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Finding Pax: A Story Of Mystery And Reunion
Kaci Cronkhite has written a story of full immersion. Her recently published book, Finding Pax, takes the reader on a seven year journey connecting many lives that have been touched by a singular vessel. The author’s search for Pax’s origins … Continue reading
Posted in Designs, Events, Uncategorized, voyages
Tagged boat, boat-building, Cronkhite, danish, Finding Pax, Kaci, Port Townsend, sailboat, sailing, sailor, spidsgatter, watercraft, wind spur books, Wooden Boat Festival, Woodenboat
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Book Collecting Warms a Sailor’s Soul
In my east coast incarnation I was a seller of so-called antiques and collectibles. It amounted to being a sort of nostalgia merchant. The experience showed me that niche markets grow from niche interests. If you are a stamp collector … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged boat, boat-building, book, bookseller, independent, map, naval architect, publisher, sailboat, sailing, sails
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The Dungeness Crabber, A Boatbuilder’s Legacy
The human brain is a facile machine that can pump out an ocean of ideas. Some are gold, some are dross and fate may have it that some will fade into obscurity. A designer’s legacy is that portion of his … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Designs, Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged boat, boat-building, carlsborg, cutter, Dungeness, gaff, John Magner, magazine, pocket, Port Townsend, sailboat, sailing, Straits of Juan de Fuca, washington, Woodenboat, yacht
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Wood: Fiber Fit For A Festival
Wood is a superior substance from which mere mortals bring skill to natures finest boatbuilding material. Acolytes of the sacred fiber are poised for the annual pilgrimage to Port Townsend to see boatbuilding elevated to it’s highest state. I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Sailor's crafts
Tagged boat, boat-building, Chestr yawl, Pax, Port Townsend, sailboat, Straits of Juan de Fuca, Wooden Boat Festival, Woodenboat
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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
Posted in Building, Podcasts, Uncategorized
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
Posted in Building, Sailor's crafts, Video
Tagged boat-building, boatbuilding, sailboat, sailing, video, Winter, Wooden Boat Festival
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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
Posted in Building, Sailor's crafts
Tagged boat-building, chester, garage, sailboat, storage, varnish, 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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The Boat Guy Talks Up Pelicans, Cool Video
Little surprises crop up on my Facebook page. The good ones are not trying to seduce me into buying useless stuff. The best ones have actual nautical content that speaks directly to my soul. Today’s serendipity was a posting from … Continue reading