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Atlas / Builders & Yards

1986 – present · Sausalito, California

Richardson Bay Boatworks

Sausalito

Founded in a rented shed on the Richardson Bay waterfront in 1986 by the master shipwright Ross Sommer, now run with his son — one of the working yards keeping the Bay's wooden fleet afloat.

Founded
1986 by Ross Sommer, master shipwright, in a small shed on the Richardson Bay waterfront
Now
Run with his son Andrew Sommer
Notable work
The Bear Unbearable, hull #60 of 1956, restored here
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
  • Graham Wheelock, credited with Unbearable's restoration, could not be identified further — whether he is a shipwright at the yard or an owner working there is unresolved.

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