robbins
  • Ms Missy Jones Ross
  • Seattle Yacht Club Women's Group
  • Mrs. Victoria Sheldon
  • Mr. Stuart Sumner
  • Mr. Jan Sjunneson
  • Mr. Carl Sutter, Fisheries Supply Co.
  • Teak Decking Systems (TDS), Sarasota, Florida
  • Dan Turner, Master Carpenter
  • Mrs. Katherine Burns Vaughan
  • Mr. Mark Vander Boll
  • Mr. Rick Young, Walrus Machine Shop
  • Mr. Robert Denny Watt
  • Mr. Mark Weiner, University Swaging Corp.
  • Mr. Jeff Wright
  • The Wyman Youth Trust
  • Mr. William "Trip" Zabriske