PNW - Skookum 53 Re-Fit

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Curtis [CLD].

[Adelie]

Welcome.

I would suggest updating your profile with your general location and your boat make & model or “Looking” in the "Boat" category. This info shows up under your UserName in every post in the web view. Many questions are boat and/or location dependent and having these tidbits under your UserName saves answering those questions repeatedly. If you need help setting up your profile then click on this link: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums...ml#post3308797

If you need further help let me know, I would be happy to.

Originally Posted by Curtis L Dean

Hello,
My name is Curtis and I am looking at a Skookum 53, currently it is lying in Ilwaco Wash.
It is in need of some deck work and I am wondering if the plywood deck runs under the house walls or do the decks terminate at the house walls?
Any information would help.
Thank you all in advance.
CLD

[hildahelen]

Hello Bill,
I own a Skookum 53 and love the boat. I am new to Cruisers Forum site and just discovered your posts. Bought the boat at Port Angeles, WA and shipped her from Victoria,B.C. to Palm Beach, Florida aboard a heavy lift ship in 2020. Original name was "Sharla Sue", Port Townsend 1978. Hull No. SKKOO151M77D, Doc. No. 601078. Later named "Dhochas" out of Astoria, Oregon, and "Bersugget", Port Angeles. Now berthed at my home port of Point Judith, RI and renamed "Lucky". Please reply if you read this. You guys are generous with your information and advice.
Jim & Sheila White

[Celestialsailor]

Welcome to the forum hildahelen.

[billr]

There has been some interest here in the PNW about having a Skookum 47 & 53 owners forum. A number of us were active here over the years, particularly before COVID. It may be time to get communicating again. If interested, reply to this post, and I will put this notice in other older posts as well.
billr (Skookum 53, Anacortes)

[hildahelen]

Thank you Bill. Count me in.

[Curtis L Dean]

I'm in Bill.
Curtis Dean
53' Skookum
FV Rain

[billr]

Hi Curtis, Jim & Sheila,
I think for the moment, this thread is the best one to use for posts. I suspect getting hold of Brad (Captain 58), Gordon, and other past posters will take awhile. Certainly, some of us had major disruptions in our life because of COVID. About 3 months after Carol and I closed the boat for the winter of 2020, and headed to Arizona, Skagit County, WA had one of the first major COVID outbreaks, .... and we didn't get back there for 2 years.
There is a very impressive individual named Mike Beemer that runs a marine repair technical school (associated with Skagit Community College). He has a Skookum 47 called the Black Pearl. Kind of a reference to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. Now, I really like the Skookum 53s, but I would have to say that Mike's 47 is one of the "coolest" Skookums (or sail boats for that fact) that I have ever seen. (and I have only seen it as it passed down the Swinomish Channel in La Connor (WA) one day).
My wife Carol and I visited with Mike over at the school.
We talked about Skookums, and Mike noted that there were a number of them (47s and 53s) in the Puget Sound area, and maybe we should try to get a Skookum Owners Group going. I told him that the Cruisers Forum had been somewhat active in the past on Skookum issues. But talking with Mike kind of motivated me to do this latest post here. You will find Mikes' website "cruisersforum.com" to be fascinating. Be sure to follow down the various links. More later. Bill

[Curtis L Dean]

Hello all,
Just checking in to see if everyone here would be interested in posting pictures of their "Skookums"? Any size any shape! Work or play. I have photographed every Skookum I can find between Anacortes and San Diego over the last 4 years. I would really like to put together an album for everyone, if I can get some interest.
Hope this finds you all well,
Thank you in advance for your responses.
One more thing before I go. I ran into the "Cape Cleare" in Port Townsend last winter. I believe it to be the only Skookum 70' to ever be built. If anyone has any information I would love to hear it.