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Tag Archives: boat
Congratulations to Hooked On Wooden Boats 100th Podcast
I have followed Dan Mattson’s podcast, Hooked On Wooden Boats, since the very first episode. Podcasts come and go and I have a high appreciation for the ones that endure. It is disappointing to see them fade, especially when I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Events, Podcasts, Sailor's crafts
Tagged boat, boat-building, Hooked On Wooden Boats, HOWB, Mattson, microcruiser, Port Townsend, sailboat, sailing, Scamp, welsford, 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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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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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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2011 Wooden Boat Festival, Port Townsend, Washington
I am sending out the call to all hopelessly boat struck sailors. It is Wooden Boat Festival time once again. September 9 to 11 will see Port Townsend Washington awash in wood and the spirit of maritime history. Schooner watchers … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, boat-building, craft, Good Old Boat, Port Townsend, sailboat, sails, schooner, Wooden Boat Festival, Woodenboat
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Start At The Beginning
Frugality is an art practiced with patience and a casual disregard for personal status. In a world where branding is practically a religion it is heretical to build in materials with no discernible commercial origin. Far beyond the green zeitgeist … Continue reading
Posted in kayaks, Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged boat, boat-building, frame, Greenland, kayak, on, sinew, skin, watercraft
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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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