August 2013
Luncheon Speakers Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce luncheon meetings are held at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St., at noon each Monday, federal holidays excluded. Everyone is welcome!
Aug. 5 - Jim Rough The owner of Dynamic Facilitation presents: Surprise! … Port Townsend is becoming a model of democracy in the world. Sponsor Kitsap Bank.
Aug. 12 - Heather Flanagan Flanagan, a Master Certified Coach, will discuss The Zen of Sales: How to align your authentic self and core values with successful selling. Sponsor First Federal.
Aug. 19 - Elaine Jones Director of the SBDC will discuss No-Cost & LowCost Resources for small businesses. How and where to reach out to supplement your in-house resources. Sponsor KMI.
Aug. 26 - Linda Kaahanui Senior Transition Specialist Kaahanui with New Seasons Move Management will share tips on making our places of business more senior friendly and senior safe.
Boat school projects take shape PBS commission raises school’s public profile The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock was recently featured in a 7-page cover story in the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine titled “River Rush.” The school was commissioned to build three historic Whitehall boats for a reality-TV documentary for the BBC and Discovery Channel, replicating the journey that John Wesley Powell took down the Colorado River in his epic 99-day expedition in 1869. Instructors Ben Kahn and Jeff Hammond led two combined classes of about 20 students in the design and construction of the Whitehalls. Changes to the original design were made based on documentary evidence that Powell made modifications to help the boats withstand the force of a river run. Two replicas were built 21-feet long and one 16-feet in length. Ben Kahn is now physically training and will actually participate in the upcoming river journey this August, lending his boatbuilding skills to help keep the Whitehalls dry and functioning. You can read the entire Seattle Times article at http://seattletimes.com/html/ pacificnw/2021315164_pacificptvboats14.html. “Sliver” is the working name assigned to the Boat School’s
The Traditional Large Craft program at the school is currently working on construction of a Forest Service scaler’s boat. This traditional Pacific Northwest boat historically was used to work around Puget Sound logjams. The design has been modified and now is a cruising boat. 62-foot contemporary wood composite day sailor designed by the renowned Robert Perry for a client here in the Pacific Northwest. Instructor Bruce Blatchley led students in the Contemporary Wood Composites program to begin construction in April, 2011. The School’s work on the boat will be completed July 31, 2013 after which Sliver will be transported to Seattle for finishing and painting. The boat has a strip-planked hull which students built on molds cut by Turn Point Design of Port Townsend. The hull is western red cedar sheathed in 24-ounce fiberglass. Asked about his participation,
Cooper Parish stated, “I’ve been lucky to work for two years on this project. Now I can use my skills in a lot of composite construction industries – rocket construction being one of them not just boat building.” Instructor Tim Lee leads the Traditional Large Craft program at the school, which is currently working on construction of a Hanson-designed Forest Service scaler’s boat. This traditional Pacific Northwest boat was used historically to work around Puget Sound logjams. Lee liked the craft so much that he redrew Hanson’s lines and extended the boat to 28 feet,
making it fit for use as a cruising vessel. Students began the project this spring and completed construction of the boat’s keel, stem, transom, steam-bent oak frames, and planking. Next year’s class will continue the construction and also begin another boat so that students gain experience with the entire process of boatbuilding. The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock provides three wooden boat building programs -Traditional Small Craft, Traditional Large Craft and Contemporary Wood Composite Construction. The school is unique as it is acContinued on Page 2