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Author Archives: Chris Kleinfelter
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
Posted in Events, Uncategorized
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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Revisiting The Pinky Schooner Robert L.
Certain things have a way of continually appearing on our radar screens. They circle continually outside of visual range, only ocassionally emerging into view. Such is the case with Robert L. I wrote a story about the William … Continue reading
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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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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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Coming Attractions: Kayak Building in Slow Motion
The observant follower of this blog will have noticed the glacial pace of my postings over the last several month. Life is not coinciding with my personal schedule and my priorities have shifted like a southern California fault line. Nevertheless, … Continue reading
Posted in Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged boat-building, frame, Greenland, kayak, project, shop, skin, tools, video, water, 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
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Tagged boat, Chesapeake Bay, lighthouse, sailboat, sailing, sailor, screwpile
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