Miraka History
S/V
Miraka was built in Hong Kong by American Marine, also known as Grand
Banks. She is a Hugh Angleman/Charles Davies design
"Mayflower Ketch".
She is #8 in a series of 10 ships constructed between 1957 and
1962. Her completion was in 1961. She was
commissioned by and delived to actor Neville Brand, her most celebrated owner who is well known
for his roll in the "Birdman of
Alcatraz" playing the prison warden and rolls in many other
famous films and TV programs. She became our passion in 1992, and
was discovered moored in Friday Harbor, Washington in her
original condition and in need of someone to love her. From that
day to now she has been completely restored from the keel to the top of
the mast. For 7 years she was constantly being refurbished by
Galmukoff Marine in Port Townsend, Wa. who employed only the best
shipwrights and artisans available. Wooden Boats such as Miraka
require only the finest craftsmen available and they are to be found in
the wooden boat capital of the West in Port Townsend.