Published bi-monthly by The Center for Wooden Boats Seattle, WA
Volume XIX Number 2 April, 1998 ISSN 0734-0680 1992, CWB
THE ONE-OF-A-KIND 1998 WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL F o r t h e 2 2 n d c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r , an a m a z i n g
sic, f o o d b o o t h s and a d i n n e r for e x h i b i t o r s
the people. M a n y m a k e their living with their
c o l l e c t i o n o f w o o d e n b o a t s w i l l g a t h e r at t h e
and volunteers. Over the years we have added
hands, building boats and sailing boats. Our
south end of Lake Union for a low-key party
t h i n g s such as a Classic Y a c h t Race, a p u b
r e g i o n is b l e s s e d w i t h a l a r g e c o m m u n i t y o f
- but o n e g u a r a n t e e d to p r o d u c e
and a
fireworks.
walk c o n n e c t i n g C W B and the
folks w h o splice cable, m a k e nets, caulk big
T h e d a t e s a r e J u l y 3, 4 a n d 5 a n d t h e e v e n t is
N a v a l R e s e r v e B a s e . In f a c t , w e e v e n a d d e d
h u n k s o f p l a n k i n g a n d sail in b l u e w a t e r . A n d
the Lake Union W o o d e n Boat Festival.
CWB.
t h e y l o v e to p a s s o n t h e i r h a r d - e a r n e d s k i l l s .
floating
T h e t h r e e d a y s of the F e s t i v a l are j u s t like
F o r t h e f i r s t six F e s t i v a l s ( 1 9 7 7 - 8 2 ) t h e r e
F e s t i v a l r e g i s t r a t i o n is u n d e r w a y . S o m e o f
e v e r y d a y at T h e C e n t e r f o r W o o d e n B o a t s -
w e r e no C W B facilities. All our activities and
the b o a t s that h a v e a l r e a d y signed on are a
e x c e p t t h e r e will be a g a z i l l i o n m o r e b o a t s a n d
educational p r o g r a m s were c o n d u c t e d on free
1 9 4 5 W e s t C o a s t T r o l l e r , a 3 2 ' T h a i T a x i , an
layer on layer of activities.
or cheap-rent sites. By M a y , 1983, C W B had
a u t h e n t i c V e n e t i a n G o n d o l a a n d a 16' O s l o
T h e F e s t i v a l is a d o - t o u c h , d o - u s e . d o - l i s -
its o w n s i t e o n s o u t h L a k e U n i o n a n d o w n
F j o r d i n g w i t h s q u a r e s a i l . If y o u ' d l i k e t o
B o a t s h o p b u i l d i n g at t h e site.
bring a boat (or k n o w s o m e o n e with a great
ten, d o - w a t c h e v e n t . P e o p l e and their b o a t s
b o a t y o u ' d like t h e m t o b r i n g ) , d i s p l a y m a r i -
c o m e to share. T h e r e are d o z e n s of scheduled
In f a c t , t h e B o a t s h o p w a s s o n e w w e h a d n ' t
talks and d e m o n s t r a t i o n s and t w i c e as m a n y
y e t s t a r t e d t o u s e it f o r C W B p r o g r a m s . S o
talk, contact C W B for registration
i m p r o m p t u o n e s . T h i s is an a f f o r d a b l e ( w e a s k
for the 1983 Festival, the s h o p was tricked
p h o n e (206) 3 8 2 - 2 6 2 8 ; fax (206) 3 8 2 - 2 6 9 9 ;
a $3 donation for adults, $5 for a family and
out as a tea and s c o n e s h o p . N e v e r been as
e m a i l c w b o a t s @ t r i p l . o r g . That list o f n u m b e r s
$1 f o r s e n i o r s ) , a c c e s s i b l e a s s e m b l y o f e x p e r -
c l e a n s i n c e . H o w e v e r , w e a c t u a l l y did h a v e a
will w o r k j u s t a s w e l l f o r t h o s e w h o w o u l d
tise, i n f o r m a t i o n and, of course,
w o r k i n g b o a t s h o p at that F e s t i v a l . R i p K n o t
like to v o l u n t e e r to plan, s e t - u p and o p e r a t e
towed over his U l t r a m a r i n e Services floating
the Festival; j u s t a d d r e s s y o u r query to Vol-
shop.
unteer Coordinator Sue Schaeffer.
wooden
boats. N o t w o Festivals have ever been alike, but there are m a n y traditional elements, including toy boat building, the Q u i c k &
D i d n ' t I say no two Festivals were alike?
Daring
Boatbuilding Contest, water taxis, folk mu-
O n e o f t h e b e s t t h i n g s a b o u t o u r F e s t i v a l is
time gear, or g i v e a skills d e m o n s t r a t i o n or forms:
W h e t h e r y o u s h o w , tell o r j u s t h a n g o u t , t h i s will b e f u n . T r u s t m e . T h e last o n e i n ' s a rotten ( o o o p s ) boat! - Dick W a g n e r
MOVING DAY FOR THE OARHOUSE A f t e r 10+ y e a r s in the s a m e location, C W B ' s
and m a k e s a d m i n i s t r a t i v e o p e r a t i o n s m o r e e f f i -
a w a y or; t h e m o v i n g sled. T h e n it's M e g ' s turn to
v e n e r a b l e O a r h o u s e h a s a n e w h o m e o n its very
cient. T h e m o v e w a s a team e f f o r t , a s these p h o -
haul the float in as Dierk p u s h e s with Cap'n
o w n float, n o w located on the east side o f the
tos by Steve S u m m e r s attest. Dierk Y o c h i m , M e g
Sean s u p e r v i s e s and D a v i d t u r n s a p i k e p o l e into
B o a t h o u s e . T h e n e w location a f f o r d s L i v e r y per-
Trzaskoma, Nathan Davis and Sean Kennedy
a p a d d l e . A l s o h e l p i n g w i t h the r e l o c a t i o n w e r e
s o n n e l a better v i e w o f t h e s a i l b o a t rental
( b a c k s to camera) push while David Erskine hauls
B r u c e Millies, T o b y A h r e n s and Liz G r o n l u n d .
fleet
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CAMA BEACH UPDATE (When the new Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island opens, reviving a nature and recreational experience enjoyed by North-westerners from the '30s until the late '80s, it will have a new element: the programs and activities of The Center for Wooden Boats. Shavings periodically reports on how things at Cama Beach are moving along.) Cama Beach is the most exciting wooden boat opportunity since Noah's Ark. The Center for Wooden Boats will be the powerful drawing card in a new State Park. Cama Beach is a time capsule of 1930's waterfront recreation. It is a 430acre site with 6,000' of beach, backed by virtually untouched forest and wetlands. The tidelands are a thriving habitat for crab and clams. The uplands have eagles, waterfowl and river otters. In 1932, simple cabins and a boathouse for 50
small boats were built along the meadow above the beach. This development, Cama Beach, was in continuous operation until 1989. It is possibly the last intact fishing resort on Puget Sound. The State Parks department purchased this property from the granddaughters of the founder. It will be a park with a theme: preserving the cultural and natural resources of Cama Beach. The development will be a light touch that brings the resort back to life, with the buildings restored and usable.
as well as building me as a person who appreciates the w o o d e n boat- Specifically, Dierk Yochim. who took me under his wing, was not only an influential boat builder but someone I look up to even today. The rest of the staff and volunteers accepted me with open arms and not only taught me more about wooden boats, but were respectable and influential individuals. Now all I think about is how I would like to visit the Center again and be a part of the wonderful community which surrounds it.
For our activities at Cama Beach, we will utilize the original Boatshop, machine shop and boatkeeper's cabin to provide the maritime heritage experiences we do at CWB in Seattle. We will have a traditional boat livery, sailboat rides and instruction in traditional maritime skills, including how to build and sail those old boats. We will have historically significant boats on exhibit, talks, demonstrations, regattas and
As for the thesis I wrote for my high school through my internship at the Center, faculty at the school were amazed at the level of teaching the Center gave me. Comparing my project at the Center to those of other students, my high school will use my project as an example for upcoming students. I can only take a very little part of that recognition; the Center was, for the most part, responsible for my success. I have enclosed my thesis paper in this letter. Although it may seem simplistic, I had to write for people who have no idea of what the wooden boat represents.
This concept of a State Park as a living museum with a non-profit organization as the activity center is a unique effort. The State and CWB are planning ways to make certain that the park can be self-sustaining. We are thinking of the kinds of activities that both are compatible with our mission of preserving our small craft heritage and that will attract visitors in the fall and winter and spring to this location. In addition to the livery (weather permitting) and workshops, these activities could be school Field trips, talks, conferences, reunions, retreats and corporate team-building. CWB also could cooperatively sponsor activities with other historic, natural, cultural or marine organizations. Your ideas on potential off-season activities at Cama Beach are welcome. - Dick Wagner
IN OUR MAILBAG Dear Dick, I don't know if you remember me. Through my high school, I did a one-month internship [spring, 1997] at the Center. Unfortunately, with entering college in Colorado I have not had time to keep in touch with the Center. I would like to extend my gratitude to you and your staff for all you did for me. The Center gave me an opportunity and now, reflecting on my experience, I can only think of how much it built me as a person
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My wish for the Center is that it stays in the same context as a learning experience for all of the people involved with it. I hope to be able to visit you again. Sincerely, Chad Stansberry Boulder, Colorado Dear Chad, It was a pleasure to hear from you. We all remember the high school student from Idaho who interned last spring. I shared your thesis with the staff. The praise it received from your school was well deserved. Good work! Everyone is busy here. Our SailNOW! program has a waiting list. Meg is training a great corps of Livery volunteers. Dierk and his volunteers have completed restoration of several boats and there are always four or five projects underway. Judie is busy getting out letters and newsletters. Bob continues with day-to-day administration and has also added instruction in sailing and boatbuilding for homeless teenagers and projects for people with AIDS to his duties. Wherever you go and whatever you do from now on, your study of boats will be of value. Water and boats have been a primal experience in all cultures. If there were no seafaring, imagine where the world's population and technology centers would be today. There would be no culture without history. And, without boats history would be boring at best. Good luck at the U. of Colorado. Come visit us when you can. A deep draft of Lake Union air will be a great restorative. Best regards, Dick Wagner
ASSIGNMENT: ANGUILLA Historic preservation is an issue everywhere. Some places it's a hot item, in others it's taken as a social requisite. And in many spots it's just dawning. Last year, Colleen and I visited Anguilla, British West Indies, where the dawn is breaking. Anguilla is the northernmost of the Lesser Antilles, the arc of islands stretching from just east of Puerto Rico to just north of Venezuela. We were the guests of three odd bedfellows: The Historical and Archaeological Association. The Board of Tourism and American Airlines. I was to review their maritime heritage and brainstorm its potential as a tourist attraction and as a living maritime museum. Why was I invited? It was The Center for Wooden Boats and our hands-on heritage programs involving the whole c o m m u n i t y that excited and inspired the Anguillans. Needless to say, the environment of small islands and constant easterly trade winds is the usual medium for a boat culture. Historically, trading schooners and sloops for fishing and lightering were built on the beaches of all West Indian islands. But in Anguilla, maritime history took a curious wobble. The British plantation system set up there in 1650 came to a halt in the early 1800s. Not enough product from the small, coral rock island to warrant the complex administration of plantations. Because of this, no traditional British bureaucracy had been set up. Thus, the society quickly changed from a master-slave system to a community of freeholders, with small farm and fishing operations.
ish duty was charged for rum imported into Anguilla but cheap rum was available in the French islands. So the Anguillans built small, fast, quickly-derigged boats to outrun the constabulary and disappear among the small reefbound coves. Without the rum. there would be no crops or fish for export. Without small fast boats there would be no rum at affordable prices. Think of those relationships as an economic ecology. Although smuggling is no longer a community endeavor, that part of Anguilla's past still lives in the form of replicas of the smuggling boats. The boats are still an integral part of life on Anguilla but they come to the fore the first week in August when the August Monday boat races are held. The boats, by race rules, are built and rigged exactly as their 200-year-old predecessors: no winches, halyards or battens and few blocks. The simple technology keeps the cost low. Every cove, bay and village has its own home-grown boats, island-built and grass roots financed. You can't watch the regatta without getting caught up in its excitement. The boats race every day. Stores and public facilities close. The entire population goes to the series of beaches where each race starts. They picnic, dance, sing and watch the races, screaming support and advice and re-hashing the races from the end of the last one in the evening 'til the start of the first one the next morning. I found myself in a hotbed of passion - about boats, community pride.
theater and historic awareness. It was virtually a national World Series with an historic spin. If it could be bottled, historic museums would buy it by the shipload. As for their historic preservation goals, the Anguillans have the horsepower to make their dreams come true - a tourist attraction that can be as magnetic as Mardi Gras and a maritime museum that will capture the heart and soul of the community. Their passion for maritime history is virtually genetic, their willingness to volunteer their energy and skills is legendary, and the cooperation of a history organization, a tourism agency and a travel corporation is cuttingedge community teamwork. In tiny, isolated Anguilla, I witnessed the essential building blocks that any museum today needs in order to succeed in providing sustaining public benefits that will serve the visitors and the citizens. Anguilla is somewhat different from Seattle unoccupied beaches, fine white sand, air and water of unbelievable clarity, cooling tradewinds, more goats than people (except during the race week when every living Anguillan returns to the clan gathering) and people who were uniformly kind and courteous. It was a tough assignment, mon! - Dick Wagner (You can meet some of the folks who make this country of boat race enthusiasts work and see a display on Anguillan racing boats at the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival July 3-5.)
Much work in the gathering of resources for export was done cooperatively. Traditionally, parties would mark the end of volunteer projects. Rum was an expected ingredient. Exorbitant Brit-
DOCK LINES That's not just woodsmoke you see coming out of the Boatshop. Dierk Yochim reports his shop crew is really smoking along with boat restorations: "March saw the launching of the Petrel. Thanks to all who worked on her: Molly, Irene, Patric, Toby, Steve, Bill, Dave, Phillip and all the rest. She received new centerboard trunk, gaskets and sister frames aft of the trunk and all her brightwork was renewed. "Currently the Woods Hole Spritsail boat (or Woods'l Sprits'l) is occupying the place of prominence in the shop and needs a bit more than Petrel: all new frames, butts and furniture. We would like to have her going by June 1. "Thanks - and count your fingers." The 12' Whitehall also is out of the shop, with (continued on page six)
Dierk Yochim, David Burchard and Meg Trzaskoma (left to right) use tackle and strongback to safely launch Petrel following her restoration. - photo by Judie Romeo 3
A FEW SNAPSHOTS FROM OUR AUCTION
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GOING, G O I N G . . . . . . gone, but not forgotten -Tradewinds: Fill Our Sails, the 1998 CWB Fundraising Auction, that is. While bidders were busy raising their paddles, Volunteer Patrick McKenna was raising his camera lens to capture these vignettes (opposite page) from a memorable evening (Top, left) Auctioneer Mark Schenfeld congratulates Larry Hennings on yet another successful bid as Helen and Dick Senseny (left) and Keith and Evie Callow share the merriment. Larry not only sold the most Auction tickets, he was among the most prolific bidders. (Top, right) Auction Co-Chair Karen Braitmayer was all smiles when the auctioneer proclaimed her the winning bidder for a painting by Dale Chihuly. Looks like Karen's husband, CWB Trustee David Erskine, and their table partners, Dan and Jane Warner, were reserving judgement. (Center, left) With all her hard work behind her, Nicole Malone-Ryan, who designed and created the Auction poster, invitations and program, and her friend, Marc Boozer, enjoyed a relaxed evening. (Center) The Silent Auction tables displayed an amazing array of goodies, including some that invited the close scrutiny of Clark Gill. (Center, right) That's a canoe paddle Auction Donor Bill Biddle is brandishing. Bill's personally-guided canoe trips on Lake Ozette have been highly-sought-after Auction items for the past several years. (Bottom, left) The Auction had a few "firsts," including the debut CWB appearance of Shop Manager Dierk Yochim (center) in a suit and tie! With Dierk are Livery Manager Meg Trzaskoma and Tom Mansfield. (Bottom, right) The Auction would not have been possible without a lot of work by a group of very dedicated volunteers. Among them were (seated, left to right) Cynthia and Ed Stegall and Keith and Kathy Williams, who capped their Auction service with a stint at the bidder registration desk. Standing at rear is Auction Invitations Chair Kay Schardein.
The inscription on the original (see story below) reads: This Royal Maya Yacht built in 1311 AD out of a huge, hollowed-out Chechem Hardwood log was 23' long with a generous 4' beam. The chief paddler forward is relaxed even with skipper yelling orders aft, a thing skippers have always done. In the middle sits the Royal King, just forward the Parrot and Jaguar and aft the Monkey and Iguana, the four most revered animals of the wild, 687 years ago. They all enjoy the cruise down the River of Passion on the Yucatan Peninsula. The hull form was excellent but after the demise of the Maya civilization the art and knowledge disappeared.
HOW I FOUND A PICTURE OF AMERICA'S OLDEST YACHT On February 3, 1976. I arrived in Guatemala City to meet with Enrique and Elizabeth Alvarez. Enrique's company in Merida, Yucatan. Mexico, had won two bids to build nearly 100 small 31' and 40' fishing boats for Panama and Costa Rica, as financed by the Inter-American Development Bank. I had won the contract to design these boats and we had an amicable discussion on this. Two days later, we went to the airport and flew to Tikal in the northern jungle to look at some very old Mayan Indian temples. The rickety old DC3 aircraft landed on a very bumpy dirt runway, the landing rougher than any I had ever experienced. After looking at the ruins, our guide telling us the stones to build them had come from some far-away quarry, we ended up in what they called a museum, which it was in a very small way as most of the display material was for sale as souvenirs. I bought some and then I saw this picture of an old Maya canoe. Elizabeth translated what was written on the parchment-like paper under the drawing of the boat, passengers and crew. (Even though she looked more like a refined Spanish princess, she knew some Mayan. Enrique, on the other hand, looked exactly like a Maya Indian, but knew only Spanish.) That drawing was part of the museum, not a souvenir for sale. However, the curator was going to Guatemala City on the same flight as we were. For $ 10 he agreed to take the drawing with him, have it copied and deliver it to my hotel. Our return flight, on another DC3. was harrowing. The cabin was nearly filled with bundles of some fern-like small cut plants, supposedly going to Chicago to some perfume maker - but 5
the scent was such I'd never like it. Then, after almost an hour in the air, we were met by a huge storm, the front stretching so far north and south the plane could never circle it. The pilot advised he didn't have enough fuel to return to Tikal and had decided to fly through. Up, down, sideways. Creaking of plane, thunder and lightening all around, the bundles of plants flying all around covering the six passengers, Enrique and Elizabeth both screaming and hugging each other. I was just gripping the seat, scared. After a two-hour ride-of-our-lives, we landed in sunny, warm Guatemala City. A couple of hours later, the museum curator came to the hotel with a photostat of the boat only, not the text beneath it, so the description I have provided is based on the translation by Elizabeth. (A small part of this story is fiction. You guess which it is!) - Nils Lucander
CWB ON THE WEB Although The Center for Wooden Boats has had its own home page for some time, our web site has updated and redesigned. You can view the latest Calendar of Events and Workshops, check out e v e r y t h i n g f r o m S a i l N O W ! to what's new in the gift shop or even take a look at how CWB looks from outer space. It's all at http://www.eskimo.com/~cwboats Thanks for the web site's upgrade go to Victor Eskenazi. Randy Magliozzi, Sean Kennedy. Jennifer Oxley, Jim Whittaker and Judie Romeo.
DOCK LINES (CONT.) several new planks and frames and a sparkling new paint job. Also back in the rowing fleet is the Peapod. She too is sporting new paint. Up in the Pavilion, the Chittagong Delta boat is back on display, having been refurbished by a hard-working crew headed up by Steve Must, Kay and Keith Schardein and John Emswiler. Also in the Pavilion is one of our favorite boats, the Herreshoff 12 ½. Sara, the first boat to receive the attention of the new Boatkeeper Program. Sara will get a complete refinishing and some minor repairs.
Summer hours are now in effect in the Livery. You can rent a boat anytime between noon and 6 p.m. Wednesday through Monday (closed for maintenance on Tuesdays). Boats must be back at the dock by 7 p.m. So come on down and take advantage of CWB's great member rental rates: $10 to $15 an hour for rowboats and $12.50 to $18.75 an hour for sailboats.
We kicked off April with another great garage sale. Half a dozen boats and several hundred items, big and small, found new homes and $2,500 found its way into CWB's coffers. Many thanks to the hard-working volunteers who made it possible: David Erskine, Margaret Little, Bill Drohan, Marc Lentini, Annette Toutonghi, Gwen Anderson, Stephen Kinnaman. Dean Black and Colleen Wagner.
Boatshop dust collection system • Two random orbit sanders •
15-passenger van in good running condi-
tion for field trips
WISH LIST We continue to get positive response to our Wish List, so here's a hearty "Thank You!" to those who've donated much-needed items to CWB. You may have some of the things on the list below just taking up space in your garage, basement or backyard. Here's what we can use tight now: • Full suits of Herreshoff 12½, Mercury and Blanchard Jr. sails in good condition • #1 bronze oarlocks and sockets • Paddles for our sailboats • A Cyclone-style separator to augment our
30' Chris Craft Constellation Express Cruiser. 1964, in good shape, nice, clean interior. Twin 283 V-8s run clean. VHF, DS. $10,000/OBO.
• 14'-16' Boston Whaler or hard-bottom inflatable in good condition for use as a Livery assist boat
San Francisco Mercurys, one with trailer ($300/OBO) and one without ($400/OBO). Both need work.
We also are still looking for sponsors for the boats being built for us by students in the boatbuilding program at Seattle Central Community College. It's a new program where CWB will commission boats that we want to add to our fleet, the students at SCCC will build them and we will be seeking out donors who would like to purchase the boats for us!
18' Geary Flattie. No mast but has deck hardware. $75/OBO.
Since the school only charges for the cost of the materials, this is a great way for us to add desirable boats to our collection. A typical 18' sailboat will only cost about $4,500, which is insanely cheap compared to the $20,000 it would take to have one built elsewhere! There are two boats in the works: a 12' Woods Hole Spritsail boat, which is nearing completion ($3,500), and a reproduction of Munro's Sharpie, Egret, which is just underway. If you would like to contribute all or part of the funds for these boats, please contact Bob Perkins, (206) 382-2628. As always, your donations to CWB are tax deductible. And you'll get a million thanks from all of us too!
15 ½' Dory. Needs minor repair and a paint job. $125/OBO. Port Madison Pram. No mast. Needs work. $ 100/OBO. 9 ½' Lapstrake Pram, copy of a Norwegian boat, built at CWB. Red cedar on white oak fastened w/copper clench nails; bright finish, mint condition. Includes oars. $ 1,350. (425) 392-2810. Take 5 multi-purpose "boat." Accessories make it a windsurfer, sliding seat rower or a sailboat. It's a teenager's dream. $200/OBO. Johnson 35hp outboard. $75/OBO. Atomic 4.engine. Cracked block but everything else is good. New manifold and lots of spares. $250/OBO. Westerbeke 4-91 good, rebuildable block. $ 100/OBO. To see any of these, stop by the CWB Boathouse or call Bob Perkins, (206) 382-2628.
CLASSIFIEDS Don't miss the May Third Friday speaker (8 p.m. May 15). He's Kip Schisler, an expert in flint knapping, who will provide a lesson in this stone age method of edge tool making. As he talks. Kip will demonstrate the techniques, winding up at the end of his talk with a finished tool for your inspection
FOR SALE BY CWB
9' sailing tender, designed & built by Rich Kolin, 1977. Design based on Herreshoff Columbia Lifeboat Model. Round bottom, lapstrake, cedar on oak. 75 lbs. $2,500. Rich Kolin, (360) 659-5591. Excellent 12' Fishing Skiff, vee-bottom, cedar planked, completely restored 8/96. Includes rare 1957 Johnson Seahorse 5½hp outboard with motor cover & dolly. Price reduced to $895. Richard McColley, (206) 878-7745. 14' Whitehall, rowing model (the subject of Rich Kolin's next book), currently under construction. (360) 659-5591. 14' Cosine Wherry, good condition, with trailer. $1,200/OBO. Bill, (425) 673-8876. 9 ½' Lapstrake Pram, copy of a Norwegian boat, built at CWB. Red cedar on white oak fastened w/copper clench nails; bright finish, mint condition. Includes oars. $ 1,350. (425) 392-2810. 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. 6
CALENDAR OF EVENTS 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. Admission is free. Refreshments served (donations to cover costs are appreciated). THE OCCASIONAL CAFE 7:30 p.m. (new starting time) every other Thursday CWB Boathouse Only three performances remain for the Occasional Cafe, a concert series in association with the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, featuring some of the Northwest's best, most in-demand performers. The "cafe" of the series title is the CWB Boathouse with casual seating and yummy cafe-style refreshments. Tickets are $8, under 14 or over 65, $6 (at the door only). Scheduled performers are: April 30, Cats 'N' Jammers, swing trip par excellence; May 14, Ruthie Dornfield, Ruthie Hunter and Cathie Whitesides, Balkan songs and tunes, and Hank Bradley, the poison Coyote kid, and May 28, Danny Barnes and Mark Graham, quirky irrelevance and superb musicianship, and Orville Johnson, mongrel folk. May 15, 1998 (Friday) THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER SERIES 8 p.m CWB Boathouse Flint knapping is an edge tool making method that began before history. In an hour and a half, Kip Schisler will give us a 25,000-year-old lesson in stone age technology. He will describe the process and design alternatives of making flint tools and, as he talks, demonstrate the techniques, winding up with a finished product at the end of the talk. Percussion and flaking will have new meaning at the end of this session.
June 19, 1998 (Friday) May 16-17, 1998 (Saturday & Sunday) THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER SERIES STEAMBOAT MEET 8 p.m. CWB Boathouse 10 a.m - 5 p.m CWB North Floats Scott Rohrer. a world-renowned sailing race Call me Puffin. I am a steamboat. I get lots of skipper, has had a long love affair with the fast oil squirted on all my joints. It smells funny, but and graceful Six Meters. He will give a slide talk I like it. My crew keeps feeding me with wood, on the history of these beautiful boats, including coal or oil. Yummy! My owner is happy to talk a lot of anecdotal tales about the ones he sailed all about my pistons, boiler and stuff like that. It and the colorful characters involved with them. sort of embarrasses me but my crew is really CWB has just acquired the donation of the Six proud of me and they like others to know about Meter, Hecate. Before Scott's talk, you can look me. I let my crew toot my whistle because we all over this 1920's classic sloop, designed and built love the sound and it a great stress reliever for by Camper & Nicholson (of England). all 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. July 3- 5 (Friday-Sunday) 22ND ANNUAL LAKE UNION WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL 10 a. m - 6 p.m daily Wooden boats in the water, wooden boats on the shore, big wooden boats, teeny wooden boats, more than 100 wooden boats of all sizes, types and vintages, demonstrations of how to do things on and to wooden boats, stuff for wooden boats, building wooden boats, racing wooden boats, wooden boats in history, music, food and fun. That's what our annual homage to our reason for being is all about. See you there! July 13-17, July 27-31 or August 10-14 (Mondays-Fridays) SUMMER IN THE CITY 9 a.m - 3 p.m We are again offering our exciting summer maritime program for kids age 12 and older. Summer in the City includes a combination of maritime skills - sailing, rowing and marlinspike work - as well as maritime history. The focus is on sailing skills with the goal of having students soloing by week's end. Three identical five-day sessions are available: July 13-17, July 27-31 or August 10-14. The cost is $175 per student and there are only nine spaces available for each session. Register by phone - (206) 382-2628 - or in person at CWB; because of the popularity of the program in past years, no mail order registrations can be accepted. July 18-24 (Saturday - Friday) ADVENTURE BOUND In our first large vessel program for teenagers, students ages 14-18 will have the opportunity to sail and navigate the 101' schooner Adventuress throughout Puget Sound. They'll sail the vessel, plot its course with charts and compass, stand watch and prepare meals. While the focus is on sailing and navigation skills, the "Adventure Bound" week also will include rigging workshops, visits to salty Northwest ports, history, folklore, creative writing and marine ecology. The fee of $550 per student includes food, lodging, instruction and supervision for the week. Call CWB, (206) 382-2628. for a brochure and application form. Don't delay; we've only got space for 20 lucky teens! 7
MARINE SKILLS WORKSHOPS
Year-round (classes even day April-October) LEARN TO "SAIL NOW!" Fee: $150 per person (includes a one-year CWB membership) 11 a.m - 1 p.m or 1:30p.m - 3:30p.m Saturday & Sunday Instructors: Volunteers Students will learn to sail classic boats in one session of classroom work and as many sessions of hands-on instruction as necessary (within a nine-month period) in our small boats, no more than three students per instructor. Students will graduate when able to sail a variety of keel, centerboard. sloop and catboats by instinct, by themselves. You may begin any Saturday, space permitting. Please call ahead for reservations. We also continue to offer individual lessons ($20/hour for members, $30/hour for non-members) on weekdays by appointment. May 2-10, 1998 (Saturday-Sunday) LAPSTRAKE BOATBUILDING Fee: $550 (members)/$600 (non-members) 8:30 a.m - 5:30 p.m CWB Boatshop Instructors: Eric Hvalsoe & Dierk Yochim Eric, a homegrown Seattle boatbuilder, has proven he can stand up to the best of the Downeast builders. Dierk. our Shop Manager, has proven he can stand up to the rigors of leading volunteers through boat restoration. Together they'll lead students through the mysteries of lapstrake construction to build Eric's classic design, the Hvalsoe 15. Students will build the hull, spars, centerboard, rudder and tiller. Limited to 8. May 16, 1998 (Saturday) STRIP PLANKED KAYAK SEMINAR Fee: $25 (members)/$30 (non-members) 9 a.m - 3 p.m CWB Boathouse Instructor: Prof Paul Ford Strip planking is a hybrid technology. Thin Âź" strips of wood are edge-glued to form the hull shape and then encased in fiberglass for strength and waterproofing. The result is a strong, rigid, light "sandwich" construction. This is our only class that discusses extensive use of fiberglass. The instructor is experienced in strip building and effectively provides students with the tech-
nical information needed - in a seminar session to enable them to build their own strip planked kayak. Limited to 20. May 19 & 21, 26 & 28 (Tuesdays & Thursdays) NAMEBOARD CARVING Fee: $65 (members)/$70 (non-members) 6 p.m - 8 p.m CWB Boatshop Instructor: Nathan Slater The class will cover both layout and carving techniques to make your own signs. Each student will carve their own nameboard with letters 3" high (for a boat or house). If there is time, half model carving will also be covered. Nathan Slater is an experienced boatbuilder and nameboard carver. Limited to 6. May 23, 1998 (Saturday) CANOE CANVAS WORKSHOP Fee: $40 (members)/$50 (non-members) 9 a.m - 6 p.m. CWB Pavilion Instructor: Eric Harman The class will re-canvas an existing canoe, including removing the old canvas, attaching the new and filling the canvas in preparation for painting. Eric Harman is very experienced in building and repairing canvas-covered canoes. Limited to 8. May 23 & 30 (Saturdays) POETRY, SEA STORIES & MACRAMÉ Fee: $25 (members)/$30 (non-members) 1 p.m - 4 p.m CWB Boathouse Instructor: Warren Scholl Warren has been an expert at macramé since
the mid-'30s and was writing poetry before that. He welcomes poets and raconteurs to take the class and share their literary work. Warren knows an infinite variety of macramé. Students each will make two projects of their own choice. Limited to 10. May 30 - June 7 (Saturday - Sunday) BAIDARKA (ALEUTIAN-INUIT) KAYAK WORKSHOP Fee: $750 (members)/$775 (non-members) 9 a.m -5 p.m CWB Pavilion Instructor: Corey Freedman This kayak is a different and more complicated construction than the Greenland Inuit type. Each student will build their own boat. The instructor is well-recognized for his expertise in native kayak construction and his teaching ability. Limited to 4. July 18-19, 1998 (Saturday - Sunday) SAIL AWAY CHALLENGE Fee: $30/day 10 a.m - 3 p.m CWB docks (registration 9:30 10 a.m in the CWB Boathouse) A learn-to-sail clinic for people with disabilities. Volunteer instructors from the Footloose Sailing Association and The Center for Wooden Boats will teach the basics of sailing. The Sunday afternoon sessions will be a race in which participants will test their skills. Boats for the clinic will include some with adapted seats, which allow individuals with limited mobility control of the boat. For more information or a registra-
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tion form, contact Bob Ewing, (206) 236-2498. October 19-23 (Monday - Friday) CANOE RESTORATION Fee: $450 (members)/$500 (non-members) 9 a.m - 5 p.m CWB Boatshop Instructor: Jerry Stelmok We plan to find a canoe that needs new canvas, a few 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 fixing, maybe yours can be the class project. Limited to 4. October 26-31, 1998 (Monday - Saturday) MAINE GUIDE CANOE WORKSHOP Fee: $500 (members)/$550 (non-members) 8:30 a.m - 5 p.m CWB Boatshop Instructor: Jerry Stelmok Students will build a classic canvas-on-wood canoe. Jerry Stelmok of Maine, the premier builder of this type of canoe, has written the definitive book on canvas and wood canoe building and has taught several classes on the subject. Students must have woodworking experience. Limited to 6. NOTE: A $100 non-refundable deposit is required to register for all boatbuilding workshops; the balance is due no later than one week prior to the workshop. Pre-payment in full reserves your place in all other workshops. Classes with fewer than four students will be canceled or postponed.