ORCA 38

(An Ingrid 38 by Another Name)

Built by Seven Seas

of Port Townsend, Wa

I had my first encounter with the Orca 38 back in '94 when I was searching for a project hull.. I found a unfinished hull in a shed near Kingston Wa. Little or no work had been done on it and the owner was willing to loan me the Orca Manual and a copy of a magazine article about the builder Joe Breskin ..

As it turned out, I passed on that hull and purchased the Blue Water hull #53 which is now "Good Intentions".

I have only come across a few Orca 38s and can only guess that there were only a few built. From what I gather, there was never a deck mold but Joe did build/offer a lot of smaller molded interior components such as tanks and modular head, etc.

At one point, in my work on my Blue Water Ingrid, I considered the possibility of using the Orca tanks. I got direction to Joe Breskin's place, outside of Port Townsend. I didn't find anyone there and didn't see the Orca mold around.. There were a large number of the smaller molds laying around though..

If anyone else can provide information and picture of other ORCA 38s, I will add it to this page.

Orca 38

Current Name: BELUGA

Original Name: Sheherezade
Other Name: SU Maritieme

Previous Owner: DALE L. CONNOLLY

Current Owner: Jelte Feenstra email
Location: Den Oever, The Netherlands

This is a 38' Ingrid built in Port Townsend Washington, USA.
Fiberglass hull with wood (glass sheathed) deck.
Year built: 1980 (about)
Hull#: unkn
USCG Doc.: 626503

Nice pictures
If you have an information about this boat, please contact the current owner

Current Name:Brandi Marie

Original Name:ALEESKA
Built: 1981

This ORCA was just purchased by Brian Moriningstar and his wife ( email ) in 2003. Brian tells me they are going to rename her back to the original name ALEESKA. (good plan Brian and welcome aboard)

(this was the write up when she was listed by Voyager Yachts, 2002)
Center cockpit, Blue water Cutter Rigged Hydraulic steering, Schattauer sails Balmar stove, Dickinson Heater, Hot water, Freezer, Diesel powered, Furno Radar 216 gal water, 80 gal diesel. 'Brandi Marie' is a one of a kind center cockpit cutter rigged sailboat. Seven Seas Boat Works Inc. is the builder. They took the best of the Ingrid hull and added their improvements. She's attractive & well equipped. Quality built, very rugged double ender, deep keel offshore cruiser - fully insulated. Includes Achilles 10'8" dinghy and 8HP Nissan outboard motor. Sleeps 6 in the fore and aft staterooms & the single berths in main salon settee. Enclosed head each at fore and aft, modern galley, nice use of quality interior materials: oiled teak, white formica, textured vinyl & teak parquet. Upholstery is navy blue and was new 2 years ago. Good navigational instrument assortment. 3 Shattauer sails. The cockpit has a new dodger and there is wheel steering. 2-speed double action Simpson-Lawrence electric anchor windlass on deck and 6 Lewmar winches. The diesel engine is a fresh water cooled Isuzu Pisces model 40 40HP 3-cylinder. Everything is up to date and really nice on this boat. If you are planning on going places offshore...please let us show you this well maintained yacht at the Cap Sante Marina, Anacortes.
I captured these pictures (as Brandi Marie) from the brokers site before he dropped it.