28' Blix Brothers Columbia River Bowpicker (1932) - MS Wolf

The MS Wolf was built in 1932 by the Blix Brothers on Puget Island, Washington. She is one of the last surviving Columbia River Bowpickers which were salmon gillnetting vessels. The vessel is 28’ long with a 3.5’ draft and 8’ beam. She’s built of Alaskan Yellow Cedar over bent Oak frames with Mahogany transom and stem. She sports a Perkins 4 cylinder 108, 80 horsepower diesel engine with a hull speed of 8 knots.
MS Wolf spent most of her life fishing on the Columbia River, then was found by Bruce and Linda of Portland Oregon who restored the vessel (several times), ran charters and cruised the Columbia and Willamette Rivers for decades before passing the vessel along to The Center for Wooden Boats where too can come enjoy a cruise aboard this Historic Vessel!