For two years Geoff worked at Tri-Coastal Marine designing the Godspeed, shown above on its maiden voyage. The Godspeed is a replica of a vessel that colonized Jamestown, Virginia. In 1607 three ships arrived at what became the Jamestown Colony.  The largest was the Susan Constant, the second was the Godspeed and the smallest was the Dove.  Very little is known about exactly what these ships actually looked like.  Geoff had to research similar vessels from that era.  Unfortunately, contemporary shipwrights did not keep detailed records or descriptions of their projects since theirs was a long and slowly evolving tradition of craft rather than innovation.  Naval architecture did not exist as a profession per se.  Ironically, some of the best records we have of vessels from that era are paintings of seascapes. So we started with a sort of galleon midship section. Geoff modeled the hull in Multi-Surf. While Geoff kept the freeboard and deck plan authentic, he pushed the hull form below the water line to reflect some of what we’ve learned in four centuries of study of wave resistance, including moving the center of buoyancy aft of midships. There was a bit of grumbling about that not being traditional, but nobody complained after she was launched and actually sails.

For  two years Geoff worked  as a subcontractor on the restoration of the  1907 steam yacht Cangarda.  The original hull was stripped and replated in the '80s.  It then sank and laid in the mud south of Boston.  Fortunately none of the machinery or carpentry was on board. Tri-Coastal Marine had the original hull laser-scanned to gather a 3D point-cloud from which we created a new fair hull model which conformed well to the original.  This new computer model was then off-set for shell thickness, sliced-up into frames and subdivided into floors, frames, hanging knees and deck beams.  These assorted pieces were CNC cut and sent back to the shop.  Most of the original hull was scrapped except the stern ring frame and the forward engine room bulkhead.  Geoff was hired to assemble the hull.  He laid the keel, set up and supervised the assembly and welding of the frames, hung all the frames and bulkheads, welded most of the deck structure, helped weld the shell, and then spent another year on innumerable details.

Custom fabricated door hinges for Refugio’s restaurant.

Geoff designed and fabricated various architectural elements using mild steel with a blackening patina and clear-coat. For the front of the building, he made the double gate,  the balcony railing, the column capitals, upon which the lamps are mounted.

For the spiral staircase, inside the tower, he designed and made the handrail.

These are some of the elements that he designed for Pat Kuleto's restaurants, Waterbar & the Epic Roast House on the Embarcadero beneath the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

Stair railing system for the Epic Roast House

This is a tempered glass and brushed stainless steel railing system that Geoff designed and installed for the Nixon Peabody Law Offices in San Francisco.  His CAD files enabled the glass to be CNC cut, which saved hundreds of man-hours.

A large scale public sculpture that Geoff was the project manager for. This piece was featured in the Whidbey Times

Flash Gordon Rocket Woodstove made from a propane tank for an Airstream.

Hot tub made from a 600 gallon Diesel tank, a cement mixer and some pipe. We could make a stainless steel one for your yard!

Prone bicycle Geoff made in metal sculpture class at Cal.