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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 171 – Interview | My Mom – Mary Mattson – on Boats, Faith, and Family History 04.30.15Today’s podcast is very special. I sat down and did a recording with my mother – Mary Mattson – of Kirkland,WAMom grew up in Indiana, met my dad in Missouri and moved to Washington state in the 1950’s. During therecording, we talk about family, faith and boats (you see, my dad was kind of a boat nut). It was a lot of fun and Ihope you enjoy it!
2025-10-1345 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 115 – Wooden Boat Dan on Building the SCAMP Micro-cruising Phenom - 12.12.13This episode is an interview with myself on building the SCAMP micro-cruising sailboat. I started the boat in June 2013 and completed the assembly of the kit in October 2013. Go to Launch to see a video of launch day I spent a total of 208 hours building the boat from a kit purchased from Small Craft Advisor Magazine (who is the brainchild for the SCAMP). The cost to build and assemble the kit was $4,137 and I sold the boat recently for $7,200. If you do the math, I earned a little less than $15/hour for my time.
2024-09-1636 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 113 – Wooden Boat Dan on Building the 12ʹ Sassafras Canoe - 11.21.13This episode is an interview with myself on building the 12ʹ Sassafras Canoe. I started the canoe in January 2012 and completed it in May 2013. Go to Launch to see a video of launch day I spent a total of 140 hours building the boat from plans in The Canoe Shop book (available on Amazon). It took approximately 60 hours to assemble the boat, and 80 hours to glass the bottom and inside and finish the outside of the boat. This included applying 3 coats of epoxy to all surfaces; fairing, filling, priming, and painting 3 coats on the bottom, and applying 7 c...
2024-09-0236 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 103 – 2013 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Highlights: Three Interviews With HOWB Fans - 09.12.13This week’s podcast is three short interviews I recorded during the 2013 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. The first interview is with Korey and Christina from Florida. Korey heard my HOWB podcast last year, and as a result he and Christina flew up for the September 2012 Port Townsend Festival and to check out the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock. This August they packed up all their gear and moved to Port Townsend for Korey to attend the School starting in October. This is really exciting for me to see the fruit of my podcast....
2024-06-2446 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 102 – Interview | Russell and Ashlyn Brown of Port Townsend Watercraft - 08.29.13This week’s podcast is an interview with Russell and Ashlyn Brown of Port Townsend, WA. Russell and Ashlyn started Port Townsend Watercraft in 2009 “....with a vision and little knowledge about running a business. What they knew was that they had a good idea, and that idea had the potential to give back to the community that continues to treat them so well.“ Both Russell and Ashlyn have spent many moons boating, sailing, living on boats and learning the tricks of the trade including boatbuilding, navigation and, well, pretty much anything related to boats! PT Waterc...
2024-06-1758 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 101 – Interview | Barb Trailer – Preview of the 2013 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival - 08.22.13This week’s podcast is an interview with Barb Trailer, co-director of the 37th Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Barb and I talk about the history of the 37th Festival, the highlights and some new happenings this year. Mark your calendars for September 6-8, 2013 and don’t miss it! You can listen to several interviews from last year’s festival at HOWB 053. Barb spent her youth in Minnesota and Colorado and snow skied with her family. At the age of 23 she moved to Saint John Island in the Virgin Islands and started her sailing and boating advent...
2024-06-1037 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 100 – Interviews | 8 Year Old Henry LePage, and The Podcast Answer Man - 08.15.13I am super excited today as it is the 100th Episode of HOWB! I can’t believe I have been doing this for almost 2 years Time has flown by and I am having more fun than ever. The other big news this week: I am publishing my first eBook on August 15th, 2013 – Get in the Wooden Boat Game: A Guide for Building Your First Boat. Today’s special 100th episode includes an interview with Henry LePage and an interview with Cliff Ravenscraft. Henry LePage is 8 years old and lives in Chappaqua, New York. Henry has had hi...
2024-06-0356 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 099 – Interview The Expert | Master Shipwright Jeff Hammond on Carvel Construction - 08.08.13Today’s podcast is an interview with Chief Instructor and Master Shipwright Jeff Hammond of the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in Port Hadlock, WA. This is the first of my Interview of The Expert series of podcasts focused on 6 methods of boatbuilding: Carvel, Lapstrake, Cold Molded, Stitch and Glue, Strip Planked, and Skin-on-Frame. I discuss each of these methods of construction in my eBook Get in the Wooden Boat Game: A Guide for Building Your First Boat which will be published August 15, 2013. In this interview, Jeff discusses the ins and outs of using th...
2024-05-2741 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 098 – Interview | Marty Loken on the Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza - 08.01.13Today’s podcast is an interview with Marty Loken, founder of the Port Townsend Pocket Yachters and (almost) retired from his Boatshop on Marrowstone Island. The Pocket Yachters like to keep it simple – no officers, dues, bylaws, regulations nor fees to attend the annual Palooza. Last year I attended the first ever Palooza and had a blast. This year I attended the second annual Pocket Yacht Palooza and must say it was amazing – this is a must attend event so mark your calendars for July 19 and 20th 2014! There were 75 pocket yachts (including my canoe Chelan ) from the Puget...
2024-05-2032 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 097 – Interview | Scott Sprague, Bainbridge Island Wooden Boat Designer and Builder - 07.25.13Today’s podcast is an interview with Scott Sprague of Bainbridge Island. I met Scott at the 2013 Bainbridge Island Wooden Boat Festival while he was relaxing on the beautiful 42ʹ double ended sloop – Tumblehome – he designed and built. We had a great time talking shop and I learned what a rotating wing spar is :). Scott grew up on Bainbridge Island and from a very tender age he was sailing his parents gaff rigged sloop and wooded schooner around Puget Sound and into Canada. During high school he started designing boats and after graduating, he purchased a fishing boat hull an...
2024-05-1336 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 095 – Interview | George Fisher, Owner of Swedish 1937 – 30ʹ Square Meter Wooden Sailboat - 07.11.13Today’s podcast is an interview with George Fisher whom I met at the 2013 Bainbridge Island Wooden Boat Festival while he was relaxing on his sleek 1937 Swedish sailing vessel Hansina. We had a great time talking shop and recorded a really fun interview. When George was 11, his dad came home and announced to the family he had purchased a “30 Square Meter” boat. This was a complete surprise as George’s family had done very little boating and none of the family even knew what a 30 Square Meter boat was. George sailed with his family on the boat on Long...
2024-04-2944 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 094 – Interview | Pat Lown, Director of Research at WoodenBoat Publications, Inc. - 07.04.13Today’s podcast is an interview with Pat Lown who has been at WoodenBoat Publications Inc. since 1993 and is currently the Director of Research. Pat grew up in Kingston, New York near the Hudson River. Her family did not go boating, but as a youth she was introduced to boating when she attended a YMCA day camp where she had a great time paddling and rowing the canoes and rowboats there. Growing up in Kingston, Pat was aware of the Hudson River sloop Clearwater (America’s Environmental Flagship) and the one to two week volunteer stin...
2024-04-2255 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 093 – Interview | Father & Son Team Build SCAMP – Arlie and Todd Blankenship - 06.27.13Today’s podcast is an interview with Todd Blankenship and his father Arlie Blankenship. Arlie grew up in Port Townsend, WA fishing with a bamboo pole and hand reel in a 12ʹ wooden boat his dad made. When Todd was a teenager in Hawaii, he and Arlie built an Eight Ball sailing dinghy together and took sailing lessons. From that time on, they were hooked on sailing and owned several boats including a Hobie Cat. At the September 2011 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, WA Todd & Arlie laid eyes on the SCAMP #1 boat for the first time. Arlie tho...
2024-04-1540 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 092 – Interview | Matt Murphy Editor Wooden Boat Magazine – Personal History & Preview of 2013 Wooden Boat Show Mystic, CT - 06.20.13Today’s podcast is an interview with Matt Murphy. Matt is the editor of Wooden Boat Magazine in Brooklin ME where he has worked since 1992. Matt grew up in Salem, MA “playing in boats during the summers while dreaming about them in the winters”. He cut his mariner teeth sailing one design sloops such as the Rhodes 19, Etchells 22, and Town Class sloop around the Marblehead area of Massachusetts. At the age of 14 he picked up his first Wooden Boat Magazine and became totally hooked on wooden boats. Murphy built his first wooden boat – a 22ʹ King Fisher ro...
2024-04-0856 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 091 – Interviews | Bruce Blatchley – Instructor; Steve Stanton – Student: NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding - 06.13.13Today’s podcast contains two interviews from the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA. The first interview is with Steve Stanton. Steve is a retired law enforcement officer from Colorado and is a student this year at the School. Hear Steve share his insights about the School and some of the fun things he is learning. The second interview is with Bruce Blatchley, Contemporary Instructor at the School. Bruce and I talk about the progress of the 62ʹ day sailor “Sliver”, cold molded boat building, the School’s Calkins Bartender boat build, Bruce’s wooden surf board...
2024-04-0144 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 090 – Interviews | 2013 Olympia Wooden Boat Fair – Tug Sandman, Naida Classic Yacht - 06.06.13Today’s podcast contains two interviews from the 2013 Olympia,WA Wooden Boat Fair. The first interview is with Tom Pearson. Tom is a volunteer for the Tugboat Sandman. She was built and designed by Crawford & Reid in Tacoma, WA and launched in 1910. Sandman is 59ʹ 10ʺ x 14ʹ 6ʺ and is planked with old growth Douglas Fir. She was a working tug until 1987 and has spent her entire life in Puget Sound. The second interview is with Michael Fife who is co-owner of the classic Yacht Naida. Naida is a 48ʹ Grebe built in Hollywood in 1935 and believed to have first been owned b...
2024-03-2531 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 089 – Interview | Jay Smith on Trunnels and Nordic Boat Building - 05.30.13Today’s interview is with Jay Smith of Anacortes, WA. Jay studied Clinker boat building in Norway when he was in his 20’s then moved back to the US and has continued building traditional lapstrake boats for the last 30 plus years (for more on Jay’s personal history listen to my previous interview with Jay at HOWB 007). One of the projects Jay is working on is a 56ʹ viking ship which is being being fastened with traditional hand made wooden trunnels. Jay is machining the trunnels from Pacific Yew – a dense, rot resistant, and flexible wood, which was prized fo...
2024-03-1841 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 088 – Interview | Masaki Tabohashi, Student at NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding - 05.23.13Today’s interview is with Masaki Tobashi of Kyoto, Japan. Masaki is a student at the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding (NWSWBB) in Port Hadlock, WA. Masaki enjoyed woodworking when he was very young and was especially attracted to wooden boats. When he was in the 8th grade his mom found the website for the NWSWBB and Tobahashi watched a 16 minute video of master instructor Jeff Hammond magically shaping lapstrake boat parts. Masaki was hooked and set a goal to attend The NWSWBB after high school. Masaki made good on his goal. After high school he...
2024-03-1131 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 087 – Interview | Doug Hylan, Wooden Boat Designer & Builder, Brooklin, ME - 05.16.13Today’s interview is with Doug Hylan, owner of D.N. Hylan & Associates in Brooklin, Maine. Doug grew up north of Boston with the allure of a small lake in his neighborhood. He was fascinated by boats and at an early age finished building a skiff that his dad and brother had only partially completed. Being on a small budget Doug got creative and made sails out of fabric he found at the local dump. With that small skiff he learned to sail on the local lake (even though he couldn’t swim and there were no life jackets).
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 086 – Interview | Andy Stewart of Emerald Marine Carpentry – Wooden Boat Shop - 05.09.13Today’s interview is with Andy Stewart, one of the owners of Emerald Marine Carpentry in Anacortes, WA. Growing up, Andy’s dad was in the foreign service so the family lived overseas and moved frequently. As a youth, Andy enjoyed woodworking and a limited amount of boating with family and friends. He also remembers visiting his Great Great Uncle’s boat shop in Ilwaco WA. In his teen years, Andy landed at Bellevue (WA) high school and then attended the University of WA and Evergreen State College in Olympia WA. During Andy’s 18 years in Olymp...
2024-02-2638 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 085 – Interview | Randy Roberts – Student at NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding - 05.02.13I thought it would be fun to interview a few students at the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA to get their perspective of Getting In The Wooden Boat Game. This week’s student interview is with Randy Roberts of Colorado. Randy is a retired Air Force officer where he worked as a navigator and as an intelligence officer for nearly 30 years. After retiring, Randy decided to use the education benefits provided him under the Post 9/11 GI Bill. He also wanted to work with his hands, and loves sailing – all of which led him to t...
2024-02-1940 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 084 – Interview | Capt Joshua Berger of Wooden Schooner Adventuress - 04.23.13Todays featured spot is an interview with Captain Joshua Berger of the schooner Adventuress of Sound Experience. Sound Experience is the caretaker of the 1913 BB Crowninshield designed 2 masted gaff rigged topsail 101ʹ schooner. Joshua grew up in New York sailing on Manhassett Bay with his father. He competitively raced Bluejays, 420’s, 505’s, and Lasers during college and high school. As a youth he sailed on the Clearwater – a Pete Seeger replica of a Hudson River sloop – and became intrigued by science-based environmental education aboard a sailing ship. After several sailings to the West Indies and working on charte...
2024-02-1240 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 082 – Interview | Schooner Zodiac’s Chris Wallace & Jeff Carson – Part 1 - 04.11.13Todays featured spot is an interview with Chris Wallace and Jeff Carson. Chris and Jeff live aboard their vintage 65ʹ wooden double ender – Kwaietek. Kwaietek is an ex British Columbia, Canada Forest Service boat that is built stout and beautiful. Chris is also the Port Captain for the wooden schooner Zodiac. Jeff was born in California, the son of a career Navy man. The family moved frequently and eventually his dad retired in West Virginia where Jeff attended High School and then college at Western Virginia University. Jeff studied and graduated with a degree in Design and Technical The...
2024-01-2951 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 081 – Interview | Scott Jones of NW Maritime Center on SCAMP & Other Wooden Boat Fun - 04.04.13Today’s featured segment is an interview with Scott Jones of the NW Maritime Center in Port Townsend, WA. I recorded the interview during SCAMP Camp #3, which is put on by the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA. Scott and I had a great time talking about the SCAMP boat and Camp, other projects at the NW Maritime Center and upcoming cool wooden boat events. Plus he gave me a few boatbuilding tips. Scott is an easy going guy who loves his job and really excels at what he does. Keep up the great wo...
2024-01-2238 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 079 – Interview | Korie & Tupper Griffith, Wooden Boat Lovers, Owners of Sharon L - 03.21.13Today’s featured segment is an interview with Korie and Tupper Griffith and their son Owen, of Port Townsend, WA. The Griffiths have a rich history of sailing and wooden boats. Tupper grew up in Eugene, OR and learned to surf in CA while visiting relatives. After high school, he moved to San Diego, CA and became heavily involved in surfing. He also started cutting his teeth at sailing as crew on the 1928 Alden Schooner Kelpie . Next was a stint in the USCG at Tillamook Bay, OR where he served as crewman on ’44 motor life boats. In 2003, Tupp...
2024-01-0844 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 078 – Interviews | Pygmy Wooden Kayak Class - 03.14.13Today’s featured segment is two interviews. The first is with Tom & Cynthia Krehbiel from Juneau Alaska. Tom and Cynthia flew to Port Townsend in February for a one week Pygmy Boats sponsored class. During this one week class, they were able to complete about 50% of their Pinguino wooden kayak under the instruction of Pygmy employees John and Seth. Tune in to the podcast to hear more about why they took the class, why you should take one, and what’s so special about building your own boat. The second interview is with John Lockwood, founder and owne...
2024-01-0150 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 077 – Interview | Capt Daniel Evans – Wooden Schooner Adventuress 03.07.13Today’s interview is with Captain Daniel Evans of Sound Experience and the great 1913 wooden schooner Adventuress. Capt Daniel spent his formative years in Anchorage, AK and began sailing at the age of 4 while on a visit to his grandparents in Gig Harbor, WA. Evans attended Evergreen U while living on his 28ʹ Miller Marine sloop and continued to fine tune his sailing and maritime skills. Through his rock climbing adventures Daniel met some Outward Bound folks and eventually became the manager for their Sea Based program from Anacortes, WA. The program was Long Boat based wit...
2023-12-2531 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 076 – Interview | Mindy Ross, Center for Wooden Boats Sailing Education Director - 02.28.13Today’s interview is with Mindy Ross of the Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) in Seattle, WA. Mindy has be with CWB for 14 years and is currently the Sailing Education Director. Mindy grew up near Cleveland, OH and is a third generation sailor/racer. Her grandfather raced Comets and Trivets in the 20’s and 30’s at the Cleveland Yacht club and later her parents raced at the Sandusky Sailing Club. As a kid she traveled with her parents racing Thistle’s in the midwest and southeast. The family would camp, race for the weekend, and then mov...
2023-12-1834 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 075 – Interview Part 2 | Capt Ken Greff of Sound Experience / Adventuress 1913 Wooden Schooner - 02.21.13Today’s featured segment is Part 2 of the interview with Captain Ken Greff, president of the board of Sound Experience. Sound Experience is the caretaker of the 1913 BB Crowninshield designed gaff rigged 101ʹ schooner Adventuress. Sound Experience’s mission with Adventuress is to “educate, inspire, and empower an inclusive community to make a difference for the future of our marine environment.” ------------------------------------ You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.com to share your comments, feedback, stories, and wooden boat adventures. Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan...
2023-12-1146 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 074 – Interview Part 1 | Capt Ken Greff of Sound Experience / Adventuress 1913 Wooden Schooner - 02.14.13Today’s featured segment is Part 1 of a 2 Part interview with Captain Ken Greff, president of the board of Sound Experience. Sound Experience is the caretaker of the 1913 BB Crowninshield designed gaff rigged 101ʹ schooner Adventuress. Ken spent his early youth in San Francisco and his family settled on Mercer Island, WA when Ken was in grade school. Greff stream fished with his parents and dabbled in sailing small boats on Lake Washington with his high school buddies. While attending Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, one of Ken’s professors invited him to crew on a T-B...
2023-12-0458 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 073 – Interview | Jim Metteer – Wooden Boat Builder and Restorer Extraordinaire - 02.07.13Today’s featured interview is with Jim Metteer of Poulsbo, WA. Jim grew up “all over” the west coast as his dad moved from working at one hydroelectric dam to another. In 1965 the family settled in south Seattle, WA where Jim graduated from Tyee High School. Jim’s dad had a power boat and Jim liked to be “on” the water, not “in” the water. After high school Metteer landed at a local furniture company learning the furniture trade and eventually taking over their finishing department. The advanced coatings skills Jim learned during those 3 years still serve him to this day...
2023-11-2750 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 072 – Interview | Roy Jackson – built Wooden Schooner over a 3 decade period! WOW! - 01.31.13I had the rare and special privilege of meeting up with Roy Jackson who, along with his late wife Dolores built a 43ʹ Murray Peterson designed gaff rigged Coaster II Schooner – Dolores M Jackson – between 1976 and 2009. The interview and time together with Jackson was a blast! This is an amazing story! The interview is a MUST LISTEN! Roy grew up in Detroit, MI and was accustomed to the regular sight of schooners and other vessels navigating the Detroit River. His mom and dad boated (black tie events) on friends boats while the kids played on land.
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 071 – Interview | Jim Llewellyn Wooden Boat Restorer and Blanchard Sr. Knockabout Owner - 01.24.13Jim grew up in Bellevue, WA and at the age of 9 his parents bought a Blanchard Jr. Knockabout for $250 and spent another $250 to refurbish it. Jim’s dad taught him to sail on that wooden sloop, and at the young age of 13 “turned over the keys” to Jim and let him go out by himself on Lake Washington (wow, what a blast for a 13 year old!). As Jim became an adult, the Knockabout became his boat. He and a buddy sailed two Blanchard Knockabout Jr’s from Lake Washington all the way to Victoria BC (across the Strait of Juan de...
2023-11-1337 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 070 – Interview | Captain Tyson Trudel – Center for Wooden Boats Youth Program Dude, Wooden Boat Afficianado - 01.17.13Tyson did most of his growing up in Cove, Oregon with a massive population of 500 people During his youth he sailed with his family on their 21ʹ San Juan sloop. However, when his parents decided to take a year off and build a log cabin, they had to sell the family boat to pay for the new well. Tyson was heartbroken – he loved being on the water. But never fear, his parents bought him an 8ʹ Jester sailing dinghy on his 8th birthday. He was sick that day so they put the dinghy in his bedroom and let him slee...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 069 – Interview | Nat Howe of NW Seaport – Wooden Boat Guru and Museologist - 01.10.13Nat grew up in Seattle and as a young kid was building boat models out of milk cartons, wood, and assorted other materials he could scrounge up. His parents and grandparents owned (and still own) an Allied Seawind 30’ which the family used to explore the Inside Passage around Vancouver Island and the San Juan Islands. When Nate was 10 years old he discovered the 1897 three masted 165ʹ schooner Wawona on Lake Union in Seattle. He fell in love with her and at age 11 built a 5’ model of Wawona. He also built a radio controlled model of the Arthur Foss tug after disco...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 068 – Highlights of 2012 and Plans for the BEST YEAR EVER in 2013 - 01.03.13Thanks to your support and the support of hundreds of other wooden boat lovers, HOWB has completed its first full year with flying colors. This Episode is dedicated to looking at the HIGHLIGHTS of 2012 and my Plans for 2013! Here’s Top Ten HIGHLIGHTS of 2012: 1. 52 HOWB weekly episodes were published (67 total now). 2. HOWB podcasts have been downloaded over 35,000 times by folks in 82 different countries. 3. I conducted more than 50 interviews – from wooden boat rock stars, to back yard builders to instructors, captains, Designers, a Viking ship builder, blue water gurus, authors, and expert craftsman. 4...
2023-10-2332 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 067 – Interview | Diana Hennick, Visitor Services Guru at the Center for Wooden Boats - 12.27.12Diana is a NOAA brat – her dad was a commissioned officer in the the NOAA Corp and met her mom – a civilian deckhand – on board a research vessel in the Bering Sea. Diana was born in San Diego, and lived in Maryland for a few years before her family settled in Seattle. After getting her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from Western Washington University, she had the rare opportunity to do an internship at the Maritime History department of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. This was a home run museum experience so Diana enrolled and completed her gradua...
2023-10-1632 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 066 – Interview | Dan Leach, boatwright and Center for Wooden Boats Community Engagement Lead - 12.20.12Dan Leach is one of those gents that makes you feel right at home from the first time you shake his hand – which for me was October 2011 when I went to the Center For Wooden Boats to interview the founder, Dick Wagner for HOWB 004. I had the privilege to interview Dan a few weeks ago – which was a real blast for me (hanging out at the CWB comes natural – haha). Dan grew up in Seattle, the son of a woodworker and grandson of a home builder. His parents owned a 14ʹ Rhodes Bantam racing class sloop – and his grandpare...
2023-10-0937 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 065 – Interview | Jeff Hammond: Master Wooden Boatwright, Instructor, and Seasoned Carpenter - 12.13.12Behind Jeff Hammond’s laid back demeanor and Wisconsin drawl is a Master Boat Builder and seasoned instructor who is the Real McCoy. He’s been instructing at the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building since 1985 and retired a few years back. As a youth in Wisconsin, Jeff built model boats and canoed with his family on local lakes. After school he entered the construction trade, building houses and cabinets and messing with a few boat building projects here and there. It was a tough time for the construction business, so in 1984 Jeff visited a schoolmate in the...
2023-10-0259 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 064 – Interview: Wendy Hinman; Woodenboat Blue Water Sailor, Author, and Self Confessed Tightwad! - 12.03.12Wendy grew up the daughter of a Navy dentist, who made frequent military moves. When her dad was given an assignment in Hawaii, Wendy’s parents bought a Cal ’27 sailboat and enrolled the entire family in sailing lessons. At the age of 7, Wendy was getting her sea legs sailing the Hawaiian Islands. Next, Wendy’s family moved to Washington, DC and began sailing the Chesapeake Bay on a Catalina ’30. Soon Wendy was teaching sailing utilizing the advanced skills she had learned as a youth. Wendy’s husband Garth also grew up in a sailing family. In fact, during his...
2023-09-2558 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 063 -Interview: Katie Whalen of NW School of Wooden Boat Building; Wooden Boat Owner and Lover; Can’t Wait to Get to Work Every Day! - 11.29.12Judging by her enthusiasm and passion for her work at the NW School of Wooden Boat Building, you’d think Katie Whalen had been a hard core wooden boat devotee since her childhood. Quite to the contrary, Katie grew up in southern California as a complete land lubber. It wasn’t until she visited Washington state as an adult that she got a on “boat” for the first time – a Washington state passenger ferry. Katie was first introduced to the Boat School in the early 1990’s, fell in love with it, and immediately began volunteering. She was fascinated b...
2023-09-1846 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 062 – Interview: Captain Robert d’Arcy of the Schooner Martha; 4th Generation Shipwright and Wooden Boat Master - 11.22.12Today’s interview is with Captain Robert d’Arcy. d’Arcy grew up in Rhode Island, the son of a shipwright. In fact he is a 4th generation shipwright – his great grandfather learned the trade in Scotland and the skills were passed down thru the generations. Robert worked in his dad’s boat shop as a kid starting with sweeping, cleaning, stacking, then moving on to building and restoring. After high school he worked beside his dad to restore a 1914 Nova Scotian schooner that was 46ʹ on deck. Next was a 5 year stint at the Mystic Seaport Museum (CT), doing restoration...
2023-09-1146 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 061 – Interview Part 2 of 2: John Lockwood, Self Confessed “Wilderness Freak”, Wooden Boat Guru, Founder Pygmy Boats - 11.15.12Today’s podcast is Part 2 of my interview with John Lockwood, founder and owner of Pygmy Boats in Port Townsend, WA. If you haven’t listened to Part 1 of the interview, I recommend you start there first by listening to Episode 60. In Part 2 of the interview, John talks about how he excelled as a computer programmer for 12 years (although it drove him crazy to be indoors all that time), and programmed the first commercially available Plate Expansion Software for “developable surfaces”. He also got the bug big-time to blend his passions and skills together to start a business...
2023-09-0458 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 060 – Interview Part 1 of 2: John Lockwood, Self Confessed “Wilderness Freak”, Wooden Boat Guru, Founder Pygmy Boats - 11.08.12Today’s interview is with John Lockwood, founder and owner of Pygmy Boats in Port Townsend, WA. John is originally from St. Louis, Missouri where he bird hunted, and played and fished on the lakes and rivers with his family in their 20ʹ canoe. During this time, John got HOOKED (no pun intended :)) on exploring, fishing, swimming, camping and enjoying the great outdoors. After a one year stint at Union College in New York, John launched into a 5 year adventure of traveling and exploring the mountains, rivers, wildernesses, and outdoors of the US and Mexico. The recurring theme was...
2023-08-2853 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 059 – Interview: Sean & Inger Rankins, Sail and Canvas Makers, Wooden Boat Lovers, Spissgatter owners - 11.01.12Today’s interview is with Sean & Inger Rankins of Port Townsend, WA. The Rankins own and operate Northwest Sail and Canvas Makers. Inger is originally from Norway, and as a youth was regularly rowing the families wooden clinker workboats to and fro the island her grandparents lived on. Inger learned to sew her own clothes at a young age, and in 1990 began applying those skills to marine canvas work. She has had her own marine canvas business since 1999 and enjoys the creativity of making sail covers, boat covers and other canvas boat parts. Sean grew up...
2023-08-2149 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 058 – Interview: Kaci Cronkhite, wooden boat lover, former wooden boat festival director, circumnavagator - 10.25.12Today’s interview is with Kaci Cronkhite of Port Townsend. Kaci grew up on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma riding horses and waterskiing behind her family’s Chris Craft runabout. Her ancestors were dutch, and the first family emigrant to the US was a shipbuilder. When Kaci was in her 30’s, she sailed for the first time and it felt eerily familiar to horseback riding – position, balance, wind in your hair. She was intrigued and hooked at the same time. A few years later she sailed Australia to Hawaii upwind with a friend (with 10 days “hove to”) and then was...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 057 – John Harris – Wooden boat builder/designer and owner of CLC Boats - 10.17.12Today’s interview is with John Harris of CLC Boats. John spent his growing up years in South Carolina – the son of a “sailing obsessed father (and he still is)” who built stuff and was an engineer. He sailed with his dad on inland lakes in a Snipe, Sunfish and other small boats. John grew up thinking it was perfectly normal that if you needed a piece of furniture, you went out to your shop and built it. When he was in his early teens, he wanted a boat, so he built one (a rowing shell)- and got addicted...
2023-08-0754 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 056 – Interviews: Steve Stone and Eric Blake, OffCenterHarbor.com – 10/11/12The first interview in today’s podcast is with Steve Stone of Brooklin, Maine. I met Steve at the 2012 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival and he is one of the founding partners of OffCenterHarbor.com video website. Steve grew up sailing, later studied filmmaking, and fell in love with wooden vessels along the way. Steve is super excited about the videos he is producing for OffCenterHarbor.com. The second interview is with Eric Blake of OffCenterHarbor.com and Brooklin Boatyard of Brooklin, Maine. Eric began building cedar stripped canoes as a teenager in Vermont, and st...
2023-07-3147 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 055 – Interviews: Thomas Scheinpflug, Pacific Grace Shipwright; Dave & Linda Burright, Builders of 26ʹ Caulkins Bartender - 10/4/12The first interview in today’s podcast is with Thomas Scheinpflug. Thomas crews on the Pacific Grace Schooner and was one of the shipwrights who built her, finishing in May 2001. Pacific Grace is owned and operated by the non-profit S.A.L.T.S. Sail and Life Training Society of Canada. The second interview is with Dave & Linda Burright of Albany, Oregon. Dave & Linda built a 26ʹ George Caulkins designed Bartender in their outbuilding over and 6.5 year period. It is a gorgeous boat and they spent a lot of money on her. So they aptly named her Kala Lua...
2023-07-2448 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 053 – Highlights and interviews from 2012 Port Townsend Wooden Boat FestivalTen days ago, I attended the 36th Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. I recorded 3 hours of interviews with more than a dozen people over that three day period (and had an absolute blast – btw!). This week I am playing four short recordings/interviews (total of 37 minutes): 1. The first HOWB Podcast “Meetup” on record. HOWB fans Ralph Duncan, Christina Cogan, and Korey Ruben. 2. Tug Buse small boat adventurer. Follow up to the interview I did with Tug for Episode 16. 3. Josh and Anika Colvin – An update on SCAMP and Small Craft Advisor Magazine...
2023-07-1053 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 052 – Lin and Larry Pardey of Sailing and Wooden Boat Fame - Interview - 9/13/12This past weekend while at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, I had the privilege to interview Lin and Larry Pardy. Lin and Larry have been sailing the world since they built their first boat Serrafyn and launched her in 1968. Their second build was Taleisin launched in 1983. They have written and published numerous books, and sell DVD’s and other great products at their website: LANDLPARDEY.com. Listen to Lin and Larry share candidly about their childhoods, their adventures and their love of the sea. ------------------------------------------------ You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.co...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 051 – Center for Wooden Boats at CAMA Beach, WA: Interviews – John Dean and Andrew Washburn - 9/6/12This week I drove 45 minutes to CAMA Beach State Park where the Center for Wooden Boats refurbished and opened a Boathouse in 2008 in conjunction with WA state parks refurbishing and opening this 30+ cabin resort. This is one beautiful spot. CAMA Beach was a water front resort from 1935 to 1980, at which time it was closed. In the good old days, you could drive your car to this resort, rent a cabin and a row or power boat to crab and fish from. These type of resorts were called Auto Courts at the time – an inexpensive place to park th...
2023-06-2657 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 050 – SCAMP Camp Part 2, Interviews – John Welsford (designer), Cliff Sell (student) - 8/30/12This episode is a follow up to last week’s August 2012 SCAMP Camp Part 1 (see HOWB 049). I had the privilege to sit down and ask John Welsford some more questions about the SCAMP design and how the Camp was going. John gave some keen insight into the function and benefits of a pram bow, and talks about the success of the inaugural Camp. I also interviewed Cliff Sell who was a student at the Camp. Cliff traveled all the way from Germany! As a first time boatbuilder, Cliff talks about why he took the class, how the bu...
2023-06-1942 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 049 – SCAMP CAMP, Part 1: Interview Scott Jones, Boat Shop Mgr at NW Maritime Center, Wooden Boatright, SCAMP Pro -08/23/12This episode is an interview with Scott Jones recorded during the August 2012 SCAMP CAMP at the NW Maritime Center in Port Townsend, WA. I had met Scott on previous outings to Port Townsend, but never had the opportunity to sit down with him and get the inside scoop on his passion for wooden vessels. This interview was on the 4th day of the 2 week SCAMP CAMP where an eclectic group of ambitious folks from as far away as Germany, gathered to build 10 SCAMP’s with help from Scott, John Welsford (designer), Howard Rice (small boat adventurer) and others. Scott wa...
2023-06-1242 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 048 – John Welsford, wooden boat designer, builder, enthusiast - Interview - 08.16.12This episode is an interview I did with John Welsford while at the NW School of Wooden Boat Building’s 31st anniversary celebration. I met John for the first time that day, and he was more than agreeable when I asked if I could interview him for HOWB. So we sat down for almost an hour of recording, and I was having the time of my life! John is a native of New Zealand and loves his country. Boatbuilding is in John’s genes – as far back as his dad could research, there is a boatbuilder in each g...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 047 – Sean Koomen, Instructor NW School of Wooden Boat Building - Interview - 08.09.12This past week I interviewed Sean Koomen, instructor at the NW School of Wooden Boat Building. Sean grew up in Minnesota. At the age of 14 he discovered one of Dynamite Payson’s books at the library, and was soon falling trees for lumber to satisfy his boat building curiosity. Fast forward to college and Sean was in serious study mode to become a concert cellist. Spending 5 hours a day practicing was getting to be a little much, so Sean applied for a grant to start his own wooden boat building business. With grant money in hand, Sean launched Red Ba...
2023-05-2945 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 046 – Jeff Sayler, Wooden Boat Builder and Restorer; Bruce Hebler and Linda Wolf, Proud Owners 1932 Wooden Gillnet Boat Interviews - 08.02.12On July 15th, I attended the Annual Maritime Heritage Festival in St. Helens Oregon. It was a really fun festival with a wide range of traditional vessels of all sizes and shapes including the Steamboat Portland, a wooden PT Boat 658, and other fun boats. This is a really fun show that I recommend you put on your calendar for next July! Two of the interviews I did that day are included in this podcast. The first interview is with Jeff Sayler of Firehouse Boatworks in Portland, OR. Jeff attended a wooden boat program in Maine as a...
2023-05-2251 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 044 – Maritime Heritage Festival Interviews: Seth Vore – Wooden Boat Tours; Cody Thompson – Wooden Boat Refinishing - 07.19.12This past weekend I attended the Annual Maritime Heritage Festival in St. Helens Oregon. It was a really fun festival with a wide range of traditional yachts, small craft, vintage cruisers, the Steamboat Portland, a wooden PT Boat 658, and other fun boats. I will be sharing several interviews I did at the festival over the next few weeks and displaying some of my photos below. The first interview is with Seth Vore of Portland Boat Tours. Seth had a vision to start a company that would provide tours on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers near Portland in...
2023-05-0834 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 043 – 52ʹ Ed Monk Bridgedeck Wooden Cruiser, Lloyd Shugart owner - Interview - 07.12.12Two weeks ago I attended the Center for Wooden Boats 36th Annual Festival and interviewed Lloyd Shugart. Lloyd and his wife Theresa have owned “Flying Cloud” – a 52ʹ Ed Monk Sr. designed Bridgedeck Cruiser – since 2002. She was built in 1937 at the Grandy Shipyard on Lake Union in Seattle for Francis Brownell Jr. (president of First Seattle Bank), WA. When the Shugarts purchased her, she was in major disrepair and over the last 10 years they have completed most of the restoration. Flying Cloud is powered by twin Perkins Diesels 6-354 and is planked with Port Orford Cedar over Oak frames. S...
2023-05-0132 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 042 – Darryl Carver, Owner of L. Francis Herreshoff designed ’28 Rozinante Wooden Canoe Yawl Interview - 07.05.12This week I attended the Center for Wooden Boats 36th Annual Festival and interviewed Darryl Carver. Darryl and his wife have owned “Dulcinea” (nick named “Roz”) – a ’28 L. Francis Herreshoff designed “canoe yawl” since 1999 and are her 3rd owner since she was built in 1983 by Hank Chamberlain on Lopez Island, WA. L. Francis first wrote about this style of boat in Rudder Magazine after seeing Canoe Yawl style boats around Cape Cod, and was encouraged by the magazine’s readers to design the boat. L. Francis put the design to pencil in his book – The Complete Cruiser. Roz is a simpl...
2023-04-2423 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 041 – Smith’s Boat Shop, 50 years of building wooden boats – Interview with Fred & Ron - 06.28.12This week I interviewed Fred Smith and Ron Downs of Smith’s Boat Shop on Samish Island, WA. Fred and his brother Don built their first boat in 1960 – a 24ʹ plywood catamaran that could be beached easily on the tide flats in front of their house. Next they built an 8ʹ dinghy with plans they bought from US Plywood for 50 cents. Soon the neighbors began noticing the boats Fred and Don had built and started placing orders for 8ʹ, 12ʹ and 14ʹ prams that were well suited for fly fishing, duck hunting, rowing, and having a generally good time. Next the Smith Brothers went to the lo...
2023-04-1739 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 040 – Josh Colvin: SCAMP brainchild, Editor Small Craft Advisor Magazine, Sailor, Wooden boater - Interview - 06.21.12This week’s show is an interview with Josh Colvin, editor of Small Craft Advisor Magazine. I met Josh in Port Townsend during the Pocket Yacht Palooza, and had a blast throwing questions at him left and right. Josh has been boating since he was a kid, and grew to love sailing early in life. As a young adult, he would sail with his Uncle and others on larger sailboats and was having fun doing it. But there was something about small boats that intrigued him and drew his attention away from larger craft – the simplicity, lower cost...
2023-04-1035 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 039 - Howard Rice, Sailor 'Round Cape Horn in Canoe, Wooden boat builder, Small craft guru – interview - 06.14.This week’s show is an interview I did with Howard Rice while at the 1st Annual Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza in May. I was delighted to meet Howard for the first time and have the extraordinary opportunity to sit down with him one to one and ask any question my probing mind could devise! During the questioning Howard described how he has been one with the water since birth, and how his desire for adventure runs thick in his veins! Case in point: in the 5th grade, Howard’s elementary school teacher had each student writ...
2023-04-0346 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 038 – 2012 Pocket Yacht Palooza Interviews: Marty Loken, Lee Bjorkland, Pete Leenhouts - 06.07.12This week’s show is 3 interviews I did while at the 1st Annual Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza in May. First up is Marty Loken of the Island Boat Shop in Nordland, WA. Marty is one passionate guy and shares his thoughts on the first Palooza, his personal boats, and what’s happening at his boat shop these days. The second interview is with Lee Bjorklund. Lee talks about his sloop OPUS – an 18.5ʹ Wee Seal MK II design by Iain Oughtred. This is a gorgeous lapstrake double ended sloop rig he sails in Puget Sound. Lee also talks a...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 037 – 2012 Olympia Wooden Boat Fair – Part 2: Bob Peck and Hal Van Gilder - 05.31.12This week is a continuation of last week’s interviews that I did at the 33rd annual Olympia Wooden Boat Fair in Olympia, WA. The first interview is with Hal Van Gilder, president of the Olympia Wooden Boat Association. Hal grew up boating and his dad built a 39ʹ wooden cabin cruiser in 1932 which Hal owns and maintains to this day. This boat is “federally registered” due to some past history and supposed mishaps in international waters – listen to the full story on the interview. The second interview is with Bob Peck, president of the South Sound Mar...
2023-03-2054 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 036 – 2012 Olympia Wooden Boat Fair Part 1: Highlights, Interviews with Megan Guritz, Ray Gillespie, Mishawn and Danielle - 05.24.12I start this podcast with Pete Leenhouts of the NW School of Wooden Boat Building. Pete discusses the upcoming August 6-17, 2012 class in Port Townsend where the Boat School and the NW Maritime Center along with Howard Rice and John Welsford will oversee a group of students build their own gorgeous microcruiser – SCAMP. Next I share some highlights of the Olympia Wooden Boat Fair which I attended on May 12 for the first time. My first interview is with Megan Guritiz the Fair coordinator. Megan shares some highlights from the Fair, how she got involved with beautiful wooden ve...
2023-03-1041 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 035 – Peter Crim, Director of Wind and Oar Boat School; Wooden boat lover - 05.17.12This week’s interview is with Peter Crim of the Wind and Oar Boat School in Portland, OR. I first met Peter at the PNWMHC meeting in Portland, OR in April, and then reconnected with Peter while he was at the CAMA Beach facility of the Center for Wooden Boats attending a 3 day session “Teaching With Small Boats”. Peter grew up on the east coast, and from the age of 6 his parents owned and sailed wooden boats and sailboats of various sizes including a 34ʹ Alden cruising boat. Peter was also a sailing instructor using the Beetlecat as the ins...
2023-03-0641 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 034 – Wooden Boat Gems at Portland Yacht Club: Interviews Chuck Kellogg & Mark Hall - 05.10.12Two weeks ago, I met Chris Finks (Maritime Heritage Coalition) at the Portland Yacht Club to personally tour several of the historic and wonderful wooden boats his friends own and moor at the Yacht Club, and to talk shop (wooden boat shop of course). One of the chaps I interviewed that day was Chuck Kellogg. Chuck has been a member of the Portland Yacht Club since his youth when he first learned seamanship and sailing on the Club’s 18ʹ plywood “Flatties“. The Flattie is a sloop with a centerboard that was designed and first built in 1928 in Seat...
2023-03-0355 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 033 – Chris Finks – Founder Maritime Heritage Coalition, Wooden boat lover - 05.03.12Chris grew up in California, and at the ripe old age of 5, went water skiing behind his neighbor (Fred’s) wooden boat – a Century water ski boat. Soon after, Fred traded in the Century and bought a fiberglass replacement. Chris was appalled that Fred would trade such a beautiful wooden vessel in for a plastic boat. Thus began his love for wooden vessels. As a young adult, living on the east coast, Chris had the privilege to cruise around on the USS Sequoia – a presidential vessel that is now a Historical Landmark and was first used b...
2023-02-2741 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 032 – Captain Wayne Chimenti, Tall ship sailor & Sailmaker, Wooden boat builder/Teacher, Maritime guru - 04.26.12This week I interviewed Master Mariner (USCG 1,600 ton all Oceans Auxillary-Sail license), Rigger (master rigger of five Tall Ships) and Sailmaker (owner of Force 10 Sailmaking and Rigging) Wayne Chimenti. Wayne has over 30 years of sail training on 20 different schooners and square riggers – including a 13 year stint as Captain of the Puget Sound based 1913 schooner Adventuress. Wayne is actively instructing at, and helped found the Community Boat Building Project (Port Hadlock, WA) in conjunction with the NW School of Wooden Boat Building and the Port Townsend and Chimacum, WA school districts. ------------------------------------------------ You can co...
2023-02-2445 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 031 – News from Pacific NW Maritime Hertiage Council and Other Fun Boat Stuff - 04.19.12This week’s podcast is a little change of pace. First off, I talk about the Pacific Northwest Maritime Heritage Council meeting that I attended last weekend in Portland, OR. While there, I was able to reconnect with some friends from the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport (Cheers Les!), Dan Leach from Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle (Hi Dan!) and meet some new folks. One of the new wooden boat enthusiasts I met was Caitlin Shrigley – Outreach Manager for the Oregon Maritime Museum. This museum is located on the 1947 sternwheeler Portland (see pics below) on the Willamette River. Caitlin gave...
2023-02-2038 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 030 – Christian Gruye, Head steward 92ʹ M/V Lotus historic wooden vessel - Interview - 04.12.12When Christian was a child, her family moved every 2-3 years to follow her dad’s transfers as an USAF pilot. But Seattle was considered the family’s home base. They spent a lot of time water skiing with friends, and paddling about in their Willits Canoe made on Day Island near Tacoma, WA by the Willits brothers. Christian’s dad was the Pacific Northwest Ski Champion for 7 years and helped form the Lake Washington Water Ski Club. When Christian was 11 her mother got a hankering to buy a mothballed ferry boat for the family to float around...
2023-02-1756 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 029 – Steve Chapain, Wooden Pocock racing shell and master boat builder - Interview - 04.05.12Steve grew up in Minnesota canoeing and water skiing with his family and friends. As a young adult he visited his brother in Washington state, found Port Townsend and decided that was his sweet spot. After moving there, he met Bob Prothero (late founder of Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building) and enrolled at the boat school, so, in his words, he could “fix my own boats”. After graduating, he did a few restoration projects and soon had his own shop and wooden boat repair and building business -Point Hudson Boat Repair. He builds and restores wooden Pocock racing shel...
2023-02-1444 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 028 – Carol Hasse, Wooden boat lover, World renowned sailmaker, blue water sailor - Interview - 03.29.12Carol had done very little boating, and no sailing as a kid in Camas, WA. But that all changed in 1972 when the family’s doctor and wife invited her to sail with them to the south Pacific on their new 42ʹ Cascade sailboat. Hasse eagerly hopped on board and a few days later they hit gale forced winds of 70 mph and 30ʹ seas off the Oregon coast. But there were few worries for this hearty group who landed safely in San Francisco, and then made their way to Mexico. From there Carol hooked up with other adventurous souls and sailed to many...
2023-02-1054 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 027 – Eric Friberg Nordic wooden boat builder - Interview - 03.22.12Eric has a rich maritime heritage. His family moved from Superior Wisconsin to the Seattle area in 1965 so his dad could work in the Seattle shipyards. Soon after, his father built a wooden fishing boat and headed to Alaska. The boat was a 30ʹ Bristol Bay double ender made for the rough waters of Alaska. When Eric was just 10 years old, he spent the summer in Alaska fishing with his dad. In his early 20’s, Eric started boatbuilding on his own – making kayaks and other small boats. One of his first projects was a Greenland stitch and g...
2023-02-0643 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 026 – The Smith’s restore 1929 wooden boat “David B” for floating B&B - interview - 03.15.12Interview – Christine & Jeffrey Smith of Northwest Navigation Christine had dreamed of having a bed and breakfast since she was a kid, and David loved wooden boats ever since living in Maine where he was a deck hand and eventually captained on several wooden schooners with Windjammer Charters. Their passions and ideas blended together and they determined to have a “floating B&B” ala a wooden vessel. At first their plan was to build a wooden schooner, but the economic downturn nixed that idea so it was on to PLAN B – find an inexpensive wooden vessel and restore it. A...
2023-02-0351 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 025 – Tim Lee, Master wooden boat building instructor (former), Savvy builder – Interview - 03.08.12Tim took a keen interest in woodworking as a youth visiting his brother in Alaska, and building hickory dog sleds for racing. Then Tim’s other brother took him on his maiden sailing voyage off the coast of Georgia in wooden sail boat. Tim was hooked. Soon after Tim enrolled at the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding, completed the program and began working in boatyards from Alaska to Port Townsend. As fate would have it, Tim got a call from master builder Ray Speck in 2000, asking him to come teach at the school. The rest is history an...
2023-01-3141 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 024 – Brion Toss, author, teacher, legendary rigger, wooden boat lover - Interview - 03.01.12When Brion took geometry in high school he thought to himself “I’ll never use this crap”. But he soon became fascinated with knots and realized that geometry was his friend. He was super proud of his first two knots (learned from poorly drawn illustrations in an urban survival book) – the sheet bend and square knot. When he showed these knots to a good friend, the friend cracked open his 690 page Encyclopedia Of Knots And Fancy Rope Work, and Brion officially dove headfirst into the world of knots. In Brion’s own words, he was largely “holed up in the la...
2023-01-2750 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 023 – Julia Maynard, Haven Boatworks wooden boat yard (rocks) - Interview - 02.23.12Julia took a keen interest in wooden boats while attending The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and taking the integrated studies “Marine History and Crafts” program which was focused on wooden vessels. During the program the students learned boat design, lofting, building and heard outside gurus such as designer Bob Perry. Shortly after college, Julia landed at Mystic Seaport, CT apprenticing under the accomplished late designer/builder John Gardner for a full year. Julia then went on to build a 34ʹ Yawl rigged sailboat with her hubby and sailed to the far seas. You c...
2023-01-2334 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 022 - Bruce Blatchley on building the 62ʹ wooden rocketship sloop “Sliver” - 02.16.12This week I interviewed master shipwright and instructor Bruce Blatchley. Bruce spent a lot of time on the water in canoes as a kid on the east coast. After high school, military service, college, mountain guiding, rock climbing, and building houses, he turned his attention to wooden boats. He first attended the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding, then worked locally in the trade fine tuning his skills. A few years later, he was back at the school as an instructor heading up the school’s “Contemporary Boat” program. Bruce is overseeing the School’s building of a ’62 wooden slo...
2023-01-2035 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 021 – Wooden Boat Dan on building the Sassafras wooden canoe - 02.09.12In today’s episode I talk about the Sassafras 12ʹ Canoe project I am working on. I'm building it using plans from the book “The Canoe Shop” by Chris Kulczycki.  The first thing I did when I purchased the book was to cut the binding off with my band saw, then have Office Depot spiral bind the book (cost $4.00) so I could lay it open on my work bench.  A couple other things I did a little differently: I placed the panel layout closer together on the plywood so I can build the boat out of 3...
2023-01-1626 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 018 – Rivers West Small Craft Center (Portland OR) - Chuck Stuckey - Interview - 01.19.22In 1984, under the inspiration of the late author, educator, and waterway explorer Sam McKinney, RiversWest opened its doors in Portland, OR and began to offer camaraderie, classes, and cheap boatbuilding space in a large shed near the Willamette River at Oaks Park. In 2006, RiversWest realized its longtime dream of an on-the- water location and moved to Pier 99 on the North Portland Harbor channel of the Columbia River. Their mission is to promote the use of small sustainable craft that can be rowed, paddled or sailed, and are environmentally friendly. I met with Chuck to discuss...
2023-01-0643 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 017 – Dale McKinnon - Wooden boat builder, Long distance rower (800 miles AK to WA) - Interview - 01.12.12Starting with competitive swimming (including trials for 1964 Olympics), then moving on to sailing, skiing, diving and cycling, Dale has always been adventurous and an ultra active athlete. But after a skiing accident in 1999 that shattered her left leg, Dale was looking for her next adventure – something with low impact to the lower body, but still a great workout. In Dale’s own words, here’s what happened next: “.... a few weeks later (after skiing accident), I stopped by my friend James’ house and he had plans for a dory spread out on his kitchen table. He showed me a photo...
2023-01-0249 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 016 – Tug Buse, Wooden boat builder, Long distance sailor, Historian - Interview - 01.05.12Michael “Tug” Buse grew up on the water. In fact, looking west from his parents’ Warm Beach (WA) home dining room, all you see is Port Susan bay and Camano Island in the distance. Beginning at the tender age of 10 months, Tug was getting sea legs on his parents’ wooden tugboat, the “Maggie B” while cruising around Puget Sound. Buse always wanted to build a little sister for Maggie B. He wanted a boat that was his very own but closely related to his parents’ tug. Tug purchased plans for a ’14 sailing pram from the same renowned Seattle naval ar...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 015 – 1890 Elmore wooden tug boat owners Dee & Sara Meek - Interview - 12.29.11This week was an interview Dee & Sara Meek of Oak Bay, WA. The Meek’s have the distinct privilege of owning the 68ʹ, 1890 wooden tugboat Elmore. They purchased her in 1990 after Dee read an article about a couple that had turned a tugboat into a live aboard. He convinced Sara they should buy an ocean going tug to live on. Shortly afterwards they found the Elmore on the Snohomish River in need of extensive cleanup and repair. They figured one year would be enough time to clean up Elmore and get her ready to live aboard. Aft...
2022-12-2653 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 014 – Jake Beattie, Exec. Dir. Northwest Maritime Center - Interview - 12.22.11This week is an interview with the exec. director of the Northwest Maritime Center and Wooden Boat Foundation – Jake Beattie. Jake began sailing an El Toro's when he was seven years old, spent time sailing the San Juans on his family’s sailboat, and then went off to college. After college he decided to “volunteer” for 2 weeks on the Tall Ship Bounty back east. One and a half years later he finished that “two week stint” and then moved onto the Tall Ship Denis Sullivan for several years. After that Jake became a Seamanship Instructor with Outward Bound, worked on freighter...
2022-12-2340 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 013 – Larry Cheek - Wooden boatbuilder, author, and journalist - Interview - 12.15.11This week I interviewed Larry Cheek of Whidbey Island. Larry is originally from El Paso Texas and had never even seen a boat growing up miles from water. But after moving to the Seattle area as a seasoned journalist, Larry was given an assignment in 2002 by Sunset Magazine to attend and write articles on two wooden boat festivals – Seattle and Port Townsend, WA. Larry attended both shows and got “hooked on wooden boats” by the craftsmanship, charm, and fascinating people. Thus began Larry’s wooden boat journey. Larry quickly got his hands dirty by building a 14’ Artic Tern from...
2022-12-1950 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 012 – Bill Mahler, (former) NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding - Interview - 12.08.11This week I interviewed Bill Mahler, (former) director of the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding. Bill tells me the story of how the school got started: After building wooden boats in the Puget Sound area for more than fifty years, master shipwright Bob Prothero had learned a lot about the business that wasn’t in any textbook. It was his dream to find a way to pass this lore along to new generations of wooden boatbuilders and help keep his craft alive. He came to the Olympic Peninsula from Seattle and founded the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Ja...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 011 – Marty Loken, Wooden Boat Aficionado, Builder, Restorer, and Rescuer Extraordinaire - Interview - 12/01/11This week I interviewed Marty Loken who owns the Island Boatshop in Nordland, WA (the boatshop is now closed and Marty is "retired"). Marty grew up around boats in Ballard, WA and from a young age, followed in the mentality of his dad – if you want a boat you simply build it. Marty was busy building his first wooden boat – a small pram – when he was 10 years old. Over the years he has refined his skills as a master builder. But he is also super passionate about rescuing old wooden boats – saving them from the landfills and chainsaws and restorin...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 010 - Highlights of 2011 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival - Wooden Boat Dan - 11/23/11The second weekend of September this year I attended the PT Wooden Boat Festival for the 12th time. It was a blast as usual and the weather was sunny and HOT! And PT rarely gets HOT. On this podcast I share the highlights of the day I spent there with my son Josh. If you've never been to the Festival, its high time you go!! -------------------------- You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.com to share you comments, feedback, stories, and wooden boat adventures. Keep the bright side up and the...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 009 – Rich Kolin, Boat Builder & Designer, Mentee of John Gardner and Pete Culler - Interview - 11/17/11This week I interviewed Rich Kolin who lives on Camano Island, WA. Rich began building boats as a young lad in California under the tutelage of influential builders and designers John Gardner and Pete Culler. Eventually he moved to the northwest where he continued to hone his boat building and designing skills, began teaching classes and wrote several books. Oh, and did I mention he learned the art of carving along the way! One of his most popular designs is the Heidi Skiff of which he wrote a book - Building Heidi (available on Amazon). ...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 008 - Eric Harman, Traditional Wood Canvas Canoe Builder and Restorer - Interview - 11/10/11This week I interviewed Eric Harman of Harman Canoes located in Oso, WA. Eric builds wood canvas canoes following proven North American methods developed in the late 1800’s. Eric tells the story of how he fell in love with canoeing in the 1970’s, built a cedar strip canoe, and then found his first wood canvas canoe and never looked back. --------------------- You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.com to share you comments, feedback, stories, and wooden boat adventures. Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan over...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 007 - Jay Smith, Expert Nordic Boat builder; Apprenticed in Norway - Interview - 11/03/11Today's interview is with traditional Nordic boat building expert Jay Smith. He is the founder of Aspoya Boats in Anacortes, WA . In his youth, Jay lived in Norway several years and apprenticed with a veteran Nordic boatbuilder there learning the trade from the bottom up.  Since then, Jay has been building and teaching others the traditional art of clinker (or lapstrake) boatbuilding. This building method dates back to about 1,000 AD and is generally attributed to the Vikings. --------------- You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.com to share you comments, feedback, stories, and wooden boat a...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 006 - David Roberts, Owner Nexus Marine Corp., Veteran Wooden Boat Designer & Builder - Interview - 10/27/11David has been building and design beautiful and functional wooden craft for over 30 years in Everett WA at his company Nexus Marine. Tune in for this fun interview with David. ----------------- You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.com to share you comments, feedback, stories, and wooden boat adventures. Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan over and out :D PS  Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago - some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are outdated a...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB Intro - LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE FIRST! - 12/04/22December 4, 2022 On this episode I explain the history of the HOWB podcast from 2011-2018, why I took the show off the air, and why after a 4 year haitus I am republishing all the podcasts. My plan is to put 10 episodes up right away (December 2022), and then republish 1 episode per week on Friday mornings (note: I may add more than one per week - but one is the minimum :D). ---------------------- You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.com to share you comments, feedback, stories, and wooden boat adventures. Keep...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 005 – Corey Freedman, Skin Boat Expert & Instructor - Interview - 10/20/11Interview with Corey Freedman – Skin Boats I had a fascinating interview with Corey. He tell’s how he became interested in boats during his youth in Massachusetts, how he saw his first “skin boat” in a museum, and how his life and career were never the same after that. Corey’s website is Skin Boats, and his phone number is (360) 299-0804. On another note: I was able to locate the owner of the “Spirit Canoe” (listen to HOWB #002) that I sold in 2008. The owner paddles it on the Hudson River in NY and loves it. I am really ha...
2022-12-0356 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 004 – Dick Wagner Interview: Story of Center for Wooden Boats Seattle birth in 60’s - 10/13/11This week I sat down with Dick Wagner and recorded a fascinating interview of how the Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) idea was birthed in the 1960’s and how Dick and his wife nurtured and brought the concept to reality during the ensuing years. Dick talks about his passion for boats: “a boat is a functional form of art”! He describes how the Center for Wooden Boats has touched the lives of the disabled, underprivileged, and youth of the area, and how the CWB has become a model for wooden boat centers around the world. Don’t miss this insightf...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 003 – Les Bolton of GHHS, Pirates of Caribbean, Lady Washington Tall Ship Story - 10/06/11In this episode I interview Captain Les Bolton – the executive director of the Grays Harbor Historical Seaport (GHHS). In 1989, GHHS completed the construction of the replica 112ʹ brig rigged wooden sailing vessel “Lady Washington”. In 1758, the original Lady Washington was the first American ship to sail to the west coast of America and began trade with the natives and islanders. Les talks about the history, construction, and maintenance of Lady Washington, how she was used in the 2003 movie – Pirates of the Caribbean – and other fun stuff GHHS is working on. ----------------------------- You can email me at woodenboatd...
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Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 002 - The Story of the "Spirit Canoe" - 09/29/11In this episode I talk more about my new podcasting adventure; the equipment I am using; why I think wooden boats are the cats meow; and share a true and moving story of the “Spirit Canoe”.  ----------------------------------- You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.com to share you comments, feedback, stories, and wooden boat adventures. Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan over and out :D PS  Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago - some of the links, email addresses, phone number...
2022-12-0324 minHooked On Wooden Boats
Hooked On Wooden BoatsHOWB 001 - Why I started a wooden boat podcast - 09/22/11On this my very first episode, I explain why I wanted to start the worlds first podcast on all things wooden boat! -------------------------------- You can contact me at woodenboatdan@gmail.com to share you comments, feedback, stories, and wooden boat adventures. Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan over and out :D PS  Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago - some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are outdated and no longer valid.
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