32' Custom Hess Cutter (1988) - SKYE

SKYE was designed by Lyle Hess, and is a full-keel, heavy displacement boat with a cutter rig.

SKYE was masterfully built by William and Elaine Eppick over a period of eight years, and launched in 1988 in Port Townsend, WA. She is strip planked with Port Orford Cedar, 1-1/4″ thick, and has steam-bent white oak frames. The mast is Douglas Fir, square in section, with galvanized wire rigging, parceled and served. All sails from Port Townsend Sails (Carol Hasse). She has an ice box, foot-pump water pressure, dry head, simple electrical system, rudder steering with Monitor wind vane, a compass, VHF, AIS and Raymarine depth and speed. All her sails were made by Port Townsend Sails. All fittings and hardware are bronze.

A very solid, simple, reliable, maintainable, low-stress boat. SKYE is of course named for the Isle of Skye, which is off the West coast of Scotland.