Published bimonthly for The Center for Wooden Boats I0I0 Valley Street Seattle, WA 98I09
Volume XVIII Number 2 April, I997 ISSN 0734-0680 I992,CWB
IT'S WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL TIME AGAIN! It's time once again to get ready for The Center for Wooden Boats' biggest celebration of the year, the 2I st Annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival. The dates this year are July 4-6 (Friday - Sunday), the hours are I0 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day and the location is, as always, CWB and the Naval Reserve Readiness Center grounds and Armory. For the uninitiated, the Wooden Boat Festival brings together close to 150 wooden vessels of all sizes and vintages, from rowing dinghies to historic schooners, and makes them available for the entire community to explore, to discover, to experience. Our festival is unique in its ability to turn spectators - from the armchair sailors to high-chair sailors - into participants. This year's festival is no exception to the CWB philosophy that people learn best by doing. All the displays, boats and booths are participatory. There will be demonstrations of maritime skills, including sailing, knot tying, steambending and oarmaking, displays from how-to to historic who-dids, the always interesting Quick & Daring Boatbuilding Contest, water taxi boat rides, toy boat building, lectures and seminars, music, food and, best of all, lots of opportunities to see, touch, feel, experience and admire classic wooden boats. We only need one more thing to make it all work: YOU! It takes a lot of volunteers to put on the Festival. Volunteers to plan, to set up, to operate and to clean up. Volunteers to greet and inform, to transport and charm, to shake the donation cans and sell the ice cream bars. Volunteers to help kids build toy boats and adults buy souvenirs. Volunteers to direct cars to parking and people to bathrooms. Volunteers work in three-hour shifts, so every shift earns you an hour of free boat use. In addition, volunteers and exhibitors will have a front-row seat for the Lake Union fireworks following the potluck dinner July 4th. Volunteer sign-up forms are going out in the mail to all those who helped make last year's Festival such a success. But you don't have to
wait for the mail; just stop by the front desk at the Boathouse and we'll gladly hand over the form. Or if you're a new volunteer, call CWB, (206) 382-2628, and we'll get a form in the mail to you. If you're a wooden boat owner who has never brought his or her boat to the Festival, this might be the year to do so. Just call or write CWB to get a registration form. And we're also still looking for sponsors for various events. Sponsorship opportunities include the Quick & Daring Contest, Awards, Toy Boats and Water Taxis.
Contact Dick Wagner at CWB for details. If you need any more persuasion to get you in the mood for the Festival, stop by CWB and take a look at the 1997 Festival poster. The colorful illustration by Luke J. Tornatzky features the mast of a well-known wooden boat with flags flying. Again this year, K/P Corporation generously printed the poster, thanks to the efforts of Dan Warner. T h e paper was supplied by Zellerbach and the design is by Bill Stanton. The posters are available at CWB for $8 (unframed). - Dick Wagner
THE NEW DOCK CONFIGURATION After a three-week vacation, the sailboats in the livery at The Center for Wooden Boats are once again available for use by the public. Here's an update on what is going on. Why livery sailboats were grounded. A collision with one of the motoryachts at the Henry Pier (to the east of CWB) caused significant damage to the motoryacht. This is not the first time this has happened. Clearly, it is not a good thing to collide with other boats. To prevent further incidences and in consideration of our neighbors, we have shifted the north docks eastward and moved the livery boats to the west side of the docks. All livery boats must depart and land on the west side of the docks (the area between the docks and the Naval Reserve building). Considerations when leaving/landing on the west side of our docks. Leaving from the west side means you are leaving from a lee shore. Since the wind will be blowing your bow onto the dock, it requires that you get a significant push off the dock. When you are pushing off, mind the stern quarter of the boat, as it is easy for them to rotate into the dock and cause damage to the vessel. Winds are even more irregular in the west channel than they were in the east Channel. The winds come over and around the Naval Reserve building. You will be maneuvering in close quarters with other CWB vessels and the moored
schooner Martha. The channel looks narrower but, in reality, there is the same amount of room as there was before when we operated in half the east channel. However, if things go wrong, there is less bail-out area. Sail conservatively in the west channel. If in doubt, circle around, leave the channel and make another approach or sail in a little bit to check out the wind, and then sail out to make another approach. You must remain alert, expect strange wind patterns and be prepared to act quickly and decisively to ensure a safe landing. To the Olympic Racer and the Novice Sailor: Do not kid yourself When landing the boat, it will be different, if not difficult to sail on and off the west side of the dock. Be alert! Because of the changes outlined in this memo, an instructor will be available for those of you that want to give the west channel a try with another experienced sailor in the boat before flying solo. Going out with an instructor for a trial run, can only be a good thing. We highly recommend you take this opportunity. Thank you for your patience. This is a trial period with this new dock arrangement. As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions. Please direct them to a livery staff member or volunteer. - Meg Trzaskoma, Livery Manager
IT REALLY PAYS TO BE A MEMBER OF CWB Since the very first members of The Center for Wooden Boats gathered around the kitchen table at Dick and Colleen Wagner's houseboat, the folks who make up CWB's faithful membership have always known it pays to be a CWB member. It's not just that you get those welcome discounts on boat rentals, workshops and merchandise. You also get the inner satisfaction that comes from being a part of preserving and passing on our precious small craft heritage. You get the camaraderie that comes from sharing off-
hours or volunteer time with like souls who share your penchant for wooden things that float. It's a nice balance between material and emotional gains. And now, you get something more, several somethings, in fact. The ad that appears below is the work of the new owner of The Wooden Boat Shop, Marty Loken. As the old hands know, Marty's been around CWB just about forever. And he's always used his professional talents to contribute to the
You Save Money, CWB Earns Donations As a Member of the Center for Wooden Boats, you can raise funds for theCWB—andsave money foryourself—everytime you shop at The Wooden Boat Shop. We'll donate 5% of all purchases made by Center for Wooden Boats Members to theCWB—andgive you an additional 5 % discount-between now and July 6 (last day of the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival). Just show your Center for Wooden Boats membership card when making a purchase, and we'll send cash to the CWB...and knock 5% off the price of anything you buy. (If you're a mail-order customer, just fax or mail a photocopy of your membership card when making a purchase.) The Wooden Boat Shop, celebrating 20 years of service to woodworkers and wooden-boat owners, supplies boatbuilding kits, plans, materials, fine woodworking tools, books and magazines, free technical assistance, boatbuilding lumber, fastenings, traditional marine hardware...and much more. We also offer workshops in our spacious new Wooden Boat Shop Annex, a fully equipped woodworking shop just down the street. In short, we're the country's leading wooden-boat chandlery, right here in Seattle, with mail-order delivery anywhere in the world. Please give us a call. We'll send a complimentary copy of our recently enlarged newsletter, along with a copy of our Spring Workshop Schedule. You might also want to order our sparkling new I997 WOODEN BOAT SHOP CATALOG, available for $5.00 postpaid. (With the catalog you'll receive a $5-Off Certificate, erasing the cost of the catalog with your first purchase.)
activities of the moment and to CWB's future. Anyone who's ever walked through our front door knows about at least some of those talents. Marty's the photographic whiz behind our famed "Wood on Water" poster series. Even though the last new poster in the series came out more than five years ago, we continue to sell the posters to our on-site visitors and to get requests for them from all over the country. True to his past, Marty is celebrating his acquisition of The Wooden Boat Shop by doing something nice for CWB and for our members (that's paid-up members, please). So even if you aren't in the market to take advantage of his offer of savings for you and donations for CWB (read the ad to get the details), stop by TWBS and say "Thanks" for his efforts. Another nice guy is Sean Kennedy, former staff member and Sail NOW! leader. Out cruising the marine gear stores to put together a basic
sailing clothes package for Sail NOW! students, Sean and Sea Gear's Karen Loff came up with another nice perk for all CWB members: a discount that will amount to 20% on most things at The Sea Gear store. Stop in and shop at the store, 3839 Stone Way N., Seattle, or order by phone, show or fax. your current membership card (as with all the offers mentioned in this story, you must be a member in good standing) and you'll receive up to a 20% discount on regularly-priced marine clothing, safety gear and casual attire. The discount doesn't apply to sale items, boots, books or charts but it does take in Sea Gear's wide range of lines (Helly-Hansen, Douglas Gill, Pro Rainer, Stormy Seas and Mustang, to name a few) and variety of above-water items, including first-aid kits, foam flotation PFDs, whistles, flares and more. The Sea Gear store, which is part of the Doc Freeman's family of stores, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m: Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. You can reach them at (206) 545-1555 or (800) 362-4327.
There's no shortage of nice people connected with CWB, so we've got a couple more CWB—friendlyplaces to tell you about. Bob a Erica Pickett of Flounder Bay Boat Lumber up in Anacortes are another pair of long-time CWB supporters. Bob's served a term or two on the
Board of Trustees and they're both regulars at the Wooden Boat Festival. They've shared their Kingdome Boat Show space with CWB, delivered thousands of feet of planks and plywood for our building needs and done hundreds of other things, big and small, to help keep CWB afloat. It was Bob and Erica who commissioned the design of the Clancy, the lovely fleet built by Alternative School # 1 students and now by fans all over the country. On the other end of the scale, they also supplied the plywood circles that became our Boathouse tables. While Bob and Erica don't have a discount policy at Flounder Bay, they do have a habit of giving CWB members the best deal they can and they deliver to Seattle every week. You'll find Flounder Bay Boat Lumber at I0I9 Third St., Anacortes, WA 98221; (800) 228-4691. And last, but not least, there are Manager Jim Smith and the good folks at Crosscut Hardwoods. Show them your current CWB membership card and you'll receive a 10% discount (does not apply to wholesale accounts). Crosscut has been a faithful supporter of Shavings too; they regularly advertise their selection of quality hardwoods from around the world in these pages. Crosscut Hardwoods is located at 4100 First Ave. S., Seattle, (206) 623-0334 or (800) 7560334.
THIS AND THAT Sunny weather, a spiffed-up storage yard and an incredible array of goodies greeted the more than I00 purchasers and browsers who turned out for C W B ' s spring Treasure Trove garage sale. The sale more than lived up to its name with everything from boats to brass, books to bibelots on sale. Not all the boats got snapped up (see the "Boats for Sale" list on page 8 for those still available) but everything else went out the door by the handful, the bagful and the bucketful. As in previous sales, there was a great group of all-star volunteers and staff who made it all work. Dave Erskine not only toiled for two days doing the set-up, he worked the entire sale and cleaned up afterward. Bob Harris pulled an all-day stint at the cash register and still helped with clean-up. Despite being on crutches, Warren Parker helped with both set-up and the sale itself. Colleen Wagner braved the warehouse chill both to set-up and to provide a used book sale section. Shop Manager Dierk Yochim and Intern Chad Stansberry created order out of chaos inside and outside the warehouse. Youth Education Coordinator John Brennan and Chip
Wall pitched in the morning of the sale with all the last-minute stuff. Thanks to you all for a job well done! *
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During a typical CWB Toy Boat Building event, at peak times you might see 30 or 40 kids busily crafting their dream boats while a halfdozen or so adult volunteers stand by to help when needed. It's a busy but manageable scene. And it's probably the scene Youth Education Coordinator John Brennan and Volunteer Sean Bull wished for when they opened up the Toy Boat activities area as the Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center (the Seattle waterfront's museum-in-the-making) kicked off its public funding campaign. Instead, their aspiring boat builders - all in Grades 2-6 - arrived in groups at the rate of 150 an hour! By the end of the festivities, approximately 600 kids had turned into 600 happy boat builders. Thanks to John and Sean's heroic efforts, not one kid was disappointed. Nice job, guys! * * *
Over the years, The Center for Wooden Boats has received many accolades for its people, programs and exhibits but the recognition of CWB in the March, 1997, issue of the trade publication, Boating Industry, certainly has to be one of the most unique tributes we've ever received. Reporting on the January Kingdome Boat Show, BI Contributing Editor Peter S. Schroeder wrote: "A main attraction for youngsters was the Seattle Center for Wooden Boats, which displayed classic wooden sailboats and rowboats and sponsored a wooden boatbuilding area for kids. With more than 2,000 little boats built and sold, the Center for Wooden Boats was the show's top selling exhibitor in unit sales." Eat your heart out, Bayliner!
NEW EXHIBIT Visitors to the CWB Library these days are in for an extra special treat, a new exhibit that is unique both for what it is and for who used to own it. The exhibit is an octant, dating to the late 1800s. It was donated to CWB by Phil Weinert, father of CWB member Alex Weinert. Thirty years ago Phil got the octant from a legendary singlehander, the late Tristan Jones. He traded it to Phil for an 8mm camera in Ft. Clayton, Panama, where Jones had stopped during his "Incredible Voyage." Octants pre-date the sextants with which most of us are more familiar. The difference between the two has to do with the width of the
arc; as you might guess from the name, the octant has a narrower arc than the sextant and, thus, requires more skill to achieve accurate results. Because of its age and fragility, the octant is one of the very few "Please Don't Touch" exhibits at CWB. It rests under a clear cover on a pedestal crafted in the CWB shop by Boatshop Manager Dierk Yochim.
BOARD NEWS The Board of Trustees has approved a new method whereby CWB members can appear on the annual ballot. Any member who has the support of at least 30 other current CWB members can have his or her name placed on the annual ballot. Members can either nominate themselves or be nominated by others. Nominating forms, with space for at least 30 signatures, will be available in the CWB office. A total of one-third (five seats) of the seats on the Board will be available to be filled by members so nominated. The candidates so nominated who garner the most votes will fill the five available seats. Trustees so elected will then be placed in the regular three-year election rotation. The old method of nominating potential candidates, i.e. filling out a nomination form and submitting the form to the Board Development Committee for review, will remain an option as well. Again, the appropriate form will be available in the CWB office.
These changes have been made in response to a perceived need for members to have more input into the make-up of the Board. The changes were developed by a committee of members led by Dan Warner. Other members were Ede and Scott Cooper, Jim Miller, Charles Mickelson and Lori O'Tool, Dale and Sue Peterson. Kudos to ail for taking the time to thoughtfully address this issue. - Bob Perkins
NOW HEAR THIS! For more than two decades, on the third Friday of each month, CWB has presented a speaker of wit and experience to talk about his or her special knowledge. If you haven't made it to a Third Friday presentation lately, you've missed hearing from some of the most interesting and informative people ever to cross our threshold. But don't despair. CWB's longestrunning program is still bringing fascinating folks face-to-face with those who want to know. For instance, Friday, May I6, Northwest gunkholing gurus Jo Bailey and Carl Nyberg will sail into CWB aboard their Chris Craft (yes, they did at one t i m e m a k e s a i l b o a t s ) Scheherazade to share their vast store of cruising knowledge with the Third Friday audience. Jo and Carl, who have more than 100 years of
cruising experience between them, will present a slide talk filled with cruising tips, historic vignettes, colorful anecdotes and views of the most interesting cruising grounds on the planet. We'll have a supply of their latest book, Gunkholing in South Puget Sound, which they will be happy to autograph for purchasers. The book signing begins at 7:30 p.m., the talk at 8. Then, on Friday, June 20, the inimitable Jacques Thiry makes port at the Third Friday podium (but not with his 100'+Brigantine, Unicorn). Although no longer master of the Unicorn, Jacques is still keeper of her legend. His tales will cover sailing her from the Baltic, across the Atlantic and in the Caribbean. He'll relate his amazing adventures in a slide talk including but not limited to Unicorn's days as a commercial cargo vessel and sail trainer for incarcerated youths and how they all wound up in the television film, Roots." The program begins at 8 p.m. As it always has been, the Third Friday series is open to members and the public, free of charge. Refreshments are served (donations to cover costs are gladly accepted) and there's always time for questions and answers after the presentation. - Judie Romeo
COOK-OFF BENEFITS CWB Our g o o d n e i g h b o r on W e s t l a k e , McCormick & Schmick's Harborside restaurant, will be hosting a new event May 7 and the proceeds will be coming to The Center for Wooden Boats to help support our "All Aboard" program for at-risk youth.
FROM THE MAILBAG Hi Dick, Thanks for your letter. I am sorry it took me a year to answer; I am very lazy when it comes to writing. Having to write in English doesn't make it easier for me. First of all, Bettina and I finally got married! Our w e d d i n g was in Austria, where Bettina's parents have a little summerhouse in the mountains. We had a wonderful coach ride through a very green and sunny Alpine valley that made us think of sitting in midst of a postcard scene. There were also some traditional tasks we had to "survive." I had to build a Lego boat without a manual and let it swim in a creek (the children that surrounded me gave me good advice, though). Bettina had to milk some goats, which wasn't any problem for her. It was lots of fun and we loved the day. The boatyard I am working for started a new 42' sailing yacht in May, '96, which we finished for the Dusseldorf Boat Show in January. The last six weeks were tough; we were working 10 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week, except for Christmas and New Year's Eve. During this time I was already laminating frames for the next project - a "Marinekutter" for a private client. These are the traditional ship's boats of the German Navy that are still used for training purposes. That is why they are better known as "Jugendkutter," which means "youth cutter."
The event, called Gills & Grills, is an outdoor cook-off, showcasing a handful of Seattle's finest chefs barbecuing seafood on the shores of Lake Union. It will take place from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. outside the restaurant, I200 Westlake Ave. N. Teams from six Seattle restaurants will each barbecue a seafood entry for judging by food experts and local celebrities.
Many of the boats are taken on summer cruises to the Danish Islands. They are raced frequently, but not too seriously. Even national championships are held for these boats during Kiel Week. They are open boats, 27' x 7', with a standing lug ketch rig. The version we are building is strip-built over laminated frames, glassed over, and on top of all of this goes a layer of mahogany veneer for aesthetic reasons.
Each of the restaurants will pay an entry fee. The proceeds will go to CWB for the "All Aboard" program where at-risk youth get practical experience in language arts, science, math and history through learning traditional boat building skills, sailing, rowing and seamanship. Through their accomplishments, the youths also gain self-esteem, a concept of teamwork and an appreciation of our maritime heritage.
Well, OK, this is one way to build a boat, but I would really like to build this boat traditionally. Reading the article about the Poulsbo boats in Shavings some time ago lets me hope that this can be done at a competitive price. I would like to work at a yard where I can learn traditional plank-on-frame methods. If there wasn't that green card problem, I'd think about Gannon and Benjamin.
The award-winning program is in its fourth year at CWB and provides services to youths to agencies ranging from Orion Youth shelter to the YMCA and the Boy Scouts.
We are planning another trip to the USA in August and September this year. We haven't decided yet where to go, but if our kayaks are still at CWB it would be attractive to take them on another West Coast trip. That probably means some work on them to get them in shape before leaving.
The public is invited to attend the cook-off. There is no charge.
We are looking forward to seeing you and CWB this year!!! Jens Winckler and Bettina Bolterauer. Ed Note: A few years ago we received a letter from Jens and Bettina in Germany. They planned to vacation in the U.S. and see some of our wilderness by boat. They asked if they could stop at CWB, build kayaks here and go forth and cruise Northwest waters.
of the Admiralty Board judges for the event is CWB's own Dick Wagner. The goal of the Pacific Challenge is to promote hands-on experiential education through friendly competition using traditional wooden boats. Throughout the Northwest the revival of interest in these boats gigs, long boats, jolly boats and Native American canoes - has led to a growth of youth building programs, youth education programs stressing teamwork and self-confidence, leadership and Northwest history.
Always willing to support initiative and traditional skills and foster international relations, we agreed. Jens is a boat builder, Bettina's a veterinarian. They stayed, at our insistence, on one of our cruising sailboats; they built a pair of Greenland-style kayaks on a float at CWB. The hard-working elves in the CWB BoatWhile they were here, they became great friends, shop and Livery are in need of a few items so volunteers and ambassadors for CWB. Then they they can better prepare for the coming heavy sumcast off, camping and cruising among our fabumer season. If you happen to have any of the lous fjords and islands. items below lying about, please consider donating them. Not only would we be ever so grateYes, we still have their kayaks in storful, you'll get the benefit of a tax deduction. age and look forward to hosting this cheerful, helpful, caring pair of CWB members again. • Reliable 25hp outboard motor, preferably of a recent vintage, for our soon-to-be-developed Livery Assistance Vessel (LAV)
WISH LIST
PACIFIC CHALLENGE The 1997 Pacific Challenge, the seventh annual international contest of seamanship for youth, will be held May 17-18 at Percival Landing in Olympia. The competition events include rowing and sailing in traditional wooden boats, knot-tying, sea chantey singing and others. One
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CLASSIFIEDS Wanted: Workshop (to share?). Accomplished wooden boat builder needs work place (living in Bellevue). Pat Garden, (206) 455-5942 or page (206) 67I-2862. Wanted To Buy: Gaff rig cat boat 16' - 1 8 ' good condition. Contact Charlie Norris, 425 N W Greeley St., Camas, WA 98607; (360) 834-1815. Birchbark Canoe Building Courses: Summer, 1997, on Lake Superior (Wisconsin). $850, including lodging. David Gidmark, Dept. 4B, Box 26, Maniwaki, Quebec J9E 3B3. Classified Ads are available, free of charge, only to CWB members. Please contact Judie at CWB if you would like an ad to appear in Shavings or Sawdust.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS THE OCCASIONAL CAFE 7p.m. every other Thursday CWB Boathouse If you haven't yet sampled the pleasures of the Occasional Cafe, better get it in gear. There are only a handful of performances left in this unique radio concert series, presented in association with the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop. The first hour of each two-hour concert is broadcast live from CWB on KBCS-FM, 91.3; the second hour is just for the live audience here at CWB. Admission is $8, under 14 or over 65, $6 (tickets at the door). The concerts continue every other Thursday through May, all beginning at 7 p.m. Scheduled performers are: April I7, Hank Bradley and Cathie Whitesides, old-timey globetrotters, and Molly Tenenbaum, old-timey banjo virtuoso; May 1, David Roth, witty and compelling songwriter, and Leah Kaufman, originals with humor and heart; May I5, Telynor, Celtic and beyond songs and tunes, and Tania Opland and Mike Freeman, folk minstrelsy, and May 29, Tracy Spring, heartfelt and dynamic songwriter, and Greg Scott, original songs of love and more. Every 3rd Friday CWB THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER SERIES 8 p.m. CWB Boathouse Each month CWB finds a speaker of wit and experience to talk about his or her special knowledge. It is also an opportunity for CWB members to meet one another and the staff. Refreshments served (donations to cover costs are appreciated). April 27, 1997 (Sunday) SPRING CRUISE Noon - 8 p.m (Participants' meeting at 1 p.m.) This year our annual time capsule adventure takes us back to 1897, when the arrival of the steamer Portland with a bunch of Klondike miners and a ton of gold dust turned Seattle upside down and the 165' schooner Wawona had just been launched in California. We'll have some special guests for the day: representatives of the Klondike Gold Rush Centennial Committee. They'll help set the mood of the day at the 1 p.m. historical briefing and then provide a slide show and some unique literary contributions after the cruise. There will be prizes both for costumes and for the best prospector's grub for the potluck supper (whatever your dish, bring enough to feed 6). We'll also be announcing the winner of the Volunteer of the Year Award. If you're planning on using a CWB boat, arrive early enough that day to do some boat cleaning (inside and waterlines) or come on down the weekend before and do some scrubbing. Those who participate in the clean-up will have free boat use for the Spring Cruise; otherwise, registration for use of a CWB boat will be $5.
May 16,1997 CWB THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER SERIES 8 p.m. CWB Boathouse (book signing begins at 7:30 p.m.) Jo Bailey and Carl Nyberg have close to 100 years of accumulated cruising experience. They'll be here to let us vicariously share their avocation and know-how. Their slide talk on gunkholing Northwest waters will be filled with cruising tips, historic vignettes, colorful anecdotes and views of the most interesting cruising grounds on the planet. As an extra treat, Jo and Carl will by arriving on their Chris Craft sailboat, Scheherazade (yes, Chris Craft once did make sailboats). Jo and Carl's new book is Gunkholing in South Puget Sound (available at CWB and bookstores everywhere). From 7:30 to 8 p.m., they'll be available in the Boathouse to autograph copies for purchasers. May 17 & 18, 1997 (Saturday & Sunday) STEAMBOAT MEET 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. CWB north floats Call me Puffin. I am a steamboat. I get lots of oil squirted on all my joints. It smells funny, but I like it. My owner keeps feeding me with wood, coal or oil. Yummy! My owner sometimes taps the gauges that show how much steam pressure I have. That tickles. My owner is happy to talk all about my pistons, boiler and stuff like that. It sort of embarrasses me, but my owner really is proud of me and he likes others to know about it. I let my owner toot my whistle because we both love the sound and it is a great stress reliever for both of us. We want you to come down and take free rides on me and my cousins. We will let you toot the whistle, too. *June 20, 1997 THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER SERIES 8p.m. CWB Boathouse The inimitable Jacques Thiry was the perfect master for his 100'+ Brigantine, Unicorn, as you'll learn when he brings us his tales of sailing her from the Baltic, across the Atlantic and in the Caribbean. Jacques will relate his amazing adventures in a slide talk, including but not limited to Unicorn's days as a commercial cargo vessel and sail trainer for incarcerated youths and how they all wound up in the television film "Roots." July 4-6, 1997 (Friday - Sunday) 21ST ANNUAL LAKE UNION WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily The annual panorama of about 150 wooden boats, maritime skills demonstrations, boat rides, the Quick & Daring boat building contest, Toy Boat Building, the Ed Clark Memorial Yacht Race and lots of warmth, fun, friendship and shared know-how. Participant application forms and volunteer sign-ups are available now; call CWB, (206) 382-2628. Suggested donation at the gate: $3 individuals, $5 families, and $1 seniors and students.
September 26-28, 1997 (Friday - Sunday) WOOD REGATTA (WOODEN OPEN ONE DESIGN) This is a regional event in the series begun by WoodenBoat magazine in 1992. The WOOD Regatta utilizes an equitable means of handicapping the total spectrum of classic wooden racing classes. Any one design can compete, with a fleet or separately. There will be awards by classes as well as an overall trophy. A wine and cheese reception and registration will take place Friday night. On Saturday there will be morning registration, skippers' meeting and afternoon races. On Sunday there will be more races and an awards dinner. A continental breakfast will be served Saturday and Sunday. *October 18,1997 (Saturday) SEATTLE BOATSHOPS TOUR Fee: $25/$40 9 a.m - 5 p.m Seattle Waterfront Leader: Dick Wagner, CWB Founding Director Dick Wagner, Seattle's expert on local shops, will take a small group on a tour of some of the greatest historic boatshops around the Seattle waterfront. Participants will visit shops that are absolutely unavailable to the public. Our fearless founder will use all his charms as a Seattle icon to gain entrance to these shops, see the work in progress and hopefully get some of the great shipwrights to answer questions. Limited to 8. * October 25, 1997 (Thursday) TOUR OF BRITANNIA HERITAGE SHIPYARD, STEVESTON, B.C. Fee: $35/$40 (plus lunch) An all-day trip by bus to a thriving fishing village at the mouth of the Fraser River. We will visit an historic shipyard/cannery/boatworks, talk to volunteers restoring fishing boats and visit the fishing boat marina where most of the old classics are still working. As a special feature, we will see a replica 1930's troller being built in the historic boatshop by retired boatbuilders. Limited to 12. *December 7 & 14 ( same session each day) TOY BOAT BUILDING 1 p.m. - 5p.m. CWB Boathouse Fee: $5 per child A wonderful opportunity for children to build and take home their own model boat. They will use some safe hand tools and their own unlimited creativity to make a boat to dream about. *December 28, 1997 (Sunday) FROSTBITE POTLATCH This is one of our four membership gatherings, but open to guests of members too. The purpose is to show off our collections, give a rundown of our plans and have some recreational sailing. Members and guests are welcome to bring their boats. There will be a potluck dinner. A $5 donation is requested for the use of our boats. Sail for free by cleaning a boat (insides and waterline) for the potlatch.
MARINE SKILLS WORKSHOPS
the type of boat that fits their dreams, to conduct a pre-survey inspection and to evaluate their needs for interior accommodations, equipment, rigging and power plant. The seminar is designed to be of interest to those with all levels of experience. Limited to 20.
All year 'round (every day in the summer!) LEARN TO "SAIL NOW!" Fee: $150 per person (includes a one-year CWB June 7, 1997 (Saturday) membership) LOFTING WOODEN BOATS 11 a.m. -1 p.m. or 1:30p.m. - 3:30p.m SaturFee: $25/$30 day & Sunday, plus weekday evenings in summer 10a.m.- 5 p.m. CWB Library Instructors: Volunteers Instructor: Joe Trumbly Students will learn to sail classic boats in Joe is a living legend for his mastery of one session of classroom work and as many ses- boatbuilding skills and his entertaining way of sions of hands-on instruction as necessary in our passing on his know-how. For 25 years, he was small boats, no more than three students per in- head instructor at the Bates Vocational Institute structor. Students will graduate when able to sail Boatbuilding School, Tacoma. He will give a sema variety of keel, centerboard, sloop and catboats inar, with handouts, on how to quickly and acby instinct, by themselves. You may begin any curately translate lines and offsets. Limited to 20. Saturday, space permitting. Please call ahead for reservations. For the student who is only free on June 14-22, 1997 (Saturday - Sunday) weekdays, or prefers to one-on-one instruction, LAPSTRAKE WORKSHOP we continue to offer individual lessons ($20/ Fee: $550/$600 hour) on weekdays. Call for an appointment. 8:30 a.m - 5:30 p.m. CWB Boatshop May 1-4, 1997 (Thursday - Sunday) CANOE RESTORATION Fee: $450/$500 9 a.m. - 5p.m CWB Boatshop Instructor: Bill Paine We plan to find a canoe that needs a new canvas, a few new ribs and planks and maybe even a new stem. Then we'll fix it. Everyone who has or appreciates true classic wood and canvas canoes should know how to fix them. If you have a canoe that needs restoration, maybe yours can be the class project. Limited to 4. May 1 0 , 1 1 , 1 7 , 1 8 , 2 4 , 2 5 1997 (Saturday-Sunday, three weekends) BATEAU BUILDING WORKSHOP Fee: $500/$600 9 a.m. - 5p.m. CWB Boatshop Instructor: Rich Kolin The St. Lawrence River Bateau was a forerunner of the St. Lawrence River Skiff. It is a fast, able and strikingly beautiful boat that is ideal for Puget Sound waters. Howard Chapelle wrote about it in the book, American Small Sailing Craft. The sides of the boat are lapstrake planked with cedar and the flat bottom is cross planked in fir or cedar. Rich Kolin designed this 18' boat especially for this class to give the beginning boat builder a chance to learn basic boatbuilding skills and techniques. Limited to 8. May 24, 1997 (Saturday) HOW TO BUY A WOODENBOAT 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. CWB Library Fee: $25/$30 Instructor: Lee Ehrheart Lee will draw on his experience as a marine surveyor, shipwright and lifetime sailor to conduct this seminar. It will include the types of wooden boats available and where they are capable of going. Participants will learn to identify
techniques and finesse of sliding seat rowing. This will not be a physically grueling experience. The first day will be in doubles and the second in singles. Limited to 3. August 4, 6, 11, 13, 18 & 20, 1997 (Mondays and Wednesdays) MODEL SHIP BUILDING SEMINAR Fee: $80/$100 , 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m CWB Library Jim makes the models that grace museum cases and mantelpieces all over the world. This course is an introduction to the art of model making to guide one past the hurdles and quicksand that often stop a builder from even completing the project. In six days Jim will cover the basics of model ship building from research to materials and go over some of the pitfalls you are likely to encounter. For the aspiring model builder, this class is a must. Limited to 7.
August 16 & 17 (Saturday & Sunday) RIGGING AS IF IT MATTERS SEMINAR Fee: $100/$110 9 a.m. - 5 p.m CWB Boatshop Instructor: Eric Hvalsoe Eric, a homegrown boatbuilder from Se- Instructor: Brion Toss Master rigger and author Brion Toss unattle, has proven he can stand up to the best of locks the secrets of tuning, double-braid splicthe Downeast builders. Eric will lead the students ing, rigging fundamentals, including design, fabthrough the mysteries of lapstrake construction. The boat will be a classic design, perhaps a rication, maintenance, and more and adds one more important element: fun. Innovative, easyWhitehall, perhaps a Rangely, maybe a classic to-remember techniques will help you learn knots yacht tender. We will leave this choice up to Eric and splices specifically adapted to modern-day and the first students who sign up. Limited to 7. applications and materials. Sail plans, examination of boats in the water and a sort of "mob July 12, 1997 (Saturday) FO'C'S'LE ARTS (FANCY KNOTWORK) mime" will help you understand the nature and intensity of the forces that act on rigs and how WORKSHOP good rigs translate those forces into boat speed. Fee: $100/$125 Limited to 18. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m Instructor: Dennis Armstrong Throughout history sailors have passed the long hours on ocean crossings by inventing decorative and functional knots. Before World War II, these knots adorned nearly every handle and bar aboard the big ships. The fo'c's'le arts include such fancy knots as Monkey's Fists, Turks Heads, Sennits and the Star Knot. As in all good knot classes, basic and practical knots will be covered. Mastery of basics will lead to the construction of Monkey's Fists and Turks Heads. By the end of the first session in the morning, enough basic concepts will have been learned that in-depth studies will ensue. Oilier fancy work will be covered as time allows. Limited to 10. July 19 & 20, 1997 (Saturday & Sunday) SLIDING SEAT ROWING WORKSHOP Fee: $30/$35 9 a.m. - Noon both days CWB Docks Instructor: Nelson Miller with sliding seats and virtually no freeboard that are seen on our lakes. Nelson Miller, a Gold Medal winner in the Pan American Games and rowing coach for Gonzaga University and the Lake Washington Rowing Club, will teach the
*September 13 & 14 (Saturday & Sunday) LOFTING WORKSHOP Fee: $115/125 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. CWB Boathouse Instructor: Eric Hvalsoe Students will loft a classic boat from a table of offsets. This workshop will enable students to read plans and understand the arcane mysteries of bevels, rabbet lines, deductions and construction drawings. Eric Hvalsoe is an experienced boatbuilder and designer who has conducted lofting and boatbuilding workshops for more than 10 years. This class is highly recommended as a prerequisite for our boatbuilding workshops. Limited to 6. NOTE: Fees indicate member/non-member costs. A $100 non-refundable deposit is required with registration for all boat building workshops, with the balance payable one week prior to the workshop. Pre-payment in full will insure your place in all other workshops. Classes with fewer than 4 students will be canceled or postponed. Note: * indicates new listing
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A CLEAN SWEEP INTO SPRING CRUISE SPRING
SPRUCE-UP
"KLONDIKE" CRUISE
Calling all good guys and gals! It's time for our spring site spruce-up. Please give us a few hours of your time and energy to shape-up our somewhat shopworn site into a splendid shoreline sanctuary embracing a seaborne scene of serenity.
Come with us Sunday, April 27 as the Spring Cruise tours Lake Union 1897. Saws squeak and caulking irons thud in the boatshops as workers hurry to send yet another Klondikebound vessel down the ways to be loaded with prospectors and supplies heading north for gold.
Thufferin Thuccotash Tweety, enough of this asinine alliteration. Speak English!
CWB's Spring Cruise is an adventure back in time, enhanced this year by the inclusion of representatives of the Klondike Gold Rush Centennial Committee. Participants are encouraged to come in costume (prizes for the best).
Just in time for CWB's annual Spring Cruise (see story at right), we've designated Saturday, April 26, as Spring Cleaning Day. From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. staff and all the volunteers we can muster will be mucking out and cleaning up, pulling weeds and pushing dirt, washing down and painting over all our site from street to shore to dock's end. The clean-up will concentrate more on the land side of CWB but if you've got the inclination to wash a boat or two, do it!. Come dressed to work. We'll supply some cleaning gear but you're also welcome to bring your own rakes, shovels, buckets, weed diggers and scrubbers. CWB will supply sodas and coffee to fuel the work effort and there will be a drawing for some CWB goodies at the end of the day. So come on down to clean up!
Registration begins at noon in the Boathouse. Dick Wagner and the Klondikers will set the scene in the 1 p.m. briefing; the flotilla of CWB and other boats (you can bring your own) sets sail about 1:30 p.m. That leaves all morning for washing boats that will be in the flotilla. Clean a boat and you can skip the $5 boat use fee. After the cruise, a special Gold Rush slide show will be presented in the Library. Then it's time for the potluck supper (bring enough to feed 6) where discriminating diners also will vote on the tastiest prospector's grub and be entertained with readings from the Gold Rush literary competition. We'll wind up with the presentation of the Volunteer of the Year Award - and a host of new historical memories.
BOATS FOR SALE BY CWB Blanchard Seniors: Two project boats, both 26', each needing different kinds of work. $750 each/OBO. 30' Chris Craft Express Cruiser: 1964. Twin gas engines, excellent shape. $25,000, negotiable. Lake Oswego Boat: Lovely double-ended rowing skiff. Good shape, a few split planks easily repaired. $1,400. 14' Dunphy molded runabout w/trailer. High-power outboard for water skiing + trolling motor and a fish finder. $ 2 , 0 0 0 / 0 8 0 . Blanchard 33 Seawind: Designed by William Garden. Classic N'west cruiser. $10,000. 4cyl. Greymarine. One of the favorite boats in our fleet but for sale at the right price. 35' Masthead Sloop Fair Dinkum. 1937 classic. Teak hull reasonably sound. 4 sails. Atomic 4 engine. Needs deck repair, other TLC. $5,000, negotiable. Mercurys, two of them, both with trailers. Both need work. $300 and $500/OBO. Green Lightning, excess to the fleet. No mast or sails but in good shape. $750/OBO. To see any of these boats, inquire at the CWB Boathouse or call (206) 382-2628.