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The Waves Of Winter
It’s been a banner year for global warming. Here on the Olympic Peninsula we haven’t gotten much play from the polar vortex. More cold than usual came our way for awhile with temperatures down in the teens. As usual the … Continue reading
Heritage Boatworks: My Newest Favorite Podcast
Yes, I am crazy about podcasts, especially if they center around sailing and boats. This is a narrow field so I take what I can get. You can find a number of them on iTunes that have faded long ago … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Podcasts, Uncategorized
Tagged boat-building, catboat, dory, Lowell, museum, New England, sailboat, sailing, Stur-Dee
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Resolving To Be Resolute As The New Year Floats By
Christmas eve finds me in a thoughtful mood. The tug of the seasons tide has ebbed. One can rest on the oars and drift for awhile. Sometimes I feel that all I do is drift. There are so many things … Continue reading
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The 37th Annual Wooden Boat Festival Has A Lot To Offer
Where else can you see this many great wooden boats old and new than at the annual Wooden Boat festival in Port Townsend, Washington. This is the place to be for west coast fans of everything in boating that is … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Uncategorized
Tagged boat, boat-building, Port Townsend, sailing, watercraft, Wooden Boat Festival
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The Sheer Beauty of a Fair Rail: Chester Yawl Part 2
In which the boys in the boatshed live on the edge before being run out of town on a rail. ON FAIRNESS I like to run my eye along a beautiful curve. When a line sweeps along a contour with … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged boat, boat-building, chesapeake, chester, clamp, CLC, fair, project, rail, sheer, watercraft, Woodenboat, yawl
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Bonding With Boats, Beer and Epoxy
In the hierarchy of things that constitute “simply messing about in boats” sailing is at the head of the list. Next is time spent building, restoring, painting or in any way physically advancing a boat from land-bound to seaborne. Time … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged Alaskan Amber, beer, boat-building, chesapeake, Chesapeake Light Craft, Chester Yawl, CLC, craft, epoxy, Light, MAS, New Belgium, okoume, plywood, Port Angeles, row boat, watercraft, Woodenboat
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A New Rudder Takes Shape in the Shop
Every ship needs a steady hand on the helm. A stout tiller to grip through which the pressure of water in motion can be felt is the interface between the sailor and his medium. Unfortunately my 17 foot daysailer does … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged boat-building, helm, pintle, rudder, tiller
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It All Hinges On Raising The Mast
Last August I purchased a 19 foot O’day Daysailer that is in fundamentally good shape but needed a few replacement parts and some attention paid to several old ones. I had hopes of getting out on the water this spring … Continue reading
Posted in Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged aluminum, boat, Daysailer, fiberglass, mast, O'day, sailboat, tabernacle, video
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Waiting For The Festival, Wooden Boat Fever Is In The Air
Life has conspired to keep me away from the water for a long time. The life sustaining qualities of water are beneficial to both body and soul. I get my boating in small doses so I am excited that The … Continue reading
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Tagged boat-building, Port Townsend, sailboat, video, Wooden Boat Festival
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Hooked On Wooden Boats a Healthy Addiction
There is a podcast for every passion. I regularly download more of them in a week than I have time to listen to. Among the ones I digest religiously is a new one: Hooked on Wooden Boats. Dan Mattson turns … Continue reading
Posted in Podcasts, Uncategorized
Tagged boat, builder, designer, Hooked dan mattson, sailboat, sailing, Woodenboat
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