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Author Archives: Chris Kleinfelter
Sailor Towns and Sidewalk Cafes
I am a random visitor to small coastal towns. I feel at ease with myself where the water meets the land. To know the real depth of a village one has to put down some roots to find whether the … Continue reading
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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
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Tagged boat-building, catboat, dory, Lowell, museum, New England, sailboat, sailing, Stur-Dee
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Off Center Harbor Features A treasure Trove Of Sailing Video
Television does not have a lot to offer a sailor. There are fleeting glimpses of sailboats and occasionally attractive Hollywood types posing in the cockpit of a fantastic plastic lavishly trimmed out in teak. The dialog is busily engaged in … Continue reading
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Tagged boat-building, boatbuilding, sailboat, sailing, video, Winter, Wooden Boat Festival
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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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Clarity And Depth – The Chester Yawl Chapter 8
The beauty that is in the eye of the beholder demands clarity. It is never more pleased than when it penetrates the blue sky or sees fish winding among eel grass below the surface of clear water. When we who … Continue reading
Garage? No Cars Allowed: The Chester Yawl – Chapter 7
I have had three garages in my adult life. One of them sheltered an automobile for one night. That seems more than generous to me. I look upon cars as practical transportation fit to live in the outdoors much like … Continue reading
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Tagged boat-building, chester, garage, sailboat, storage, varnish, yawl
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Christened By A Fine Rain, The Chester Yawl Takes to The Water – Chapter 6
A new boat comes to life by degrees. As individual parts come together the construction takes on a form that makes it’s function apparent. It becomes a vessel gradually. A boatbuilding project can take a long time and bring doubts … Continue reading
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Tagged Chesapeake Light Craft, chester, CLC, Olympic Peninsula, Straits of Juan de Fuca, trailer, water, yawl
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It’s A Festival, It Has Wooden Boats. What More Could You Want?
I call it my annual pilgrimage to the land of my people. I love to walk the docks and talk to other people who are in some degree obsessed by boats,especially the wooden kind. You can’t do better than the … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Events, Sailor's crafts
Tagged boat, boat-building, Chesapeake Light Craft, CLC, Edensaw, kayak, MAS, Port Townsend, sailboat, sailing, Wooden Boat Festival, Woodenboat
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