PROLOGUE Ever since I saw Tim Jones' Skagit Saratogan in 2011 at Blind Bay (Shaw Island, in the San Juan Islands of NW Washington State), I've been interested in the boats made by Skagit Plastics, a company based in La Conner, WA. They produced a variety of models from 1954 to 1961. Skagit 31' Saratogan, owned by Tim Jones The funny thing is, I hadn't been drawn to motor boats until I saw Tim's and did a little research on Skagits. My passion is sailing, and I've been actively racing and cruising sailboats for 25 years. There's just something about the look of these boats that appeals to me. A brief history of the company can be found here . I had been very casually searching for Skagit boats on Craigslist for the last six years. Given that they are around 60 years old, a surprising number survive and are occasionally offered for sale. I wanted a project, but most of them were either restored or badly deteriorated. In August 2017 a local guy very k...