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Heritage Boatworks: My Newest Favorite Podcast

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Chris Kleinfelter

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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Boatbuilding In A Small Way

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Chris Kleinfelter

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 →

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Singlehanded Sailing And The Tao Of Independance

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Chris Kleinfelter

Although I am often unaccompanied by other people on board I never sail alone as I count the boat and it’s most important parts to be equivalent.  Each sail is a crew member.  They are fantastic conversationalists, if you’re listening.  … Continue reading →

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Building a Memory, Modeling the Brewer Cat

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Chris Kleinfelter

I first became interested in boats, sailing vessels in particular, when I saw my first ship models.  They were in display cases in the Cabrillo Beach museum in San Pedro, Ca.  I was awed by the web of rigging on … Continue reading →

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A New Magazine For Sailors Comes Over The Horizon

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Chris Kleinfelter

Magazines are going online every day. It seems like they all have a digital version available. At the Wooden Boat Show in Port Townsend I was introduced to a new magazine which is not transitioning to but has launched directly … Continue reading →

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Wooden Boat Show Fever, The Temperature Rises With The Tide

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Chris Kleinfelter

We are just days away from the Wooden Boat Show in Port Townsend, Washington.  I am anticipating a day or two steeped in salty ambiance.  The weather forecast is looking like a cloudy but not particularly wet weekend.   Hotels are going … Continue reading →

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Mystic Cats

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Chris Kleinfelter

Places we visit frequently have a way of developing themes.  After awhile you begin to expect the particular feature of a place to show up as surely as the deep bass notes in a movie involving man-eating sharks.  Sometimes you … Continue reading →

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