SF Bay Knarr Association
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Historic Fleet Register 1949 - Present
SAN FRANCISCO BAY KNARR ASSOCIATION
(Compiled March 2009 – John Colver, Oct 2009 - Mike Peterson)
OUR FLEET
SAIL No. BUILT IMPORTED BOAT NAME BOAT OWNER
or
OWNED
21 1949 1960 (no name) Nordic Imports (inventory)
1962 Courtesan Neill Smith
1968 Courtesan Ted McKown
37 1952 1959 Circe Berrington Brooks *
1960 Farvel Calvin Mower
1965 Farvel Don Goggins
1966 Intrepid Don Heydt
- - This boat has not been
seen since late 1960s.
39 1952 1959 Thor George Parry *
1961 Thor Helmut Harer
1965 Thor David Woodcock
1972 Thor Steve Shaffer
1982 Thor Jim Lino
1995 Thor Jeremy Fisher-Smith
2000 Thor John Espedal
2002 Thor Tore Abrahamsen
2010 Thor Rick and Jeff Moseley
47 1951 1961 Stjerne L.B. Clapham
1963 Nordlys Bill Gilbert
1970 Nordlys Al Blair
1977 Nordlys Joel Kudler
2007 Nordlys Risley Sams / Hans Williams
2008 Kraken Risley Sams
63 1953 1953 Proxima Bjorn Iversen
1953 Proxima Gordon Morrison
1959 Proxima Arnold “Swede” Wallen *
1965 Jezebel Roger Hopper
1976 Alice Paul Potts
1978 Alice Robert Poindexter
1990 Alice Bruce Bradfute
- - Sold 1996 and shipped
to Puget Sound
74 1956 1959 Squirrely II Don Durant *
1966 Windigo Darrell Rogers
1970 Footloose Chris Gasparich
1973 Footloose Louis Parker
1979 Gretel III Don Glenn
1980 Gretel III Paul Lahaderne
1983 Junk Yard Dog Paul Lahaderne /
Charles Griffith
1993 Seawolf Whitt Bradshaw
- - (Boat scrapped 2011)
85 1956 1959 Sphere George Stratos *
1962 Aspirant Don Young / Vern Neff
1966 Aspirant Robert Baldwin
1972 Karat Roger Roe
1974 Giovanna Philip Salz
1984 Giovanna John Ross
1987 Silk Purse Mark Adams
1991 Rampage Carter Strauch
1996 Hustler Steve Wegner
2003 Shadow Bill Belmont / Rob Carson
/ Chris Barriscale
2009 Shadow Bill Belmont / Rob Carson
2013 Shadow Bill Belmont
91 1959 1961 Circe II Berrington Brooks
1966 Valkyrie Charles Leonard
1967 Valkyrie Wynn Oliver
1982 Wynnship Wynn Oliver
2003 - (shipped to Norway as a
salvage project)
99 1959 1961 Blue Peter Karl Tulp
1963 Blue Peter II Peter Salz
1967 Windy II John Werner
1969 Windy Ed Oviatt
1971 Windy Eric Johnson
1993 Windy Ken Katzoff
1998 Diana Ken Katzoff
2012 Knarrly Boo Jason Holloway
100 1960 1961 Huttetu Edward Hansen
1962 Huttetu Glen Foor
1970 Huttetu Jack Conn
1973 Huttetu John Jenkins
1976 Huttetu George Rygg
102 1961 1962 Snaps II Knud Wibroe
1966 Benino Tony Guzzardo
1969 Benino Terry Anderlini
1980 Benino Jim Rea
1985 Benino Terry Anderlini / John Mournier
2004 Benino Mark Dahm / John Mournier
2009 Benino Mark Dahm / Terry Anderlini
103 1962 1963 Kestrel II Dick Griffith
1965 Kestrel II Robert York
1971 Kestrel II Hibbard Williams
1980 Kestrel II Hans Williams
1987 Kestrel II Mickey Waldear
1998 Sophia Mickey Waldear / Tom Reed
& Russ Williams
2005 Sophia Tom Reed
2016 Kulani Tim Dowling
104 1960 1961 Roxana II Melton Ferris
1965 Incantevole Tony Guzzardo
1966 Ole II Robert Welton
1968 Ole II George Sayre
1983 Ole II David Cobb
1985 Flyer David Cobb
1989 Flyer Jerry Wager
1993 Flyer Steve Abelman
1994 Flyer Chris Kelly
105 1963 1964 Lykken Clyde Jacobs
1966 Lykken Bob Fisher
2018 Lykken Hisham (Shaum) Sinawi
/ Ken Glidewell
106 1960 1961 (no name) Tom Dorst
1962 Grayling Tom Dorst
1965 Grayling Bill Hickman
1966 Maken Robert Geering / Rodney Friedman
1989 Maken Al Blair
2008 Maken Jeff Borup
107 1964 1964 Marina Ray Chubb
1966 Keuka Bill Lovelace/Robert Coleman
1982 Keuka Bill Lovelace/Bucky Mace
1984 Think Twice Bucky Mace
1991 Sequoia II Hans Baldauf
1998 Sequoia II Hans Baldaulf / Chris Perkins
2001 EOS Jim Cascino
2003 EOS Don Nazzal/ Dimitris Dimitrelis
2005 EOS Dimitris Dimitrelis
2017 EOS Hans Williams/ Wayne Stranton
2019 EOS Albert Wetter/Wayne Straanton 2021 EOS Dick Swanson
108 1961 1961 (no name) Nordic Imports (Inventory)
1962 Skyloon Hal Decker
1965 Franciscan W.J. Foster
1976 Franciscan Richard Stiff
1980 Franciscan Jim Minter
1987 Priorities Jeff Brown
1994 Thumper Chris Andersen
1996 Thumper Bill Kreysler
110 1960 1961 Sproyt II George Parry
1965 Sproyt II H.E. Frey
1974 Sproyt II Alex Rynecki / Hal McCormack
1980 Sproyt II Alex Rynecki
1994 Sproyt II Alexis Boccard
/Laurent Gerbaux
1995 Sproyt II Thierry Codoret
/Marc Dangeard
111 1962 1962 Alouette Chuck Hunter
1963 Whisper Mason Kline
1967 Whisper Bill Hughes
1970 Gjendin Per Borgen
1982 Gjendin Michael Roy
2001 Gjendin Miles Feerick
2002 Gjendin Graham Green
113 1962 1962 Errant Karl Loveland
1966 Errant Barney Barnett
- - Sank in 1970 – not recovered
114 1962 1962 Snark Arthur Rude
1967 Aphrodite Steve Rieden
1969 Desiree Steve Rieden
1970 Desiree Bob Thalman
1972 Gannet Bob Thalman
2019 Brothers Robin & Joe Driscoll
115 1962 1962 (no name) Nordic Imports (Inventory)
1963 Knarcotic Ed Foster
1966 Knarcotic Michael Gowan
1969 Knarcotic Sherman Gromme
1998 Medvind Hans Williams
1999 Medvind Peter Noonan
2000 Big Woodie Mike Peterson / John Allen
2004 Lazy Peterson Mike Peterson / Vince Armando
2005 Knarrmegeddon Mike Peterson / Vince Armando
2013 Knarrmegeddon Edmund Billings
/ Vince Armando
116 1962 1962 Luli Edward Hansen
1961 Escape Bob Jones
1964 Ram Bob Jones
1965 Tiki II George McElroy
1973 Emma Hamilton John Colver
1984 Wintersmoon Bryan Kemnitzer
117 1963 1963 Svalen Alan Eagle
1971 Svalen Eric Carlsson
1972 Svalen Larry Drew
1985 Svalen Steve Robinson
1989 Svalen Larry Drew
1990 Svalen Hakan Bille / Tom Bauch
1998 Svalen Fred Almstrom
/ Endre Kristiansen
2001 Svalen Lars Richardson
2003 Svalen Charlotte Andersen
120 1964 1965 Snaps III Knud Wibroe
121 1966 1967 Toir Ben O’Hare
1974 Toir Duane Hines
1981 Toir Peter Culley
1983 Le Canard Peter Culley
1987 Toir Hisham Sinawi
1994 Toir Mark Lambros
1996 Adventurea Mark Lambros / Jorge Morales
122 1966 1967 Kestrel IV Dick Griffith
1981 Kestrel IV Dick Brenner
1983 Second Wind George Sayre
1993 Second Wind Will Bacon
1998 Second Wind Austin Gibbon
2001 Gossip Mark Adams / Steve Taft
2010 Gossip Mark Malcoun
123 1966 1967 Lykken II Clyde Jacobs
1974 Lykken II Shane & Stephen Miller
1981 Lykken II Paul Dombey
1982 Lykken II Paul Dombey / Craig McCabe
1985 Red Witch Craig McCabe
1998 Red Witch Lief Wadleigh
2001 Gjemmestad Lief Wadleigh
2004 Blue Diamonds Paul Hulick
2008 Haxa Alan Olson and Angie Lackey
2013 Ga Don Taylor
2019 Ga Don Taylor / Alan Tripp
124 1966 1967 Blue Peter III Peter Salz
1970 Piper Bill Hickman
1972 Tara II Frank Mikesh
1974 Piper Bill Hickman
1977 Feisty Henry Lapkin
1980 Feisty Tom Kimball
1982 Piper Madelaine Schnapp
1984 Piper Robert Smith
1988 Piper Lapkin family
125 1967 1967 Never Mind Richard Oppenheimer
1968 Adelante Grant Selttlemier
1980 Aquavit John Heath / Doug Adkins
/ Tim Davis
1982 Aquavit John Heath/Tim Davis
1984 Aquavit John Heath
1990 Aquavit Ray Palmer /Courtney Clarkson
1996 Aquavit Courtney Clarkson
2010 Fempty / Fempty Jon and Sonja Perkins
2017 Aquavit Jon and Sonja Perkins
126 1967 1967 Adios Arthur Rude
1977 Shaman III Ann Shellabarger
1985 Legacy Ann Meredith, Sharon, Joan, Cheryl
1994 Legacy Bill Diggs
1998 Legacy Wally Andersen
2003 Legacy Matt Creedon/Jamie Weinmann
2009 Legacy (given away to stranger,
plain disappeared over night!)
127 1970 1970 St. Bertram II Gunnar Andersen
1991 Huldra Jim Skaar
2001 Huldra Chip Nilsen
2006 St. Bertram lll G. Chris Andersen
2010 St. Bertram lll Hanson and Alexandra Gifford
130 1976 1976 Bluenose John Jenkins
1981 Adelante Grant Settlemier
2007 Adelante Grant Settlemier / Don Nazzal
2008 Adelante Don Nazzal
131 (128*) 1976 1976 Knarrone Peter Birnbaum
1978 Knarrone Marshall Klarfeld/Dick Slottow
1981 Knarrone Dick Slottow
1989 Feather Nate Berkowitz
1998 Scuttled Nate Berkowitz --> Charity
128 2001 Peer Gynt Jim Skarr – (Berkowitz had a falling out with the fleet and donated the boat to a charity
in Seattle in 1999. Jim Skaar purchased the boat from them in 2000, shipped it back to SF and re-numbered it as 128)
2003 Ohana Steve Wegner
2010 Ohana Eric Bonjour
2015 Niuhi Randy Hecht / John Buestad
2016 Niuhi Randy Hecht
132 1981 1981 Kestrel V Dick Griffith
1989 Hyperactive Hans Williams / Joel Fong
1991 Hyperactive Joel Fong
1993 Penelope Bob Devlin
1998 Penelope Bob Devlin / Charles Griffith
2003 Penelope Charles Griffith
2016 Penelope Charles Griffith
/ Mark Desrosiers
133 1981 1981 Lord Nelson John Jenkins
2001 Sheila S. Chuck Weghorn
2004 Dubal Dewey Hines
2012 Snejlen Thomas Sponholz
2014 Snejlen Diane Green
2015 Snejlen Eric Bonjour
134 1984 1984 Osprey George Sayre/Dick Brenner
1987 Huck Finn George Sayre
1990 Cardinal Sagehen George Sayre
2003 Cardinal Sagehen Eric Gray
2017 Alinea John Buestad / Bob Smith
2019 Alinea John Buestad
135 1984 1984 Emma Hamilton II John Colver
2004 Emma Fred and Hilary Andersen
2006 Emma Michael Carrier
2019 Emma Jim Bildner
136 1985 1985 Chardonnay Paul Dombey
1989 Anitra Dick Brenner
1998 Chardonnay Joe Casey
2001 Joe’s Chardonnay Reid Casey
2008 Joe’s Chardonnay John Hickey
137 1973 1985 Rondine Larry Drew
1989 Rondine Philip Salz
1990 Bedlam II Larry Drew
1991 Guano Mike Guzzardo
1993 Whistler Scott Wollaston / Chris Perkins
1998 Whistler Craig McCabe
2006 Gyllen Ørn Ted McKown
138 1985 1985 Peer Gynt Jim Skaar
1991 Peerless Larry Drew
1999 Peerless Larry Drew / Mike Guzzardo
2010 Peerless Alan Pendergast
2016 Peerless James Scarbrough
2018 Cahoots James Scarbrough
139 1985 1985 Sagvind Lee Frederick
1993 Wood Pigeon Eric Johnson
2009 Wood Pigeon Colin Chapman
140 1985 1985 Speedboat Leigh Johnson
1990 Knarrly Linda Corrado Roy
1993 Sugar Dr. Bill Heer / Mark Heer
2001 Svenkist Sean Svendsen
141 1986 1986 Kaereste Joe Casey
1996 Slithergadee John Nielsey
1999 3 Boys and a Girl Hans Baldauf / Chris Perkins
142 2000 2000 Pegasus Peter Noonan
143 2001 2001 Narcissus John Jenkins
144 1999 1999 Larkin Duane Kime
2007 Fifty / Fifty Jon Perkins
2012 Fifty / Fifty Brent Crawford
/ John Bobincheck
2017 Fifty / Fifty John Bobincheck /Steve Wegner
2018 Fifty / Fifty Steve Wegner / Paul Stone
NOTES
1. #63 was the first Knarr to arrive in San Francisco in 1953, brought in by Bjorn Iversen,
(son of the original Norwegian builder, Einar Iversen) who was attending Stanford University.
2. #74 was the next Knarr to be imported by Don Durant in 1959, who formed Nordic Imports
to promote the fleet and import Knarrs from Norway. He and his partners (identified in bold font) were the charter members of the Knarr Fleet in San Francisco.
3. Originally organized 1960 as the “North American Knarr Association – San Francisco Bay Fleet”. Name changed in 1961 to “San Francisco Bay Knarr Association”.
4. All wooden Knarrs are believed to have been imported as second hand boats, which is why their build year does not correspond to the year they were imported.
5. Records mostly obtained from YRA Year Books through the year 2002 – the last year the Knarrs were listed.
6. All fiberglass boats (128 and higher numbers) were imported new except for 137.
* Denotes founding members of Nordic Imports