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Family boat Corahleen returns to water after restoration

Rick Bishoprick spent years restoring 1957 wooden boat

By Will Campbell, Columbian Associate Editor
Published: June 21, 2021, 7:29pm
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Rick Bishoprick spent more than 25 years restoring his family's wooden boat, Corahleen. He hopes to sail it to the Gulf of Cortez and eventually race to Hawaii.
Rick Bishoprick spent more than 25 years restoring his family's wooden boat, Corahleen. He hopes to sail it to the Gulf of Cortez and eventually race to Hawaii. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

PORTLAND — As the sailing vessel Corahleen, suspended by straps and cables slowly unwinding from spools above, inched toward the water, owner Rick Bishoprick crouched on a nearby dock to savor the moment.

Bishoprick’s father and grandfather built the wooden boat and launched her in 1957. But since 1994, Corahleen has sat on a trailer, parked in Washougal and Ridgefield as it slowly underwent repairs, work done mostly by Bishoprick and his dad.

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