Port Madison Pram

Imagine sailing in the cold, choppy waters of the Puget Sound with an overcast sky typical of the winters in the Pacific Northwest.  Spray from the waves flies up but as a passenger of the Port Madison, a tough little pram, you are tucked clear of the spray’s reach. Such is the genius of the William Garden design, specifically created for the weather conditions of the region.

Garden’s family moved to Seattle when he was 10 and after graduating high school he attended Edison Boatbuilding School. Garden designed all sorts of wooden vessels from workboats to pleasure craft including a variation of the Beetle Cat more suited to the conditions of the Pacific Northwest called the Tomcat.