My memory is foggy and I could be very wrong. There’s a thread on the WoodenBoat forum where Robin Fung’s son has posted. He specifically mentions the Vashon Island Cutters being built by his father. Fung built boats typically had a bronze “builder’s plaque,” but that could have been removed during the rebuild. I used to visit with Roy and Tee Jennings when they would pass through Sausalito on their Freya 39. I think Bob Tellefsen still lives in the SF Bay Area.
This was long ago and my memory is a bit fuzzy. I’m pretty sure PUFFIN was built in 1966 at R. Fung Co. Ltd., Hong Kong. I knew Roy Jennings. He was an American Airlines pilot and he went to Hong Kong to observe the construction. I think he flew there with my father a Pan Am pilot. In the Fall of 1966, I worked for Raccoon Strait Yacht Sales, Sausalito. We were importing quite a variety of wooden boats from Asia. My job was to get the boats off the ship, bring them to Sausalito and do the commissioning....
26′ Garden Vashon Cutter (1967) – PUFFIN
My memory is foggy and I could be very wrong. There’s a thread on the WoodenBoat forum where Robin Fung’s son has posted. He specifically mentions the Vashon Island Cutters being built by his father. Fung built boats typically had a bronze “builder’s plaque,” but that could have been removed during the rebuild. I used to visit with Roy and Tee Jennings when they would pass through Sausalito on their Freya 39. I think Bob Tellefsen still lives in the SF Bay Area.26′ Garden Vashon Cutter (1967) – PUFFIN
This was long ago and my memory is a bit fuzzy. I’m pretty sure PUFFIN was built in 1966 at R. Fung Co. Ltd., Hong Kong. I knew Roy Jennings. He was an American Airlines pilot and he went to Hong Kong to observe the construction. I think he flew there with my father a Pan Am pilot. In the Fall of 1966, I worked for Raccoon Strait Yacht Sales, Sausalito. We were importing quite a variety of wooden boats from Asia. My job was to get the boats off the ship, bring them to Sausalito and do the commissioning....