Published for
Volume X V I
members of the
Number 5
Center for
October, 1994
Wooden Boats
THE CENTER GETS A CUSTOM-BUILT WORK BOAT
CWB'S NEW SHOP MANAGER JOINS THE TEAM
O n l y three types of very specialized ponds at sawmills, yacht yards like the C o n c o r d i a company, and The Center for Wooden Boats.
Since neither of the first two
seemed likely to donate a spiffy little tug to the third, the Center had been making do with an ancient L y m a n outboard runabout. M a k i n g do, that is until June 9 when the Seattle Central C o m m u n i t y College Center for W o o d Construction, instructor Dave M u l l e n s , and assorted student builders presented our museum with the Capt. Pete, a truly small tugboat with an unlimited lifetime warranty. Pete C u l l e r built the original to do much the same sort o f work our edition will do at the Center: m o v i n g floats, chivvying yachts and small boats around the extremely limited space of our moorage, and towing watercraft from our collection to other locations. This is not a toy, either, or a cruising boat made to look like an honest
DO and what I came up with is: c o m b i n i n g
dawn on me that I needed a little excitement
my interests in wooden boats and in working
in my life.
H o w well I remember stepping
ashore in Newport, RI, my 18' converted
with people.
The timing of Carl L i n d ' s
decision to move on to other things was
lifeboat and having been blown across our
fortuitous.
finish line in a 50 knot gale off the Atlantic,
notice for the job opening and a bit stunned
and thinking to myself " W e l l , B o b , that was
when D i c k called to offer me the position.
jolly good fun but what can we d o that will
really the perfect Bobjob.
really test our mettle?"
C o m i n g back to my
I was quite excited to see the Its
I have always been impressed with
digs after having spent the evening being
C W B as a place where people can hang out
wined and dined by the local glitterati I
around wooden boats and remember some of
began to think longingly of the warm, sunny
the simpler, better things.
beaches of the Pacific Northwest.
the energy and effort that keeps it growing and
The
I'm impressed by
question became, of course, how to make
expanding. A n d , of late, I've become even
myself at home in that paradisiacal place
more impressed with the people programs that
and yet live out some personal challenge that
happen here, particularly those that work with
w o u l d help me answer the question "Just
at risk kids and people facing physical
how good am I?" A n d answer came there
challenges.
straight and true:
be connected with. I'm convinced that our
work at the Center for
Wooden Boats. An epiphany! Actually, it didn't happen quite that way.
Its basically true, though, except for
What makes a real tug? and an oversized rudder for positive control. As befits a yard lug. she can turn in a single boat length, go from full ahead to full astern in two. and has a substantial upright towing bitt forward of the rudder so the tow doesn't W i t h a four-cylinder
Westerbeke diesel turning an oversized prop, she can pull (or push) anything in the Center inventory. Pete has a displacement of 2,600 pounds, the stem and backbone of a 40-foot fishing boat, and draws 2 feet 2 inches; all this in a scant 15 foot 6 inch beam. This d i m i n u t i v e size, coupled with a massive inch-thick scantlings, dictates a hard chine, but the stern is fully rounded to allow reverse nudges without the risk of scarring For further protection,
the boat sports a tug's full array of truly substantial rubrails and underwater where Style really counts, there's a proper towboat Stern that won't squat, no matter how hard the
time lately thinking about W H A T I W A N T T O
small boat of one kind or another it began to
She's deep-keeled, with a lot of drag
yacht-grade topsides.
I really have spent a fair amount of
After my fifth circumnavigation in a
work boat, but a real tug in small scale.
do the steering.
lifeboat, and the glitterati.
By B o b Perkins
by Chas. Dowd establishments need truly small tugboats: log
the parts about the circumnavigations, the
pull. Continued on page 3 I
Its those things that I'm excited to
boats and the things that happen around them can serve to make many lives less mundane. As I ' m sure many people understand
even more clearly than I, we need all
been anyplace to stow it and on the cabin top
ferry to Bainbridge Island, ate a marvelous
was a metal tripod that we scouts assumed
dinner of rice and salad - every last grain of
that C W B continues to be more than just a
was a .50 machine-gun mount until a retiring
food in Andrea's cupboards.
great idea.
skipper donated the azimuth compass that it
visions of sugar plums, danced in our heads -
the volunteer help we can get
to make sure
I'm hopeful that I ' l l get to know
all the old-timers well and soon. A n d I want
was intended for.
attesting to our hunger - I hate sugar plums.
to encourage folks w h o ' v e been thinking
The next morning we, were up at 7 and off to
about helping us out to come d o w n and pilch in! Feel free to let me k n o w how I can help
The radio was as large as a moderate-
We went our happy way with Chal-
D u r i n g the waning days of the 50's, I was a Sea Scout aboard the SES Challenger. Challenger was a Gompers conversion, a 50' Originally a liberty
boat used to ferry shoregoing sailors around
total number of digits divided by two you get
lenger, stranding in Oak Harbor, running
lucky 7). T h e race was a crooked course
aground on the Skagit Flats, going through the
dodging boats on moorings, and fighting the
wrong side of Deception Pass in a heavy storm
current, and avoiding other uncoxed boats.
against the tide, crunching into various
Since I had been a cox for a year in school I
immovable pierheads, and trying to learn how
recognized that the line was crooked and the
to cook on the diesel stove. We took for
favored end also had a straight shot and less
granted the solidity of her construction, and
current, so I lined up there. W h i l e we waited
callously painted over the bright mahogany of
for the race to start each of us noticed that we
her w i n d o w s i l l s and doorjambs.
were the only boat with women rowers - it was then I knew we would w i n . The rest is history
trawler yacht built on a war surplus N a v y hull exactly as old as I was.
D a n was given number 53 - w h i c h was lucky (if you add the digits then subtract the
I ' m really happy to be here!
by Chas. D o w d
Port Townsend filled with hot black coffee.
sized bank safe and never worked.
to make it a fun and rewarding experience.
MEMORIES OF ANOTHER SCHOOL CONVERSION
As we slept
I can only wonder what she w o u l d cost
- we beat the long boats, the jolly boats and the dories to take the prize for C W B .
today.
the protected anchorages of the West Coast, she came to the school as an open launch lined with seats, having an engine box amidships and an elevated steering station with a tiller right aft.
Even though she was humble work
boat, she was built to naval O C & R standards with a solid fine-grained Douglas Fir stem and keel, oak ribs, and 1 1/4 inch
Port Orford
cedar planking. There was a butt block in the galley and another somewhere in the engine room, but otherwise her planking was full run end-to end. She was a good example of a conversion designed to teach the students as many crafts as possible.
Graduates must have been
destined for the Puget Sound N a v y Yard because the w i r i n g was all shielded cable, installed to N a v y specs. There was an annunciator on the bridge with speakers in every compartment and four channels left over. Sound-powered phones were everywhere: on the foredeck, in the engine room, aft by the
CWB GIG DAN TAKES THE PRIZE
companionway and on the fantail. We had
By Roger Coulter
talkers wearing headphones passing orders
T h i s summer a small crew scraped itself
everywhere you could turn. Getting
together to show the C W B Flag and row the
underway
G i g D a n at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat
Japanese
was a ceremony elaborate as a
Festival.
cha-yo-nu.
L o r i H i g a , Andrea Parish and I
convinced our visiting G e r m a n kayakers, Jens Bridge controls were unheard of.
and Betina to j o i n us, over their protests that
Instead we had a huge brass engine room
they had never rowed before and they didn't
telegraph fit for a light cruiser.
want to sit backwards.
In the engine
room, in addition to the main Hercules diesel, there was a separate hand-started light plant
We practiced on M o n d a y and Wednesday before the race weekend.
R o w i n g fast is
and a separate bilge pump with its o w n mini-
much more than pulling hard.
diesel.
coordination accounts for 8 0 % of speed over
Every water, fuel, or air valve had an
engraved plastic label with its name on an on/
Style and
water, and for the long pulls, they count for
off direction arrow. Every piece of piping had
100%. W i t h i n twenty minutes it was clear
an arrow showing the direction of flow. There
this team had natural style, and were built to
were little plaques of instructions for every-
row together.
thing except the stove.
istic flash of organization we actually had the
On Thursday in an uncharacter-
boat on the trailer and ready to go - more than There was a mast and boom that could have brought aboard a 26' lifeboat, if there had
twenty four hours in advance. On Friday night we took the 9:00 p.m.
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Jens and Betina have moved on to N e w Jersey, Bellingham, or Germany ( I can't remember which). We've found two ringers, Yvonne, and E m i l i e , to replace them but only time w i l l tell if this crew has the panache, and I'm quite sure our competitors will train hard all winter. We are training for the Pacific Challenge in M a y , a race that involves rowing, sailing, singing, knot tying, costumes, and navigation. N o w we are training in D a n , and looking for a good long-boat, because Dan cannot sail, so can only compete in a portion of the race. N o w we are training once a week, but we hope to go up to twice a week by early spring.
Anyone who would like to join, please
give us a call.
Continued from page 1
commercial boatbuilding.
Cap'n Pete To keep the pull low, so a sideways load
The full course is
respected because of their skill.
There was a
six quarters, spent equally between wood and
freemasonry of artisans who had status within
fiberglass construction techniques. M o s t of
their own communities, whose work could be
doesn't roll the Pete over, freeboard is at a
the graduates will be involved i n finishing
seen and judged for what it was by k n o w l -
premium. A n d heavy as she is, the Pete doesn't
work, adding w o o d components to glass or
edgeable peers.
rise much to meet a wave. T o w i n g through the
aluminum hulls.
by what they earn,"
Montlake C u t in heavy traffic can be a wet
Learning to work with what you've got
little job, as one of the staff found out,
"There was a tremendous amount of
bringing some of the Center's boats back from
bending and fitting in the Capt. Pete, just the
a Lake Washington movie shoot.
kind of tasks they're going to be facing,"
The S C C C students w h o built the Pete made several improvements on the C u l l e r design.
T h e y substituted a two-layer double
diagonal bottom of half-inch planks with a
is getting more and more c o m m o n as the big, harder to find, at least at boatyard prices.
original, improving its long-term watertight-
fitting and scarfing pieces together.
ness. T h e y replaced the push-pull "monkey
' T h e engine had a broken gear and
stick" rudder control with a proper wheel, and
when we tried to replace it, we found out it
moved the engine gauges from the engine box
wasn't a stock part.
to a forward console.
find another.
It took us six months to
T h a t ' s another thing it's
valuable for the students to learn:
in today's
for our school," said M u l l e n s , head instructor
world y o u ' v e got to work with what you've
at what he ruefully calls "Seattle's best-kept
got." T h o u g h the big w o o d isn't as readily available, M u l l e n s says that it "really pushes
The SCCC Center for Wood Construction
one of his hot buttons when people say that the craftsmanship isn't there anymore."
" W e ' r e not a boatbuilding shop, we're a
' T h e real truth is that there just used to
school that teaches boatbuilding skills and
be two classes in this country, the upper and
sometimes the end product is a boat.
the lower," he explains.
We don't
in his books and magazine articles.
clear, straight-grained pieces of w o o d get T h e y ' r e going to spend their working lives
Arts in 1936.
Culler often said much the same sort of thing
big, short pieces of timber, too, something that
the 1-inch herringbone construction of the
secret," begun as part of Gompers Industrial
M u l l e n s contends.
A n d come to think of it, the late Captain
M u l l e n s explained. ' T h e y were working with
layer of Scotchshield 5200 between them for
"Capt. Pete is the ideal type of project
Today, people are measured
"There wasn't any
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR E a c h year we ask our members to nominate a volunteer w h o fits the description on the permanent trophy at our library:
"In recognition of the highest qualities of volunteerism: Dedication, enthusiasm, leadership; and commitment to the goals of the Center for Wooden Boats" Please send or deliver your written
have one student, or a small group of students
middle class, no professional, managerial class
build the entire hull, for example.
at all. M a n y of the best boats, the ones
nominations to: Director, Center for Wooden
gets to spile, fit, and hang a plank. Then, once
everyone admires nowadays were built during
Boats before our midwinter Potlatch of Feb
they've learned how to do that, they go on and
the Depression. An owner or a yard could
26, 1995. T h e committee of the Director and
learn something else.
say—do a real good job, take all the time you
prior winners: Horace Ingram, D a v i d Erskine,
moved away from the bigger projects we used
need, do everything top grade—because a
and Vern Velez will select from the nominations. A l l nominees w i l l be announced at the
Everybody
That's why w e ' v e
to do when I was a student in the program.
skilled craftsman came real cheap.
The idea is to expose as many students as
somebody with a skill wants to be able to
possible to as many different aspects of
make a decent wage with it." "In the thirties, good craftsmen were
boatbuilding as possible. A few students will take on a special task and make it their own.
Catie Chaplan
and M a r k Urnes did most of the lofting and another student built the whole deck, a job nobody else seemed to want to do. T h i s way of working takes a lot of time and our 'customers' learn a lot about patience.
We're
currently working on a 26' steam launch and V m not making any promises about the delivery date." In previous projects undertaken for the Center, S C C C students have restored sailing or rowing boats. T h e Capt. Pete gave them a chance to work on engine installation, fitting and aligning a propeller shaft with its bearings and stuffing box, installing controls, and other mechanical details.
Today,
A donated engine and
supply of wood from B o b and Erica Pickett's R o u n d e r B a y establishment meant that Mullens c o u l d minimize inroads on his instructional supplies. M u l l e n s was also clear about the challenges the Capt. Pete presented and how they w i l l help his students in the real world of
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Potlatch.
NAVIGATING WITH A VIKING SUNSTONE
WOMEN WHO SAIL A unique sailing adventure from some of the Northwest's most outstanding sailors.
by Leif K. Karlsen
On November 22, at 6pm the Sailing
T h e sunstone works according to the
Foundation is sponsoring an event with all the
principle of the sky compass (see H . O . Pub.
leading women sailors from the Northwest.
N o . 216 A i r Navigation).
They w i l l be giving a total of eight twenty
T h e similarity between the usage of the
minute presentations throughout the evening.
sky compass and the sunstone is so striking
There w i l l be hors d'oerves, dinner, hosted
that one has only to investigate which minerals
beverages, door prizes, and more.
were available to the V i k i n g s and had the same effect as the artificially produced
T h e speakers w i l l be: Stephanie
CORPORATE DONATIONS We w o u l d like to thank several
Armitage-Johnson, A m e r i c a ' s C u p all-women
Polaroid filter.
team, Deb Sullivan, U S Sailing Team M e m b e r
There are 4 naturally occurring crystals
470s O l y m p i c C a m p a i g n , Susan K e r r and the
that might be used for the sky compass or
individuals for making timely donations of
Andiamo ID team, S W S A Pacific C u p
sunstone: Cordierite, Andalusite, Turmaline,
materials, supplies and information during the
Challenge ' 9 4 , N a n c y Render, and the M a g i c
and the Iceland spar also called Calspar.
past month.
Carpet team, Pacific C u p ' 9 4 , K i m Verde,
B i l l Boulton, of Salmon Bay
In my example I am using the Iceland
Software has for more years than we know,
Chance, first to finish, V i c - M a u i 1994, Karen
formated our newsletter Shavings.
Thorndike, G a i l B o r l i n g , and other V i c - M a u i
Each
Spar. In order to use this crystal directly as a
month he w o u l d spend hours formatting and
veterans, Betty Pearce, single and
sunstone, a slight trick must be used.
reformatting the newsletter, and I am happy to
doublehanded offshore cruising expert, C a r o l
spot should be placed on the surface on the top
announce through a generous donation from
Pearl, Tugboat Annie 1993, and a few other
side of the crystal w h i c h faces towards zenith.
Adobe Pagemaker, we are now able to do
Tugboat Annies, N a n c y Erley, five year
L o o k i n g through the stone from beneath, the
that work in
circumnavigation with an all-women crew.
spot appears to be double.
house, saving both B i l l and
ourselves days of work.
Thank you B i l l and
thanks to A d o b e / A l d u s . Walker Ritcher & Quinn and Fisher Properties awarded C W B a $ 3 0 0 0 grant for our Disadvantaged youth programs.
Proceeds w i l l benefit the Sailing
A black
U p o n rotating the
stone 9 0 degrees you will see one spot fade
Foundation Programs: Junior sailing. Teens at
and the other become stronger.
R i s k , education grants, Footloose Sailing
dots appear to be equal strength, note the
Association.
position of the stone.
The
Please contact A m y Shepard, The
When the two
T h e bearing to the sun
is perpendicular to the edge of the crystal
money came from their Summer Splash
Sailing Foundation 7001 Seaview Ave N W
facing toward the sun.
welcome to the neighborhood party, and went
Seattle, WA 98117 784-2653. $ 3 0 per person.
a few degrees.
Our own Norwegian,
furnishes a directional reference when the sun
towards our programs this summer. We have brought our security measures
T h e sky compass and the sunstone Lief Karlsen and his
up to date, with great help from Bob's Lock
merry band of sailors
and Key Service.
continuing work on our Faroe Island Boat.
Through neighborhood
support, and small donations such as this we
The
can focus our energy on returning our
new sail,
resources to the community.
with the square rig.
R e P C in South Seattle recognised our
It is accurate to within
and shipwrights
latest accomplishments include
is
fitting
is near the horizon but obscured by clouds, or during twilight when the sun is below the a
and almost daily practice sailing Captain Larry Gellerman
horizon, providing only that the zenith is clear. It is used principally in the Polar regions, where the V i k i n g s traveled. At this
came aboard this fall to give her a whirl.
latitude the G y r o and the Magnetic compass is
desperate need of computer hardware and
Below he is grinning ear to ear at the helm.
unreliable or subject to large errors;
software and generously donated network
Capt Gellerman made the sail to Leifs
lasts for hours, or at the poles, weeks; and the
cards and documentation. We are still looking
specifications,
sun is seldom far from the horizon.
for donors to help us replace our ageing and
Emil
nearly dead laser printer.
Museum of Oslo.
after he
Christiansen,
checked
of the
with Arne
National Maritime
twilight
Observation is easiest when the sun is near the horizon, the sun's altitude between + 10 degrees and -7 degrees. It's accuracy decreased rapidly when the negative altitude of the sun exceeds about 6.5 degrees.
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environment that we all shared ideas and
FINDING ONE'S WAY W h e n D i c k asked me if I would write
experiences about our work. The conference wasn't just a bunch
ARTIFACTS FROM THE SHIPWRECK ADMIRAL SAMPSON ON VIEW AT MOHAI NOVEMBER 1-30, 1994
an article on the 2nd annual disadvantaged
of people randomly yarning however. There
youth and maritime skills Conference,
was a carefully laid out plan that didn't
"Finding O n e ' s Way". I said sure. I enjoyed
become totally evident until the end of the
announced that artifacts from the shipwrecked
the w h i r l w i n d weekend immensely and
conference when we all realized we had at
passenger steamer A d m i r a l Sampson will be
assured D i c k that I would be happy to write
least hit on all of the topics we wanted to
on view for the first time at the museum
about what it had been like to be a participant.
cover. Everything was there and everything
November 1 -30, 1994. The artifacts will be
The conference began Friday
The M u s e u m of History and Industry
happened very smoothly. We started early and
auctioned off at the museum December 1 from
evening. I was to give a brief (four and one
went late. There were general discussions
6pm to 10pm.
half minutes, five if I really needed it)
ranging from shop work to fundraising. The
explanation of A l l Aboard, the Center for
only thing that could stop us was the wonder-
artifacts from the A d m i r a l Sampson were
After 80 years on the ocean floor,
Wooden Boats' Summer program. C W B had
ful food that was prepared in our o w n C W B
salvaged from Puget Sound by Argonaut
just been awarded a grant for summer
kitchen by the chefs L o r i H i g a , Trip Zabriskie,
Resources, Inc. of M u k i l t e o . T h e salvage,
programs at C W B & C a m a Beach. I was to fit
and Leslie O l d h a m .
that in to my talk as well.
Go ahead and take
which began on September 26 and was
For me, the conference was about
completed on October I off Point No Point,
the full five minutes. H a v i n g several weeks to
validation of what I do, and a major charge of
prepare for my talk I was completely at ease
ideas and information about how to do it
history.
with the idea of winging it right up until the
better. As strongly as I feel about maritime
successful retrieval of 125 artifacts.
very end.
skills and hands on style learning. I often find
artifacts w i l l be on view in the marine hall of
but I was intimidated by the high stature of the
myself in a situation where I am called upon to
the museum, including port holes, brass
other participants (most easily
either defend or explain experiential learning
letters, a binnacle, telegraph unit, and several
of how far they had come to be h e r e ) . At that
and or the relevance of maritime skills and
pieces of the ship's china, in perfect condition.
time I didn't k n o w how much and how easily
heritage to troubled youth.
An underwater video of the ship's recovery
these people w o u l d become my friends by the
be around people who understand both aspects
I ' m not sure what I was expecting ranked in order
It was a real joy to
of what is, for me, the
was the deepest salvage effort in Puget Sound
In fact, most of
Several
and historical photographs of the ship prior to the collision complement the display.
essence of what I believe and how I live.
The expedition resulted in the
The A d m i r a l Sampson was a premier ocean liner constructed in 1898 that carried passengers between Puget S o u n d and Alaska.
the people I talked to
She collided with the SS Princess Victoria
remarked on the wonder-
near Point No Point in dense fog on August
ful environment for the
26, 1914 while enroute to Alaska. T h e
conference. Everyone felt
recovery expedition was spearheaded by Kent
motivated and at ease to
Barnard, President of Argonaut Resources,
really discuss their o w n
Inc.
programs and ideas.
the first to locate the ship in 1991. T h e y began
T h e conference
He and his partner Gary Severson, were
the salvage with the latest in technology, using
was great fun at the time
a two-man submarine from Delta
and all of the ideas and
Oceanographies and underwater remote
discussion are still very
Operated Vehicle (robot) by the Houston based
much alive and at work
company SonSub with hydraulic arms for
now, six months later, and
picking up artifacts.
I ' m sure for a much much longer time to come.
end of the weekend. Nearly every aspect of our maritime heritage was represented at the conference, and everyone was dedicated to passing that heritage on to the youth in their
Editor's Note: Daniel has been an instructor for disadvantaged youth at CWB since 1993. The summer school of teenagers he ran at Cama Beach learned rowing and skills and built a 12' skiff from lofting to planking. Copies of the Transactions for the past two conferences will be available by late '94 for $10 each, $16 for both, plus $1 postage. Participants receive them free.
respective communities. It was w i t h i n this
EDITORS NOTE In last months article on the Sharpie restoration we neglected to mention the name of the man who almost single-handedly restored the boat.
omitted
his name for
his recognition.
Fred Stark, is the man
everyone needs to thank for the restoration of what has very quickly become the Center's favorite boat.
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We
privacy and have been besieged with calls for
LOFTING
CALENDAR OF EVENTS M A R I N E SKILLS WORKSHOPS Every 3rd Friday
WORKSHOP
Fee: $115/$125 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p . m . C W B Boathouse Instructor: Eric Hvalsoe
C W B THIRD FRIDAY S P E A K E R SERIES
A l l year 'round (Classes Every D a y in the
8 p.m. C W B Boathouse
Summer!)
boat from a table of offsets.
L E A R N T O "SAIL N O W ! "
w i l l enable students to read plans and
finds a speaker of wit and experience to talk
Fee:
understand the arcane mysteries of bevels,
about his or her special knowledge.
C W B membership)
rabbet lines, deductions and construction
11 &/or 1:30 Saturday &/OR Sunday
drawings. This class is highly recommended
Each month, except December C W B It is also
an opportunity for C W B members to meet one another and the staff.
$125 per person (includes a one-year
Refreshments served.
Students w i l l learn to sail classic boats in one session of classroom work and
Students w i l l loft a classic Davis This workshop
as a prerequisite for our boatbuilding workshops.
L i m i t e d to 6 students.
N o v e m b e r 18, 1994 (Friday)
four (or more) sessions of hands-on instruction
T H I R D FRIDAY S P E A K E R
in our small boats, no more than three students
February 1 1 - 1 9 (Saturday - Sunday)
W O R L D CRUISING W I T H T O M &
per instructor.
C A R V E L W O R K S H O P - DAVIS B O A T
C A R O L BEARD 8:00 p.m. C W B Boathouse T o m is a retired US N a v y and Coast Guard pilot. Tom and Carol have done extended cruising the past 10 years, and covered about 130,000 miles. They w i l l give a slide talk on their most recent cruise, which took them 1 1/2 times around the world, visiting 35 countries. December 18, 1994 (Sunday) FROSTBITE P O T L A T C H This is one of our 4 membership gatherings, b u t open to all guests of members too. T h e purpose is to show off our collections, give a run d o w n on our plans and have some recreational sailing. M e m bers and guests are welcome to bring their boats. There w i l l be a pot luck dinner. A $5 donation is requested for the use of our boats. January 20,1994 (Friday) THIRD FRIDAY S P E A K E R SERIES M A P S O F T H E A N C I E N T SEA KINGS 8:00 p.m. C W B Boathouse Professor R i c h a r d Warren teaches
Students w i l l graduate w h e n able to
Fee: $ 5 5 0 / $ 6 0 0
the history of technology at M I T . Warren has
sail a variety of keel, centerboard, sloop and
8:30 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. C W B Boatshop
done extensive research about the accurate
catboats by instinct.
Instructor: E r i c Hvalsoe
charts of parts of Greenland, Antarctica and
Saturday, space permitting.
South A m e r i c a that existed before C o l u m b u s .
for reservations.
He w i l l give a slide talk on the possible
Y o u may begin any Please call ahead
Students w i l l build the classic 16' Davis Boat featured in our monograph. The
For the student who is only free on
D a v i s Boats were a double-ended Alaska
origins of a culture that had the technical
weekdays, or prefers to have one-on-one
fisherman's boat. "Three generations of
ability to voyage and chart 10,000 years ago.
instruction, we continue to offer individual
Tsimshian Indians built the finest little boats
A n d they didn't come from M a r s .
lessons ($20) on Weekdays.
you can imagine in Metlakatla, A l a s k a " . " T h e
C a l l for an
appointment.
boats were an immediate sensation and were largely responsible for launching a new hand-
February 26, 1995 (Sunday) MID-WINTER
POTLATCH
This is one of our 4 membership gatherings, b u t open to all guests of members
Frequent Weekends
troll fishery in Southeastern Alaska...
A D V A N C E D SAILING SEMINARS
Fishermen would buy a pair of oars in Ketchikan, come to Metlakatla in the morning
Fee: Variable
too. T h e purpose is to show off our collec-
O u r A d v a n c e d Sailing Seminars are
and say, 'John, I'd like to have a 14-foot boat,
tions, give a run d o w n on our plans and have
scheduled on frequent weekends a l l summer
and I'd like to have it this e v e n i n g . ' " (Excepts
some recreational sailing.
long.
from the D a v i s M o n o g r a p h , C W B ) T h e
M e m b e r s and
The weekend seminars are overnight,
guests are welcome to bring their boats. There
and include navigation and cruising tech-
instructor is a nationally recognized boat
w i l l be a pot luck dinner. A $5 donation is
niques.
builder and designer and has run dozens of
requested for the use of our boats. At this event we w i l l announce the winner of the Volunteer of the Year A w a r d .
These classes are open to all gradu-
ates of Sail N O W ! and sailors with basic
C W B Workshops.
skills. Contact the Center for Wooden Boats
are required. M a x i m u m 7 students.
Basic woodworking skills
to sign up for the next available seminar. M a r c h 11, 1995 (Saturday) February 4 & 5 (Saturday & Sunday)
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BASIC W O O D W O R K I N G
Saturday 9:00 - 5:00 C W B Boatshop Fee:
2628
patience.
$40/$45
Instructor
He took on a slug of other projects,
Charlie Mastro
NOTE:
An introduction to the art and use of
costs.
Fees indicate member/non-member
A $ 1 0 0 non-refundable deposit is
always unscheduled and did a superb job: the merchandise kiosk, portable display panels,
woodworking tools. Charlie shows you how to
required with registration for all boat building
boat slings, racks, temporary structures and the
do the basics: sharpening and maintenance of
workshops, w i t h the balance payable one week
glamourous, sinuous Boat B e n c h .
your tools and simple joint making. His genial
prior to the workshop.
manner and teaching style w i l l have you using
w i l l insure your place in all other workshops.
volunteers w h o w i l l help Boatshop Manager
woodworking tools like a pro in no time at all.
Classes with fewer than
the second. B o b Perkins, carry on the high
Limited to 6 students.
canceled or postponed.
standards of restoration.
M a r c h 25, 1995 (Saturday)
COURSES WE USUALLY OFFER
his obedient, if lethargic C o r g i , C a l e b , back at
P L A N E M A K I N G & CHISEL USE
DURING T H E Y E A R Basic W o o d w o r k i n g B l o c k Plane M a k i n g Carvel Plank Boat B u i l d i n g Canvas Canoe Repair and Restoration Celestial N a v i g a t i o n H a l f model building Lapstrake boatbuilding Lofting Metalurgy, B r o n z Casting M o d e l Ship b u i l d i n g Oar Making Rigging Sailing and A d v a n c e d Sailing Sail M a k i n g and repair Strip plank K a y a k B u i l d i n g The Salish People and their skills - a cruise aboard the Z o d i a c Wooden Boat Restoration Wood Carving
C W B occasionally, taking o n special projects.
Pre-payment in full 4 students will be
Best of all, C a r l left a legacy of
A n d don't be surprised to see C a r l and
Fee: $70/$75 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. C W B Boatshop Instructor: Charlie Mastro Students each will create their o w n planes under the guidance of the tool maestro himself.
Charlie w i l l cover the basics of the
blade - sharpening and maintenance - and lead the class through the intricacies of shaping and forming the body of the plane and inserting the blade.
Each student will take home a tool that
w i l l last a lifetime.
L i m i t e d to 6 students.
A p r i l 8-13 (Saturday - Thurday) MAINE GUIDE C A N O E W O R K S H O P Fee:
$360/400ref private
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day C W B Boatshop Instructor:
Jerry Stelmok
Students will build a classic canvas-on-wood canoe. Jerry Stelmok of M a i n e is the premier
CARL LIND Three years ago we hired C a r l as our
builder of this type of canoe, has written the
first Boatshop manager.
definitive book on canvas and wood canoe
about three years, when wife Susan completed
building and has taught several classes on the
her Masters program and had a job, he might
subject.
move on to another job.
Students must have woodworking
experience.
C a r l then said in
Those three years
went too fast to believe.
M a x i m u m 6 students.
C a r l : c a l m , tough, commander, planner, A p r i l 1 4 - 2 1 (Friday - Friday)
creator, perfectionist, teacher. He restored our
C A N O E RESTORATION WORKSHOP
boats through Zen-like c o m m u n i o n with the
Fee:
original fabric, consummate s k i l l , and infinite
$360/400ref private
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day C W B Boatshop Instructor:
Jerry Stelmok
We plan to find a canoe that needs a new canvas, a few new ribs, and planks and a maybe even a new stem. T h e n fix it.
Everyone
who has or appreciates true classic wood and canvas canoes should k n o w how to fix them. If you have a canoe that needs fixing, maybe yours can be the class project. A p r i l 29. 1995 (Saturday) Rebecca Witman's Brightwork Seminar Fee: $ 1 0 0 / $ 1 2 5 9:00am - 3:00pm C W B Boathouse M s . Whitman, the author of The Art of Brightwork,
w i l l give a one day seminar on
varnishing and brightwork.
The class w i l l
likely cover everything from technique to brushes and various products.
She plans to
publish a revised edition of her landmark book, and this class will be a test ground for her some of her new products and techniques. In the past this class has been sold out early, so call in for reservations immediately. 382-
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IN MEMORIAM " M a c " died at age 45 this past September. Murray M c L e n d o n was the cheerful renter of our boats and helper of our Boatshop. He used C W B the way we hope others w i l l , as a hangout where he could trade stories with the visitors and staff, try out an interesting boat, and lend a skilled hand on the ongoing restoration of our collections. We first heard of Mac's death when an obituary writer from one of the daily's called us for some comment, because Mac's family asked for remembrances to be made to C W B or the American Heart Association. We thank the many friends and relatives of M a c who generously donated to us. We plan to put his name on one of the boats we are restoring, so M a c can keep on sailing at C W B .
CLASSIFIEDS T h e Classified A d s are available, free of charge to C W B members. Please contact Roger at C W B if you would like an ad to appear in Shavings or Sawdust.
Classic O l d T o w n Sport Boat, approximately
Christopher P o m p e l , Giant C i r c l e , Waldron,
35 years old. Length 11 feet 9 inches. Boat
W A 98297
kept under cover. good condition. $1500 obo.
Interior ribs and planking in Transom cracked; repairable.
P h i l i p K o h l , (206) 385-7467
O l d wooden boat with cuddy cabin 2 0 ' or less to be used dry as a "play boat" for kids. C o n d i t i o n not important. C a l l Jack at (206)
FOR
SALE:
1955 14' Norseman Runabout, Oak deck,
Shop tools: 3 1/2" slick $70, K u n z hollow face spokeshave $20, Stanley Round face spoke-
(rebuilt) Trailer (206) 862-8077 Rushton 15' Indian Princess Canoe, Pre 1908,
A l l Steel bevel $ 1 5 , Stanley#78 Rabbet Plane
Restored, O w n e r (216) 397-1061
$65, Stanley Bullnose plane $ 3 0 , Bailey #5 1/2 $45, Bailey #4 Corrugated sole $55, Sergeant -
Retired US A r m y Picket Boat, 1953 Tacoma
M a r k e d #407 2 " x 8 " sole 1 5/8" iron $75.
W A , Honduras Mahogany, 64 feet. Has not
Tony Brent 7813 First Ave N W , Seattle, W A
been converted-still military style. $ 4 9 , 9 9 9
98117 (206) 783-0228.
Bob Burns 259-1870
2 6 ' Sierra Class Sloop Makai Builder:
WANTED:
H u l l : Red Cedar/Bent O a k . Sail away price at $9995. C a l l E d 764-5032 3 hp Seagull short shaft.
Boat Covers to protect out boats from the elements and prevent costly maintenance of our boats. We w i l l also accept donations
Zero hours after
complete refurbishing by dealer $300.
Robert
C o x , 1206 Concannon B l v d . , Livermore, C A 94550-6002 (510) 606 5611
toward the cost of buying materials. C W B 382-2628 Weather station for C a m a Beach: w i n d direction, velocity, gust indicator; barometer,
Beautiful Classic cedar strip and fiberglass
wet/dry bulb thermometer.
17' canoe. Contact D o n Baker 883-2312.
preferred to barometer.
M a k e offer. Built by B o b Ruchy - Black Diamond.
M o d e l sailing boats sloop or ketch style- old or new. 2 feet to 8 feet long with sails. A l s o
shave $20, Stanley flat face spokeshave $20,
M o n s o n in 1958, Designer: Ben Seaborn,
322-5391
seats floor, mahogany gunwale, 50 hp Merc
Barograph
C W B 382-2628
Information about Bristol B a y Gillnetters. Practical info on repowering, rig conversions and sound hulls for sale.
Please contact:
would like to commission someone to build me three, seven or eight foot sail boats models.
Phone- M a r y Jasper (808) 822-1703
or write to 2752 Nokekula C r . L i h u e , HI 96766