Hooked On Wooden Boats

I wrap up 8 years of podcasting in this dialogue.

Thanks for listening!

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Inger Rankins during the 2018 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington.

Inger is originally from Norway, and as a youth was regularly rowing the families wooden clinker workboats to and from the island her grandparents lived on. Inger learned to sew her own clothes at a young age, and in 1990 began applying those skills to marine canvas work. She has had her own marine canvas business since 1999 and enjoys the creativity of making sail covers, boat covers and other canvas boat parts. Inger and her husband Sean own and operate Northwest Sail and Canvas Makers.

In this interview, Inger discusses her all night (20 hours straight) rowing in the inaugural Seventy48 human powered race from Tacoma to Port Townsend, WA in a PT Watercraft PT-11 rowing dinghy.

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Eben & Annie during the 2018 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Eben & Annie purchased famed cutter Taleisin from Lin & Larry Pardey several years ago, and are now living aboard her. We talk about what they are learning from Taleisin and what their future plans are.

Today’s podcast is an interview with Jake Beattie during the 2018 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Jake is the executive director of the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. We had fun talking about the festival, R2AK, Seventy48, 48 North Magazine, Maritime Thrift stores and other fun stuff!

Today’s podcast is an interview with Douglas Brooks during the 2018 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.

Doug is a boatbuilder, author, and researcher specializing in the construction of traditional Japanese wooden boats. Brooks has apprenticed with seven boatbuilders in Japan since 1996, building over a dozen types of traditional boats.

Today’s podcast is an interview with Nathan Nelson and Gini Wilson at the 2018 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival at the Northwest Maritime Center.

Nathan and Gini discuss their participation in the 2018 PT Festival Edensaw Boatbuilding challenge and their upcoming journey to Hobart Tasmania Australia to be part of Team USA (along with Steve Stanton and Ryan Chadwick) and build a Haven 12 1/2 to launch and auction off at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival.

Today’s podcast is an interview with Beth Kennedy recorded at the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival at the Northwest Maritime Center.

Beth talks about how she got into boat building, wooden boats, and her SCAMP journey with her late husband.

Today’s podcast is me myself and I recording a podcast about the highlights of this year’s Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival at the Northwest Maritime Center.

As usual I had an absolute blast at the festival during the 4 days I was there. Some of the highlights include:

Watching Marty Loken receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Spirit & Culture

Recording a record 13 podcasts (about 7 hours of recording)

Hooking up with old and new friends in Port Townsend

Attending a great varnishing presentation by Joni Blanchard

Learning about laminating veneers by Ryan Chadwick for Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Attending the R2AK Blazer party

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Marty Loken and Josh Colvin during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Marty is now associate editor of Small Craft Advisor magazine and having fun with it :D.

We talked about SCAMP; a new 6ʹ – 8ʺ pram design; Heather (pilothouse sloop); and lots more cool wooden boat stuff! Tune in and have fun with this story!

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Dillon Majoros during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.

Dillon attend the Landing School and is a designer at CLC Boats in Annapolis Maryland. He’s worked on lots of fun projects including the Teardrop Camper and Waterlust Sailing Canoe. Tune in and have fun with this story

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Doug Jones during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.

Doug is the owner of Traditional Boat Works. He is also the owner of a beautiful 1947 Sparkman and Stephens ’52 Yawl – Pacifica. Tune in and have fun with this story!

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Bruce Tipton during the 2018 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington.

Bruce moved to Port Townsend in the mid 1970’s to check out the wooden boats and has become a part of the Port Townsend Wooden Boat renaissance and culture. He is a master spar maker and boat builder.

In this interview, Tipton discusses how he got to Port Townsend and his work there for the last 40+ years.

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Tiffany and Bruce Halabisky during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Tiffany & Bruce spent 11 years sailing around the world on their 34ʹ Atkin designed gaff cutter Vixen. During the voyage they had 2 daughters (Solianna and Seffa Jane) and the time of their life. Tune in and have fun with this story!

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Simeon Baldwin and Dale Simonson during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Simeon and Dale both own SCAMP micro sailboats. They entered the R2AK first leg in 2017 and had to call the Coast Guard and be rescued due to one crew approaching hypothermia, and also to the SCAMP taking on water (due to a leaking bilge seal). We discuss the entire adventure and the lessons they learned from this harrowing adventure.

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Kelvin Dietz, at the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Kelvin and I met through my podcast a few years back. He has built 2 beautiful pygmy kayaks and loves vintage motorhomes and Datsun 510s. We had a great conversation about all these topics!

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Eben & Annie during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Eben & Annie purchased famed cutter Taleisin from Lin & Larry Pardey about 3 years ago and are now living aboard her. We talk about what they are learning from Taleisin and what their future plans are.

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Karl Kruger of Kruger Escapes during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival

in Port Townsend Washington. Karl is the first person to finish the 750 mile R2AK on a SUP (Stand Up Paddle

Board). He completed the unassisted paddle in 14 days 6 hours and finished ahead of 10 sailboats in the 3rd

annual race. His accomplishment is beyond impressive and I got to sit down with Karl and ask all the fun

questions.

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with famed blue water sailor Lin Pardey during the 2017 Wooden Boat

Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Lin discussed the hows and whys of sailing for millenials

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Graham Byrnes founder of B&B Yacht Designs during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Graham has a fascinating story to tell of his early years of sailing, racing and then designing and building boats.

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Colin Angus during the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington.