Boats seem to get their name for different reasons. Some are obvious like being named after someone. Many names are just plain whimsical. Some boat names are not so obvious and might have a small story behind them, like EXACT LEE.
The name EXACT LEE came from the schooner EXACT, whose birthplace was a few hundred yards upstream of the homeport for EXACT LEE. The way the story is told around here, the EXACT was one of the 270 coastal sailing vessels built from 1784 to 1884 in the local shipyards. At that time centerboard schooners were preferred for trade in the shallow bay and river wharves of coastal waters. The EXACT was built in 1830 and served the eastern seaboard for twenty years until she cleared her home port of Nantucket for San Francisco in 1850, with the demand for coasters on the Pacific caused by the California gold rush. In 1851 a group of gold hunters chartered the EXACT for a voyage to British Columbia, but also on board was a landing party of some of the early settlers of what was to become Seattle.
So 157 years later, the progeny of the EXACT and the Northwest, the EXACT LEE made her way overland back to the birthplace of the EXACT. Visions of relaxation on the water and getting EXACTLY the boat I’ve always wanted came together with a nautical twist as the EXACT LEE, and she was properly christened as such.
Some similarities EXACT/EXACT LEE: 22 foot beam/22 foot length, twin mast/twin engine, and both shallow draft.
Joe
EXACT LEE
The name EXACT LEE came from the schooner EXACT, whose birthplace was a few hundred yards upstream of the homeport for EXACT LEE. The way the story is told around here, the EXACT was one of the 270 coastal sailing vessels built from 1784 to 1884 in the local shipyards. At that time centerboard schooners were preferred for trade in the shallow bay and river wharves of coastal waters. The EXACT was built in 1830 and served the eastern seaboard for twenty years until she cleared her home port of Nantucket for San Francisco in 1850, with the demand for coasters on the Pacific caused by the California gold rush. In 1851 a group of gold hunters chartered the EXACT for a voyage to British Columbia, but also on board was a landing party of some of the early settlers of what was to become Seattle.
So 157 years later, the progeny of the EXACT and the Northwest, the EXACT LEE made her way overland back to the birthplace of the EXACT. Visions of relaxation on the water and getting EXACTLY the boat I’ve always wanted came together with a nautical twist as the EXACT LEE, and she was properly christened as such.
Some similarities EXACT/EXACT LEE: 22 foot beam/22 foot length, twin mast/twin engine, and both shallow draft.
Joe
EXACT LEE