The Tyee Spirit sculling rowboat, with its exquisite lapstrake-style planking, has all the features of the Whitehall Spirit® 14 rowboat in a hull that is slightly wider and fuller, and can carry an even larger load. Almost anyone can row this boat with no difficulty. This boat is custom made by our [...]
The Whitehall Spirit® Tyee 14 Sailing Rowboat will delight both experienced sailors and beginners. Using oars it can be smoothly rowed for hours at around 4 knots (8kph) The efficient, easily-handled sail rig sets up in less than five minutes and when not in use it stows neatly inside the boat. It accommodates three or [...]
The Tyee Spirit® 14 Fixed Seat Traditional Rowboat is renowned for the way it carries a load and comfortably handles wind, waves, and choppy tidal waters. It has a fullness of beam which extends along the hull, and the transom is three inches broader than the Whitehall Spirit® 14. The Tyee 14 traditional rowboat has [...]
Campbell River is a coastal community on the east coast of Vancouver Island where in early fall a large run of Chinook Salmon returns to the river to spawn. Those fish that have matured to over 30 lbs are called “Tyee” salmon. Around 1910 Ned Painter, a local boatbuilder, began building beautiful lapstrake cedar-planked rowboats [...]