Volume X X
Published bi-monthly by The Center for Wooden Boats Seattle, WA
Number 1 February, 1999 ISSN 0734-0680 1992, CWB
CAMA BEACH MOVING RIGHT ALONG When the new Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island opens, reviving a nature and recreational experience enjoyed by Northwesterners 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 the progress being made at Cama Beach.
The design and engineering of the Park improvements are being hustled along by State Parks. With hard work and good luck, construction will break loose like a tornado on September 1, 1999. Everything needed will happen at once: water, waste and electrical systems, roads and parking, renovation and new construction.
Although it may seem a snail's pace to many, the development of the new Cama Beach State Park is moving along at a brisk pace.
The new construction, which all will be handicapped accessible, includes a dining hall for 130 people, with dormitory and common room upstairs. A retreat lodge also will be built. This will have 15 guestrooms and a conference room for up to 50.
A Ranger has been designated for the future park. His name is Frank Galloway and he will be our site manager, Serjeant-at-Arms and general overseer of all his domain - 450 acres of beach, meadow, forest, wetlands, eagles, otters, deer, raccoons, 'possums and a rag-tag crew of boat nuts and tree huggers.
The existing waterfront cabins also will be restored in this first phase of development. When all the dust has settled, there will be a grand opening in the fall of 2000. We'll keep
you informed of that event and the classes, conferences, talks and general get-togethers we are planning. I can't keep cool and calm about our future presence in Cama Beach. The site is part of my excitement. The other thing is our relationship with the key players: State Parks Commission, the Family (the granddaughters of the founder of the Cama Beach Resort and their husbands) and the Cama Beach Institute. We have found partners who support our mission and goals. Together we are creating a new dimension in State Parks. There never has been one like Cama Beach - dedicated to preserving its natural and cultural resources. Remembering back 20 years when we proposed building a park and maritime heritage center at South Lake Union, there were skepticism and downright doomsday predictions by some of our government officials. Believe me, it's great to start a new campus with a landlord rooting for our success. They like to say C W B is their "anchor tenant." And so we shall be. Dick Wagner
Members of The Center for Wooden Boats Board of Trustees and other interested folks got a first-hand look at Cama Beach recently. Some of the 50 to-be-rennovated waterfront cabins that will be available for visitors, including CWB workshop students, are at right. The large building in the background is the Boatshop. - Phil Thiel photo
FOOD, FUN & FUNDRAISING Close to 300 people gathered at Bell Harbor Conference Center February 20 for our annual Auction, Tradewinds: Fill Our Sails. The idea of the event is pretty simple. CWB can always use money to keep the flame of small craft heritage alight. The food and fun part of the auction is self-evident. In fact, at CWB party is practically synonymous with museum. If you can't have fun at CWB, if you can't grab a great cup of coffee and a fresh-baked cookie or brownie in the galley, then something's terribly wrong. The part about raising money for our operations deserves further explanation. CWB is a direct experience museum. That means we aim to preserve and pass on our small craft heritage by preserving and passing on the experience. That's a concept as simple as putting on an auction. But both concepts turn out to be a lot deeper and more multidimensional that we ever dreamed. We have seen our hands-on programs give participants not only new dimensions of history but also a renewal of excitement about learning. When a team of students has completed building a replica of a classic boat or a SailNOW! student has graduated and can handle a traditional boat, they don't want to leave CWB. In the process of learning heritage skills, they have experienced the thrill of learning experientially, using their hands and
hearts, their right and left brains simultaneously. This is just the way we learned to walk or to ride a two-wheeler. The positive electrical charge of direct experience learning has given our participants a rush of satisfaction; for many of our less abled participants it has provided a new perspective of their learning potentials. They want to linger and hold on to the sense of place. Programs are the keel and frames of CWB. The money raised at this year's auction contributes 15% of our operational needs. The other auction seed that grew and flourished was the bonding together of 70 volunteers to plan and implement the event. The sharing of skills, love of CWB and unswerving commitment to make the auction even better than before was evident over the yearlong process. Most of the volunteers were returnees from last year. Their leader, Sue Schaeffer, did her firm but quiet leadership role again, but with the added hurdle of commuting to CWB on weekends to insure the whole team was on focus and in balance.
giving historical museum, run as a service to our community by a tiny corps of staff and a big group of talented and devoted volunteers. The '99 Auction was this image come to life, in stereo and living color. - Bidder # 295 CWB is immensely grateful to the Volunteers, Bidders, Donors and Sponsors who made Tradewinds: Fill Our Sails such a rous-
ing success. We 'll have a full list of donors and sponsors in the March Sawdust or you can drop by the Boathouse and check out the Contributors Honor Roll display. We'll show off our volunteers and auction attendees in a photo essay in the April Shavings.
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Each year The Center for Wooden Boats asks its members to nominate volunteers who best fit the description on the permanent trophy in our library: "In recognition of the highest qualities of volunteerism: Dedication, enthusiasm, leadership and commitment to the goals of The Center for Wooden Boats."
The Volunteer of the Year is the person who receives the most nominations for this award. In the event two or more people receive the same number of nominations, the previous Volunteers of the Year will decide which person is most deserving of the honor. All nominees will be announced and all volunteers will be honored at the potluck dinner following the April 25 Spring Cruise (see the Calendar of I Events on page 7 for details). have an image of C Nomination forms are available at the Boathouse front desk or you can simply write a letter describing why your nominee should be selected as the Volunteer of the Year. Letters should be addressed to Dick Wagner at CWB. All nominations are due at the Center by 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 21.
Auction Chair Sue Schaeffer and CWB Executive Director Bob Perkins watch the spirited bidding at the 1999 Tradewinds Auction. - Chip Hoins photo 2
DOOHICKEYS,THINGUMABOBSAND TRA Wooden boat builders can buy tools and gear at the various warehouse merchandisers or through blizzards of catalogs. It's simple and fast. Or they can go to the few retail stores in the Northwest where they will get myths, adventure, history and a colorful cast of characters - and also some pretty neat stuff. I was reminded of these wonderful old-timey places recently when I attended the ribbon-cutting opening of Doc Freeman's new location in Ballard, a couple of miles west of their original place in Fremont. Doc Freeman's has been my sanctuary and boat gear information center for 40 years. I first went there when I began my education in boat restoration. I knew nothing and was in awe of the great variety of fastenings and hardware in the countless boxes along dark, narrow alleys. And I was in fear of the staff who talked in a foreign language: "finish washers, clevis pins, stove bolts." But I quickly discovered the staff were wise, patient and, somewhere in that maze, could find anything I ever needed. The new Doc Freeman's has more light bulbs and wider lanes but the same unbelievable collection of gear and, pound-for-pound, the most well-versed staff when it comes to what doohickey or thingumabob you should get for the ailing part of your boat's anatomy. At Doc's you still can count on an encyclopedia of knowledge on everything from zincs on the boat's bottom to the anchor light on the masthead. Then, northwest a few blocks from Doc's, in the heart of old Ballard, is Ballard Hardware. One might take this place for a setting in a Stephen King mystery. It is ominously dark with piles of heavy, looming stuff that seems ready to teeter over and crush the customers. Ballard Hardware is the place for tools and gear that are big and antiquities. Here is where you go for black iron cable, monster shackles, peaveys, mauls, jacks, crowbars. This is the shop Paul Bunyan would appreciate. Someday it will be declared an archaeological landmark, where there are tools one generation removed from the cave age. Back east (in Seattle "back east" does not refer to New York or Boston, but to the University District), there is Hardwick's - just as old, dusty and maze-like as Ballard Hardware, but with slightly more effete tools, the ones normal human beings can handle. Hardwick's has a great display of classic hand tools on a wall, a revolving for-sale collection of used hand tools and a unique gift certificate. They give you a brown paper sack (used) with a
handwritten message - in crayon - from the staff: "A $ gift certificate at Hardwick's from to . It's priceless. Down the hill a couple of blocks and on the edge of Portage Bay is The Wooden Boat Shop. As Nordstrom is to clothes, the Wooden Boat Shop is to wooden boats. The classiest types of tools, plans, books, models and small craft are found here, as well as hard-to-find copper rivets and roves, pine tar, pitch and tarred marline and used hand tools. All the merchandise is presented in a mouth-watering way. You can't eat the products but it's sure tempting to at least stroke them. The Wooden Boat Shop is a great information center on who's doing what boatbuilding. And if you hang around long enough you probably will meet them there. North about 80 miles from Seattle's good wooden boat stuff is the Anacortes Marine Supply & Hardware Co. This is a third-generation operation of the Demopolis family, which began as a chandlery for the commercial vessels of Anacortes - mainly the threemasted 165' cod schooners and the steam tugs. There is still plenty of the old gear they needed, in as-new condition, for sale. You can get blocks the size and weight of prize-winn i n g pigs, c a u l k i n g irons and m a l l e t s , thimbles, shackles, cable, anchors, cleats and rigging screws of weight and proportions not found in wooden yachts. This is an old-fashioned hardware store in old-fashioned downtown Anacortes and its authentic maritime gear should be a designated national treasure Just a block down the street is Flounder Bay Boat Lumber. This is another piece of living history. The building is a restored foundry, vintage about 1900, and its paint and details are textbook examples of historic renovation. Inside is, well, wood for boat builders, as well as books, tools, fastenings and adhesives. In addition, Flounder Bay has a wide range of kit boats for paddling, rowing and sailing. Flounder Bay has a staff that really knows wooden boats and it's a hangout for the Old Anacortes Rowing Society (OARS) and the wooden boat building community of Fidalgo and Guemes Islands. If you want boatbuilding wood and salty characters, they're all found at Flounder Bay - Dick Wagner So where can you find these tial emporia? Here s the list:
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Doc Freeman's, 1401 NW Leary Way, Seattle, WA 98107; (206)633-1500 or (800) 228-4691.
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Ballard Hardware, 4229 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle, WA 98107; (206) 783-6626. Hardwick's, 4214 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105; (206) 632-1203. The Wooden Boat Shop, 1007 NE Boat St., Seattle, WA 98105; (206) 634-3600 Anacortes Marine Supply & Hardware, 202 Commercial, Anacortes, WA 98221; (360) 293-3014. Flounder Bay Boat Lumber, Third and " O " St., Anacortes, WA 98221; (800) 2284691.
BOARD VACANCY The Center for Wooden Boats Board of Trustees includes both Trustees invited to be Board members and Trustees elected from among C W B ' s general membership. There are five Trustee positions that are filled from the ranks of our membership in a process set up two years ago. To be elected to one of the general membership Trustee positions, a member in good standing must collect nominating signatures from 30 members in good standing (dues paid). The nominating petitions, which are available from the C W B office year-round, must be submitted to C W B by the September Board meeting (the Board meets the second Tuesday of each month). Trustee election ballots are mailed to all members in good standing and the results are announced at the General Membership meeting in November. Currently one of the member-elected positions is vacant. To be able to fill that position until the fall election, the Board must amend the By-Laws to allow a temporary appointment. The amendment will be considered at the Board's March meeting. Meanwhile, the Board's Membership Sub-Committee is accepting recommendations for candidates for the position. Candidates must be CWB members in good standing. To nominate yourself or someone else for the temporary position, submit the candidate's name, address and daytime phone number, a brief resume and a statement of why that person should be chosen. The submissions should be sent to the Membership Sub-Committee, c/o Bob Perkins, and should be at CWB by April 9. The person named to the temporary position may also run for election in the fall. David Erskine
CWB WILL WELCOME PACIFIC CHALLENGE MAY 14-16 The South Lake Union area will be a beehive of activity May 14-16 as The Center for Wooden Boats hosts the eighth annual Pacific Challenge. More than 200 participants are expected for the friendly competition, where they will be using the timeless skills of tradition to build community in our modern era. The Pacific Challenge is based on interaction between Euro-American ships' boats and the watercraft (canoes/umiaks) of the Northwest Native Peoples. The goal is to promote hands-on experiential education through friendly competition utilizing maritime skills associated with traditional watercraft. Among the competitions will be tests of skill in lashing and cordage/marlinspike, maneuverability, charting and navigation, paddle songs/ sea chanteys, traditional canoe/boat stories (legends) and racing and sailing. The C h a l l e n g e ' s main focus is to comm e m o r a t e , c e l e b r a t e and p e r p e t u a t e the peaceful interaction between the cultures of indigenous peoples of Pacific Northwest America, England and Spain. At the time of first contact, these cultural interactions were on or near the water, a c o m m o n bond between the canoes, ships and long boats. The Challenge strongly encourages youth participation (ages 14 and older) as a means of gaining knowledge, skills and traditions
associated with maritime cultures. The Challenge is a challenge in another way too. Many of the crews will be coming from fairly far away, so lodging and meals will be provided for the participants. Sponsors are being sought for individuals ($25) or teams ($250). And it will take more than 50 volunteers to staff the weekend event, doing everything from registration to meal clean-up. If you'd like to help, either as a sponsor or a volunteer, or if your group, club or organization is interested in bringing a boat and crew to participate, please contact Meg Trzaskoma, Youth Program Coordinator, at CWB: (206) 382-2628 or e-mail meg@cwb.org. - Meg Trzaskoma
WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DO Our sailing instructors are an amazing group. Week after week, no matter what the weather or what other things are going on around the Sound, they re at CWB to help landlubbers become sailors. What keeps this great crew coming back? Here's one instructor's answer, e-mailed to SailNOW!
Administrator Meg Trzaskoma Monday morning:
on a recent
Saturday morning came a little too early this last weekend. It's not that Friday night lasted too long, just the soft swaying of the boat (my home) and the rain-filtered light coming in through the hatch. It sure was easy to lie in bed and think: "I hope a real gale comes up and they cancel SailNOW!." Oh well, wishful thinking. This is Seattle; the weather will change. Make some coffee, grab some breakfast and head to the Center. At least I was greeted by a couple of others who seemed to have similar feelings as I, albeit they weren't going to admit it. The students show - amazing - and it's a mixed bag. Certainly no one who was saying, "Press on. I love this kind of weather." As we jibe out of the channel and we start to heel, the most inexperienced sailor is about to climb out the windward side of the boat, hoping beyond hope that we are planning on turning around NOW!!! Now I have a challenge on my hands and that is to prove to her that sailing is so cool that you'll want to be here every weekend. Shifting wind, rain, puffs and two hours later, they all sign up for more the next weekend. Was it worth dragging myself out? Absolutely! Not only that, but I got to regale these "babes in the woods" (it's a joke; get it !!) about all the cool things that happen when you hang out around boats. They believed every word I said, too. If you can do it, do. It's a l w a y s worth the trip. Mike Gurley, SailNOW! Instructor
Long boats, ships' boats and native craft of every description and vintage will be at CWB for the Pacific Challenge May 14-16. Sponsors are being sought to ensure the participation of teams such as these. photo courtesy of John Aydelotte
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SUMMER + KIDS + CWB = FUN
bob@cwb.org (Bob Perkins, Executive Director)
Believe it or not, summer is coming. And with summer comes a great array of youth activities at CWB.
meg@cwb.org (Meg Trzaskoma & Sven Holch, youth programs and SailNOW! [Meg only])
Last year's highly successful Adventure Bound schooner sailing series will be repeated this year - and because it was so popular, additional sessions have been added. The Adventure Bound program offers teenagers week-long opportunities to sail and navigate the 101' Adventuress or the 8 6 ' Martha throughout Puget Sound. Students will sail the vessels, plot the courses with charts and compasses, prepare meals, stand watch and learn sailing skills and theory, navigation, knots and rigging, Northwest history and folklore, marine ecology and more. Adventure Bound I, for youth 14-18, sails on the Adventuress July 18-24. The ses-
sion is limited to 21 students. Two Adventure Bound II sessions, for youth 13-18, will be offered on the Martha: July 9-15 and July 20-26. Sessions are limited to six students each. The cost for any of the three sessions is $650 per student, which includes food, lodging, instruction and supervision. Application forms and further information are available at CWB, (206) 382-2628. Back home on Lake Union, CWB will again offer the popular Summer in the City maritime skills day camp in three separate weekly sessions: July 26-30, August 2-6 or August 9-14. Summer in the City is open to kids 12 and older. Activities take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day and include sailing, rowing, marlinespike skills and more. Each session is limited to nine lucky kids. The cost is $175 and registration forms are available at CWB. - Sven Holch
www. new Just when you had them all memorized we've gone and changed all our e-mail addresses. There's a new web site address too. The good part is that now you can e-mail our staff directly and our web address is a whole lot shorter. We promise no more address changes until the millennium. E-mail us at: cwb@cwb.org (when you don't know to whom to address your message) dick@cwb.org (Dick Wagner, Founding Director)
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diane@cwb.org (Diane Gowman, Volunteer Coordinator) tim@cwb.org (Tim Porter, Public Services Manager) chris@cwb.org (Chris Rockwell, Boatshop Manager) dan@cwb.org (Dan Potenza, Dockmaster) And you'll now find us on the web at our very own domain: www.cwb.org. - :)
WISH LIST Who says wishes don't come true?! In recent issues of Shavings, we wished for a 13' Boston Whaler or similar type boat to serve as an assist vessel for our Livery operations. Mark Nesby saw our plea and responded with the donation of a dandy 13' Whaler now in service for the Livery. Thanks Mark! If you'd like to make a few more of our wishes come true, take a look around your attic, garage, basement, storage shed, dock box, car trunk or backyard and see if you've got any of the following that you'd like to send to a good home at CWB: √ Full suits of Herreshoff 12½, and Blanchard Jr. sails in good condition √ Beetle cat sails - good condition
√ Electric bilge or sump pumps that
LUKE - AND CWB - ON DISPLAY
fit in 8 " - 1 2 " d i a m e t e r s p a c e s
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#1 bronze oarlocks and sockets
√ Paddles for our sailboats √ Two computers: Pentium 166Mhz or faster with 14" SuperVGA Display or larger √ World globe to teach kids about latitude and longitude √
Two random orbit sanders
√ 15-passenger van in good running condition for field trips We're doing more programs with teenagers these days and that means shop tools are in much demand. So, specifically for the teen programs, we'd be grateful for: #2 block plane, #3 and #4 bench planes, spokeshave, screwdrivers (Phillips, flathead and square drive), cordless drill/drivers and driver bits, Fuller bits, Forstner bits, dovetail and flexible Japanese saws, jig saw, 25' tape measures, chisels, awls and bar and Jorgensen clamps. The prime focus at CWB may be wooden boats but we're famed for a few other things too. And high among those are the posters that herald our Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival each year. For three out of the past four years -1995, 1997 and 1998 to be exact - the Festival poster has featured the original artwork of pastel artist Luke Tornatzky. CWB is one of Luke's favorite places to paint - and a new show of Luke's work attests to that fact. The painting of rowboats above is just one example of how widely CWB subjects are represented in the show. The show will be at the Kimzey Miller Art Gallery in Seattle (Second and University, across from the Seattle Art Museum). Luke will be there to greet all his old (and new) CWB friends at the grand opening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 1. The show will be on display
all through April. The gallery is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. On display will be 25 paintings. The subjects include CWB rowboats and the flag paintings from which our 1997 Festival poster was drawn. The flag paintings were done at a previous Festival, inspired by the flag display on the Schooner Zodiac. Luke, who lives and paints in Port Townsend, has won numerous awards for his artwork, including Edmonds Art Festival Best of Show and First Place Painting the past two years and the Puget Sound Art League Painters Award. He is the owner of the 1938 Ben Seaborn sloop, Juna, a frequent participant in our Festivals. And, as he so modestly puts it in his show announcement to CWB, he's "a great guy." Stop by the show and find out for yourself. - Judie Romeo
15' Olaf lapstrake runabout with sunshade and 1973 Johnson 20hp outboard. On a Calkins galvanized trainer. Boat needs some repairs. $1,500/OBO
thing else is good. New manifold and lots of spares. $250/OBO.
14' Rana sloop. Hull only. Needs work. $200/OBO
To see any of these, stop by CWB or call Bob Perkins, (206) 382-2628.
on elec. windlass, shore power, charger, 120v alt with smart reg. & batteries. 600' 5/8 rode w/ 44 lb. Bruce. Diesel stove. Paint, varnish, mast boots, cutlass bearing in '98. $38,000. Clark, (206) 297-1958.
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9' Sailing Yacht Tender. Rich Kolin designed and built, 1997. Round bottom, cedar planked, oak frames. $2,800. Rich Kolin, (360) 659-5591.
As always, your donations to CWB are tax deductible. And you'll get a million thanks from all of us too!
BOATS & ENGINES FOR SALE BY CWB 26' Blanchard Sr., full rig, sails, some original details. $1,200/OBO 16' Cruisers Inc. runabout. 1973 40hp Evinrude outboard with electric start. Steering console and instruments. Current tabs on both boat and EZ Loader trailer. $2,000/OBO
14' Van Pelt plywood sloop, hard chine. Mast, sails, trailer. Boat needs minor repairs. $1,200/OBO Mercury, hull only, no rig. On water at CWB. $30(3/OBO 14' Hobie Cat, full rig on Shoreline custom galvanized trailer. $600/OBO Single axle trailers (2). Carrying capacity: 800-1,500 lbs. $150-$200. Atomic 4 engine. Cracked block but every-
25' Thunderbird 1963. Good condition, wood construction w/fiberglass cabin. Full suit of sails. This is your boat for the Thunderbird Worlds. $ 10,000/OBO. David Pearson, (360) 385-3628. 34' Angleman Sea Spirit, Japan-built in '64, Hull # 1. Mahogany on Apitong frames, floors & keel, no rot, bronze bolts, copper rivets. Glass over new marine ply decks & hatches in '98. 24-mile radar, sounder. VHF, AM/FM/CD, TV/VCR. 100' 5/16 6
16' Wood Trumble Sailboat. Lightweight and fast. Holds 4 people comfortably. Excellent sails. Comes with trailer and spinnaker. $1,600/OBO. (253) 759-5922 before 4 pm or (253) 756-9183 evenings. 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.
CALENDAR O F 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). Every Sunday (weather permitting) "CAST OFF" BOAT RIDES 2 p.m. CWB north dock Come on aboard for a one-hour sail on CWB's 35' New Haven Sharpie, a type of boat originally developed for oystering on the East Coast, or on one of our other larger boats. Your skipper will be one of CWB's ace sailing instructors. We provide the life jackets; you come dressed for the weather. THE OCCASIONAL CAFE 7:30 p.m. every other Thursday CWB Boathouse Now in its third season, the Occasional Cafe is a concert series in association with the Puget Sound Guitar Workshop and features some of the Northwest's best, most in-demand performers. The "cafe" of the series title is the CWB Boathouse with casual seating and an array of cafe-style refreshments. Admission is $8, under 14 or over 65, $6 (tickets at the door). Scheduled performers are: March 11: Del Rey, queen of the blues and early jazz, and Nova Devonie and David Keenan, quirky duets; March 25: Seth Blair, humorous oddball originals with cello accompaniment, and Greg and Jere Cannote, delightful old-timey and novelty duets; April 8: David Froth, songs of wit and social commentary, and Marjorie Richards, heartfelt originals; April 22: Linda Waterfall, Gina Sala and Ami Adler, three contemporary songwriters and exquisite singers; May 6: Mark Graham and Orville Johnson, blues, old-timey and original songs, and Mike Bristow and Karen England. Hawaiian slack key guitar; May 20: Mike Saunders, traditional Celtic songs and ballads, and Tim Hall and Chris Roe. traditional English and American songs and a bit of contemporary nonsense. March 19 (Friday) THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER 8 p.m CWB Boathouse Penguins, icebergs and glaciers will be on the slide screen as Lin Folsom. long-time CWB member and former Trustee and SailNOW! instructor, recounts her recent trip to Antarctica via a Russian research vessel. The voyage was from the southern tip of Chile (the tag end of South America, near the famous Cape Horn) across Drake Strait to Antarctica and back. If you've had the pleasure of attending Lin's previous talks at CWB. you already know she has a fine eye for photos and a deft touch with travel talks.
April 16 (Friday) THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER 8 p.m CWB Boathouse In the 1930s. Buzz Holmstrom of Coquille, Oregon, was determined to master the treacherous and virtually unexplored Colorado and Green Rivers by boat. He designed and built boats that he successfully used in expeditions on these rivers. Brad Dimock has written a book on those adventures and will give an audio-visual presentation. including still photos and motion pictures of Holmstrom's pioneer river runs. April 25 (Sunday) SPRING CRUISE Noon - 8 p.m (participants' meeting at 1 p.m.) This year's Spring Cruise takes us back 80 years. The year is 1919. Lake Union Drydock has just opened to serve wooden vessels, especially the cod schooners. They were recently able to winter over in Lake Union when the Chittenden Locks were completed in 1916. Things were just settling down after World War I. The Navy just launched the destroyer Ingram - its first vessel to be named after an enlisted man. Several dozen prize-of-war confiscated sailing ships and locallybuilt wartime wooden freighters are moored in a row down the middle of Lake Union. If you've never participated in the Spring Cruise before, here's how it works. Participants are encouraged to wear costumes reflecting the theme year. Armed with knowledge and maps from the 1 p.m. historical briefing, we set out in CWB boats (or bring your own) to tour the lake and bring history to life. The day winds up with a potluck supper and the announcement of the Volunteer of the Year Award. There will be prizes for the best costumes and the best dishes for the supper (whatever your dish, bring enough to feed six). If you're planning on using a CWB boat, arrive early enough to do some boat cleaning (inside and waterlines) or come on down the weekend before and scrub away. That will get you free boat use; otherwise, registration for use of one of our boats will be $5. May 14-16 (Friday-Sunday) PACIFIC CHALLENGE The 1999 Pacific Challenge promotes the timeless skills of tradition to build community in our modern era. Using traditional ship's boats, teams of youth and adults will compete in pulling and sailing races, navigation tests and competitions in marlinespike skills. Entry information is available from CWB. May 21 (Friday) THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER 8 p.m CWB Boathouse Relive an earlier time of elegance and get the feeling of what yachting was like at the turn of the century as our neighbors. Robert d'Arcy and JoAnne O'Connor present a slide show on their 7
Crowninshield schooner Martha. They'll cover her complete history, including J. R. Hanify, who had Martha built at the W.F. Stone Boat Yard in San Francisco in 1906 and actor James Cagney, who owned her in the '30s and '40s. You'll hear how Martha was saved after being declared a total loss from a yard accident in 1976 and about her current restoration and her exciting new sail training program. Not only is Martha one of the oldest "still sailing" vessel in the State of Washington, she is one of the last of her kind in the U.S. July 3-5, 1999 (Saturday-Monday) LAKE UNION WOODEN BOAT FESTIVAL 10 a.m.-6 p.m each day. It's never too early to start getting ready for the way CWB celebrates the 4th of July - The Festival! More than 100 wooden boats from dinghies to 100-ton schooners. Lots of hands-on activities, including toy building, maritime skills demonstrations, knotwork and rides in classic boats of all types. Plus, the wacky Quick & Daring Boatbuilding Contest, historical exhibits, a silent auction, music, food. People's Choice awards and more. Reserve the date now.
MARINE SKILLS WORKSHOPS All year 'round (every day in the summer!) LEARN TO "SAILNOW!" 11 a.m. - 1 p.m or 1:30p.m - 3:30 p.m Saturday & Sunday Fee: $150 per person (includes a one-year CWB membership) 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 four-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. For the student who is only free on weekdays, or prefers one-on-one instruction, we continue to offer individual lessons ($20/hour for members, $30/hour for non-members) on weekdays by appointment. March 12-14 (Friday-Sunday) MARINE CABINET MAKING WORKSHOP 9 a.m. - 3 p.m CWB Boathouse Fee: $100 (members)/$115 (non-members) Instructor: Craig Kirkby The purpose of the class is to expose the students to the intricacies of marine cabinetry. The plan to be used is of a cabinet that is fit into a curved wall space on the interior of a boat. Students will use the plan to draw a more specific design and then work in pairs to build their own cabinet. Rabbets, dadoes, tenons, raised panels, plugs and sea rails will be included. Limited to 8. (continued on page 8)
March 20-21 (Saturday & Sunday) OAR MAKING WORKSHOP 9 a.m. - 5 p.m CWB Boatshop Fee: $100 (memhers)/$l25 (non-members) Instructor: Rich Kolin Rich Kolin will instruct students in traditional oar-making techniques, making 8' spoons, straight oars and a variety of handle styles and leathers. After lecture instruction on design physics and construction techniques; students will team up to make a set of oars for the CWB Livery. This class is a good way to learn the basics of using planes, spokeshaves and tool sharpening. Limited to 10. March 27-28 (Saturday & Sunday) RE-CANVASSING WORKSHOP 9:30 a.m - 5 p.m CWB Boatshop Fee: $60 (members)/$70 non-members Instructors: Dan Potenza and Sean Bull Students will re-canvas the deck of one of CWB's Beetle cats, including stripping off the old canvas, deck repairs and preparation, stretching and sealing the new canvas and preparing it for painting. CWB Dockmaster Dan Potenza learned the craft of re-canvassing in several East Coast boatyards. Volunteer Sean Bull has done canvas work on a number of local boats, including his own Folkboat. Limited to 4. April 3-11 (Saturday-Sunday) IKYAK (Aleutian-Inuit kayak) WORKSHOP 9 a.m - 5 p.m CWB Pavilion Fee: $900 (members)/$950 (non-members) Instructor: Corey Freed man This kayak, popularly called a baidarka, is a different, more complicated construction than the Greenland Inuit type. Each student will build his/ her own boat. Corey Freedman, owner/operator of Spirit Line Kayaks in Anacortes, is well known for both his expertise in native kayak construction and his teaching ability. Limited to 4.
April 10-11 & 17-18 (Saturdays & Sundays) PAINTING A WOODEN BOAT 9 a.m - 5p.m each day CWB Boatshop Fee: $80 (members)/$90 non-members) Instructor: Rich Kolin The class, led by an experienced marine painter, will be a hands-on experience in finishing a CWB-built skiff from preparation to final coat. Along the way students will pick up a pro's tricks for dealing with all sorts of marine coatings problems, including Northwest weather. Limited to 7. May 1-2 (Saturday & Sunday) TOOL MAKING WORKSHOP 9 a.m - 5 p.m CWB Boatshop Fee: $125 (members)/$135 (non-members) Instructor: Rich Kolin Under the guidance of a master boatwright, students will build their own planes and carving knives that will provide a lifetime of use. Students will shape and heat-treat a piece of tool steel into a blade that will hold a razor edge. They also will learn how to sharpen, use and maintain their masterpieces. Limited to 8. May 22-30 (Saturday-Sunday) 15' HEATHER SKIFF WORKSHOP 9 a.m - 5 p.m CWB workshop Fee: $550 (members); $600 (non-members) Instructor: Rich Kolin Rich Kolin, an experienced boatbuilder, will lead the class in building an attractive, flat-bottomed, lapstrake-topsides skiff. Heather, which he designed. Heather is the 15' version of the Heidi, described in Rich's book. Traditional Boat Building Made Easy: a 12' Skiff for Oar and Sail (students will get a copy of the book). The Heather will be built as a sailing skiff, including centerboard, spars, rudder and tiller. Basic woodworking skills are required. Limited to 8.
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June 13 (Sunday) STRIP PLANKED KAYAK SEMINAR 9 a.m - 4 p.m CWB Boathouse Fee: $30/$35 Instructor: Prof. Paul Ford Strip planking is a hybrid technology. Thin, Âź" strips of wood are edge-glued to form the hull shape. Then the planks are encased in fiberglass for strength and waterproofing. The result is a strong, rigid, light "sandwich" construction. This is the only class at CWB that discusses extensive use of fiberglass. The instructor is experienced in strip building and effectively provides the students with the technical information needed to enable them to build their own kayaks using the strip planked method. Limited to 20. June 19-20 (Saturday & Sunday) HALF MODEL WORKSHOP 9 a.m - 5 p.m CWB Boatshop Fee: $115 (members)/$125 (non-members) Instructor: Rich Kolin The old way of a traditional art: shape a half model of a hull and, from those lines, scale up and build a boat. The new way of this traditional art: find a boat whose lines and history are pleasing and capture its grace and essence by scaling down and constructing a half model of the hull. Rich Kolin, a boatbuilder for more than 25 years, will teach students from start-to-finish how to bring their favorite boat from plans (which he will supply for the class) to the fireplace mantel. Limited to 6. NOTE: A $100 non-refundable deposit is required to registerfor all boatbuilding workshops; the balance is due no later than one week prior to the workshop. For all other workshops, prepayment in full is required to reserve your place. Classes with fewer than four students will be canceled or postponed.