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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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Windjammers on the Bay, A Festival Under Full Sail
There is no better place to be than on the water with a fresh breeze and the deck of a stout schooner beneath your feet. The solid way she moves in time with the waves matches the rhythm of life … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Uncategorized
Tagged boat, cup, northwest, Port Townsend, race, sailboat, sailing, sails, schooner, Windjammer, Wooden Boat Festival
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Coming Attractions From The Wooden Boat Festival
I had hoped to post some stories from the recent Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend. Life has interfered lately but i am working on it and will having something soon. Up first and almost ready for prime time is … Continue reading
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Tagged Port Townsend, sailboat, sailing, schooner, Wooden Boat Festival, Woodenboat
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The Log Of Dragonsong: Spring Milk Shake Cruise 1993 Day 2
May 21 0300, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD. There is something about a lighthouse that brings the mind to muse on directions, dangers, and the eternal search for havens of rest. I am lounging on the upper balcony … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, voyages
Tagged boat, Chesapeake Bay, lighthouse, sailboat, sailing, sailor, screwpile
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The Log Of Dragonsong: Spring Milk Shake Cruise 1993 Day 1
In the Spring of 1993 I took a Cruise of several days in my 23 foot sloop Dragonsong. It was a needed break in a heavy schedule of working full time and going to Community College part-time. In those days … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, voyages
Tagged boat, Chesapeake Bay, cruise, cruising, maryland, river, sailing, st. michaels, wye
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The Course We Steer Looking To Another Year
The swing of a compass in time with the easy motion of a well trimmed sailing craft is mesmerizing. The lubber line is a wandering, even elusive, target in rougher conditions. Â The combined mediums of wind and water can present … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boat, boat-building, helm, sailboat, sailing, sailor, sails, soulcraft, steer, water
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Simply Messing About Anytime, Anywhere, It’s All Good
I’ve gotten used to not having much snow about. When you get it hanging around for a week or so it makes you nostalgic for Spring. I see the canoe on it’s saw horses with a blanket of white and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, voyages
Tagged about, boat, boat-building, boats, in, Kenneth Grahame, messing, model, nostalgia, Port Angeles, sailboat, sailing, sailor, schooner, willows, wind, Winter
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Death, Taxes and The Desire To Go To Sea
I often bridle at the seeming inevitability of things. Why are “unavoidable” and “unwanted” synonymous? It puts a negative spin on life. One seeks some assurance of a life with rising prospects. The company I work for frequently champions the … Continue reading
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Tagged desire, Johnson, sailing, sailor, Samuel, sea, water, watercraft
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Boatbuilding In A Small Way
Building a boat, even a small one, can be a large undertaking. Everything being relative, the size of my budget demands a minuscule boat. I remain in an extended period of constructive daydreaming. My hands, however, want to be actively … Continue reading
Posted in Sailor's crafts
Tagged boat, boat-building, carve, catboat, half, half model, Herreshoff, mahogany, model, museum, Mystic, naval architect, pine, Rozinante, sailboat, sailing, seaport, Winter
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