J. Parsons

Drew his own lines in 2011–12 and spent the next six years building the boat in his garage. TreeBeard is among the newest wooden boats sailing on San Francisco Bay, and evidence that the Bay is still producing designers.

Encouragement

Bob Darr, of the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding, encouraged the design

Help

Brian Turner, a fellow Arques School student, assisted the build

Build

Keel poured 2012; launched 15 December 2018, after five and a half to seven years

Boat

20-ft gaff sloop, full keel with daggerboard; Douglas fir planking and decking, black acacia transom, purpleheart mast step

Name

After the Ent in Tolkien

• 2018TreeBeard — 20-ft gaff sloop, designed and built by hand in Tiburon