Published bimonthly for The Center for Wooden Boats 1010 Valley Street Seattle, WA 98109
Volume XXI Number 2 April 2000 ISSN 0734-0680 1992, CWB
24th Annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival Fast Approaching! by Dick Wagner Founding Director
Our 24th Annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival is shaping up. This year it will be a four-day event, starting on Saturday, July 1, and running through Tuesday, July 4. Some of the exhibits you'll see include a steam-powered wood splitter; used hand tools for sale; the legendary 1920 schooner Red Jacket, designed by the legendary Ted Geary; a William Garden-designed miniature Bristol Pilot Cutter; the 65-foot schooner Barlovento, built as Henry DuPont I l l ' s wedding present; the 1907 schooner Martha, the oldest sailing and working vessel in Washington State; Washington State's own floating ambassador, the brig Lady Washington; and models displayed by the Puget Sound Ship Modelers. One of the best things about our Festival is the people. Many make their living with their hands, building boats and sailing boats. Our region is blessed with a large community of folks who splice cable, make nets, caulk big hunks of planking and sail in blue water. And they love to pass on their hard-earned skills. Expect the usual ingredients of demonstrations, toy boat building, the Quick & Daring boatbuilding competition and a plethora of small craft to sail on. In addition, this year's Festival will be an historic one. For the first six Festivals (1977-1982), there were no CWB facilities. The Naval Reserve Center at
The winner of the 1999 Quick and Daring Boatbuilding Competition, Killer V, designed and built by Jim Durland and Jeff Oakleif.
the south end of Lake Union generously loaned their site for those Festivals. By May 1983, CWB had its own site, including a brand new floating Boatshop, on south Lake Union, conveniently next door to the Naval Reserve; ever since, our Wooden Boat Festivals sprawl along the shore of Lake Union from CWB to the Navy Base. Now the City of Seattle has acquired the property and will create Seattle's newest waterfront park. To celebrate the
transfer, the official ribbon cutting will take place on the first day of the Festival! Mark your calendars. The Festival is fun, educational and a great activity for the whole family. If you plan to exhibit your boat (either on shore or in the water), your model, your skills, your crafts, or if you want to volunteer, let us know. There is plenty of room for all of the above. Or just come and visit. It will be an experience you will long remember.
Ahoy! Have you heard? Our Summer Livery hours begin Opening Day, May 6. The Livery will be open from noon to 7 p.m., with last boat out at 6 p.m. We're open every day except Tuesday. Evening SailNOW! lessons begin May 8. They'll be offered Monday through Thursday at 6:00 p.m. What a great way to spend a summer evening! Everyone is invited down May 1 through May 5 to help get the boats cleaned up during Bust Out Boats week. Contact Mindy at (206) 3822628 if you'd like to help. Volunteer sign-ups for this year's Wooden Boat Festival, July 1-4, are already starting. Call (206) 382-2628 or email Mindy at mindy@cwb.org to sign up to do that thing you always do - or something new!
Classifieds Finish this and go rowing! 23-foot Dave LeFebvre design double rowboat. Will weigh about 100 lbs when done and will cartop just fine. Promises to be fast, like the single version. Near done, circumstances prevent my finishing. Make offer.½salepricewillbedonatedtoCWB.
Mercury Class one-design 3-foot draft keel sloop with cuddy, inboard rigging carrying 156 sq. feet of working nylon sails. Boat is in a mobile heavy-duty cradle complete with cockpit and sail cover along with important extras. Bargain, $1,300. (206) 878-7745. Aluminum mast and boom for sale. Mast is 49' with 8.5" x 5"section, boom is 20' 11" with x 7" section. Contact Scott Rohrer at (206) 281-8144. Classified Ads are available, free of charge, only to CWB members. If you would like an ad to appear in Shavings or Sawdust, e-mail it to shavings@cwb.org or fax it to (206) 3822699.
The Board has approved the Strategic Plan goals and the staff is developing a five-year implementation plan. The official gillnetter launch celebration happens April 22. Admirable will be put into immediate use in our Adventure Bound youth program. Dierk, Chris, Eric, Brad and their helpers did an outstanding job. Stop by soon to see the results of their craftsmanship. The R-Boat Pirate has been hauled out and is getting new deck beams and carlins.
The recent Boatbuilding Workshop students, ably led by Eric Hvalsoe, produced an Acme skiff, which was immediately snapped up by one of the students. Many thanks go out to the Americorps volunteers for all their hard work during their recent fourday visit. In a whirlwind of activity, they scraped, sanded, painted, cleaned, folded, labelled and sorted, getting an amazing amount accomplished. Come back any time!
Who's Who at CWB
Cama Beach Resort, soon to be a new State Park and site of more CWB programs, was recently listed in the Washington Heritage Register. If you have a special occasion coming up, remember you can rent our Boathouse Gallery for after-hours use. Call Casey at (206) 382-2628 to check availability and prices. Six Lakeside School students recently built two six-hour canoes.
STAFF Dick Wagner Founding Director Bob Perkins Executive Director Casey Gellermann Public Services Manager Boatshop
Dan Potenza Manager
Nancy Rics Youth Programs Manager Mindy Koblenzer SailNOW! & Volunteer Coordinator Tom Hodgson Dockmaster
Taking a workshop at CWB Contact David Cox at (425) 453-9682, can have a snowball effect... davidcox@seanet.com We recently received this card from Kees Prins, a workshop participant who later moved to Holland:
A lot has happened since we left for Holland in 1996. In 1997, we set up Zuiderzee Boat Workshop. Since then we've had 190 students, 24 workshops and built 19 boats! This January, we changed our name to Eukhuizer School for Wooden Boatbuilding, offering a 12-week small craft building course. Almost filled with 11 students. We've also done a family boat building event with 30 Bevin's Skiffs, again in 2000 during Boatshow HISWA. Taking a workshop in your centre had sort of a snowball effect.
Andrea Denton Administrative Assistant Chris Sanders Bookkeeper BOARD OF TRUSTEES Caren Crandell Deb Cibene Betsy Davis Dave Erskine Steve Excell Ken Greff Chip Hoins Candace Jordan Richard Kolin Len Marklund Dave Mullens Ron Snyder Bill Van Vlack Trip Zabriskie
Tradewinds a Smashing Success by Bob Perkins Executive Director Gonna put on my best finery Gonna stuff my pants with green money Gonna take my girl upon my arm And stroll down to where the high rollers are Gonna take my place at a fine-laid table Drink wine with a fancy label Gonna gel in on the noise and fun Clap and cheer with everyone Raise my hand and bid out loud Grab treasures to make a sultan proud... - CWB auction rag On Friday, February 19, the halls of Bell Harbor International Conference Center on the Seattle waterfront buzzed with the excitement, tension, exuberance and savoir faire that is Tradewinds, the annual Center for Wooden Boats auction. Over 200 guests, many of whom were CWB regulars decked out beyond recognition, eagerly scoured three rooms full of silent auction treasures to snag precious finds,
from the highly contested box of plastic toys and what-nots from Archie McPhee's weird and funky toyshop to boat rides, artwork, handicrafts and getaways. All the intrigue of a Hitchcock film was evident as friendships were tested and strategic bidding alliances were formed. The tension subsided briefly as guests sat down to a sumptuous dinner and wines provided by Columbia Winery and K & L Distributors. But when Lead Auctioneer Mark Schenfeld grabbed the mike, it was off to the races again as the live auction swung into gear. Three oval shaker boxes. Sold! Diamond and pearl ring. Sold! Canoe trip on Lake Ozette. Sold! French dinner prepared at your home. Sold! All were a-twitter over two stunning pieces of glass donated by Dale Chihuly. Sold and Sold! And on it went. Riot police were standing by as a "Feeding Frenzy" of local restaurants had people leaping to their feet. At the end, the smiles, congratulations
A very special T H A N K Y O U goes out to the following people, whose months of hard work made this event so successful. Our hats are off to the Procurement Team members, whose extraordinary effort brought in over $100,000 of donated items. Thanks again also to all of those auction night volunteers recognized in our last issue of Sawdust. AUCTION
LEADERSHIP
Sue Schaeffer Deb Cibene Rukshana Edwards Karen Braitmayer Charles Mickelson Cara Biega Donald Markey Bill Jordan Taran Schjaerve Iwalani Christian Jan Jordan Lori O'Tool Aideen Ward Susan Derrick Kim Russell Dennis Grove Casey Gellermann Mindy Koblenzer
Event Co-Chair Event Co-Chair Event Consultant Decorations Procurement Underwriting Database Software Tech Support Invitations Cashiering Cashiering Catalog Catalog Silent Auction Live Auction Logistics Staff Resource Coord. Volunteer Wrangler
PROCUREMENT TEAM
Gwen Anderson, Nelson Foote, Paul Fredrickson, Kathleen Howat, Joyce LaGow, Judie Romeo, Gerie Ventura, Steve White.
and hearty applause for all the volunteers, donors and bidders who helped to make the event a smashing success sent everyone off
...the live auction swung into gear. Three oval shaker boxes. Sold! Diamond and pearl ring. Sold! Canoe trip on Lake Ozette. Sold! to their respective abodes with a sense of having been part of one heck of a patty. Perhaps best of all, when the smoke cleared away from the cash registers we netted a brand new $43,000-bill to spend on keeping CWB's famous hands-on maritime history programs going strong!
THIS MONTH'S FEATURED BOAT:
Our New Haven Sharpie by Dick Wagner Founding Director
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ur New Haven Sharpie is the duck-billed platypus of our fleet. It looks like a mistake in maritime design, a dangerous mistake, but it really works, and works wonderfully well. The Sharpie is long, skinny, has a fine entrance, flat bottom, centerboard, low freeboard, almost vertical topsides, and two tall masts. Ergo, the boat should have very little initial stability, virtually no reserve buoyancy and with the large and high sail area, it should be as tippy as a floating ball. A design that's simply doomed to failure. Or, could it be a design that has achieved simple perfection?
Now that I've mentioned the potential faults of the Sharpie, I'll note its many cleverly designed elements that make the Sharpie a fine sailing vessel. The Sharpie is a big flat-bottom skiff. That means its simple hull can be built fast, with minimal materials and minimal wastage, and is therefore an inexpensive boat. The long, narrow hull offers little wetted surface, and thus it moves efficiently under sail or oars. In fact, the slim, flat bottom allows this vessel to plane at relatively low speed. The sail area is considerable, which gets the Sharpie moving in light winds. The unstayed masts bend and, therefore, in strong winds the heads of the sails spill the wind. This lowers the center of effort and keeps the Sharpie
Our New Haven Sharpie under sail on Lake Union, with a Seattle landmark in the background. Note how the unstayed masts bend and spill the wind.
footing along with minimal heel. keeps an even snotter tension, no Because the sails have virtually matter how far the sheet is out. been reefed from the top down, the Last is the balanced rudder. That center of effort has dropped vertically means a portion of the long narrow and still is in alignment with the center rudder extends forward of the rudderof lateral resistance, so the Sharpie still stock. This balances the helm on all sails with little helm points of sail as and heel. there are counter The two-masted Join us Sunday afternoons pressures on the cat ketch rig is a rudder. It only at 2 p.m. for a free sail on snap to sail. The takes a delicate the Sharpie. foresail acts like a touch on the helm jib. The mizzen, to come about. only a tad smaller So, the special than the fore, balances the steering features of the Sharpie: planing hull, well. Together, the sails nicely drive rotating masts, no-touch jibing, selfand steer the boat. reefing sails, balanced rudder. Sounds The leg-of-mutton spritsail rig like a high-tech racing machine. provides a clever way to flatten the sail However, the Sharpie was meant as a in strong winds by simply hauling in modest oyster-tonging boat. the snotter, which is the easily accesInfrequently, some things of sible line attaching the inboard end of complex function are designed so well, the sprit to the mast. they seem simple. I feel it is fair to say The downward pressure on the our New Haven Sharpie fits the beauticlews prevents a violent swing of the fully simple category of things. sails when jibing, and there is no heavy Our boat is a replica of a 35-foot boom to duck under. The sails go over Sharpie built by Lester Rowe of New in a dignified arc when jibing, even Haven in the 1880s. The original is with no sheet control. preserved at the Mariners' Museum in The rotating mast is a nice touch. It Newport News, Virginia.
Sharpies were developed as oyster-tonging vessels in New Haven, in the early 1870s. They were built in two lengths: 27 feet and 35 feet. The shorter vessels had one mast and had a one-man crew. Two crew operated the larger, two-masted Sharpies. Besides extra help gathering the oysters, the second man handled the foresail. Sharpies were good load carriers. A 35-foot version could hold about 175 bushels of oysters. These boats proved to be successful and were quickly adopted by oystermen in Chesapeake Bay and the sounds of North Carolina. Yachtsmen also noticed the speed and attractive shape of the Sharpies. They soon ordered these boats and Sharpie yachts became popular from the waters of New England to the bays of Florida. Our New Haven Sharpie replica was built in 1977 by CWB member Bo Garrison of Anacortes. The plans were drawn by H. I. Chapelle and are in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Garrison donated his Sharpie to CWB in 1983.
The Saga of a '36 Ford Sedan by William C. Ruthford The other night, as I was reading the newest edition of Shavings, out of the blue an experience I had not though of for 40plus years was vivid in my memory. It was a day at La Push in the summer of 1953 when a young boat puller from one of the trollers with whom I had become acquainted and I decided to go to Seattle for a couple of days. My friend wanted to bring his car back to La Push. I checked with the boss and he said, "Okay, but be back here ready to go to work day after tomorrow." That night, about 11 o'clock, we hopped a ride with Earl Penn, who, as usual, was driving the fish truck loaded with iced salmon to Seattle. Earl's routine was to arrive at the Southpoint-Lowfall ferry crossing on Hood Canal in time to make the first boat the next morning and then go on to Winslow for the ferry ride to Seattle. I will never forget the excitement I experienced that morning seeing that beautiful Seattle skyline from the deck of the ferry after two months away from home. We arrived in the fish truck at the San Juan Fishing and Packing Co. plant at Pier 31 right on time at about 8 a.m. as the fish
house crew was coming to work. My friend and I departed for our respective homes and Earl bedded down on the seat of the truck to get some sleep before he headed back to La Push with a load of crushed ice after the contents of the boxes he was hauling were emptied on the grading table. After saying "hello" to mom, eating two big meals and getting some shut eye, I met my friend at the Coleman terminal the next morning. I saw for the first time my friend's well-used '36 Ford sedan with steam curling out of the hood vents. As we waited in the ferry line, things cooled down enough so that we could add water to the radiator, and as we made our way west from Winslow to the canal and then from the canal on toward Discovery Bay, we stopped no less than five or six times to add additional water, with each time interval between stops becoming shorter and shorter. Finally, on the down side of a long hill, realizing that at our current pace we would not make it back to La Push in time, we got up enough speed, shut off the engine, left the road and coasted across a field and into the woods where that old '36 Ford came to a stop. Sharing feelings has probably never
been the long suit of teenage boys and we were no exception, but without words being spoken I got the impression that the car was there to stay. We got our duffle bags and started to hitchhike west: It was well after dark when we got as far as Lake Crescent. In the parking lot of a beautiful log lodge we were contemplating our alternatives when a guy in a pick-up asked us if we needed a ride. We acknowledged that we did and he gave us a lift all the way to La Push and let us off right in front of the Butts & Pattison Cafe shortly after midnight. I don't know if my friend ever reclaimed that '36 Ford sedan, or whether it might still sit in the woods there by Discovery Bay. Attorney Bill Ruthford is an avid reader of Shavings and wrote in to share this boyhood memory. Bill still messes about in fishing boats, for fun. He has the 28 foot Torsk, a double-ender troller hull, fitted out as a cruiser, with accommodations for two. Torsk (cod in Norwegian) has won awards at the Classic Wooden Boat Festival in Victoria and the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival.
HISTORIC BOAT PLANS A number of plans for famed designer Ted Geary's sailing models, plus one set for a full-size boat, are now available thanks to the efforts of the Pirate Restoration Committee. Pirate, a R-Boat built in 1926 at Lake Union Dry Dock Co., was donated to CWB last fall and is being restored through the efforts of a dedicated bunch of R-Boat enthusiasts, led by Scott Rohrer. The sale of the model boat plans is just one way that money is being raised for the restoration. Plans available are: Pirate Pond Boat. A single sheet plan for building this 39" scale sailing model designed in 1927. Construction is simple bread-and-butter method. Plan includes construction sections, rigging plan and sail plan. Templates for lifts and profile fullscale. $50. Olympic. An inch-to-a-foot model of a Six-Metre yacht, 36" long, designed at Geary's Los Angeles office in 1932 to commemorate the Olympic games being
held in L.A. that year. The Six-Metres and Eight-Metres were the two big keel boat classes at the Games. Bread-and-butter construction, full scale lifts and profile. Very good print with helpful rigging details. $20. Class C Model Yacht. Designed by Geary in 1922, this monster is 72" long! No sail plan on drawing but a total sail area of 2200 sq. in. is calculated. Graceful sheerline and lovely long overhangs. This boat resembles Geary's controversial racer, Spirit II. Full-scale drawing. $30. S/V Pirate Plans. Beautiful, sharp prints scanned from two original ink-on-linen drawings for the 39' R-Boat Pirate. The sail plan (1/2" = 1') includes the original rigging plan and outboard profile of this famous racer. The construction drawing (1"-1') shows profile and plan views as well as deck plan. Two drawing set, $50. If interested in any of these plans, call Scott at (206) 281-8144.
C A L E N D A R of THIRD FRIDAY S P E A K E R SERIES Every 3rd Friday 7 p.m. CWB Boathouse Each month C W B finds a speaker of wit and experience to talk about his or her special knowledge. It is also an opportunity for C W B members to meet one another and the staff. Admission is free. Refreshments served (donations to cover costs are appreciated). FRIDAY, MAY 19 This session is about the natural history of the Northwest along its shorelines. Our speakers traditionally talk about our cultural history but there is no wall between small craft cruising our Northwest waters and the experience of the rich and diverse environment of our tidelands. Dr. Susan Zwinger has a doctorate in interdisciplinary arts in education. She has published four books on natural history and several essays, articles and poems. She will focus on her latest book: The Last Wild Edge, One Woman's Journey from the Arctic Circle to the Olympic Peninsula. FRIDAY, JUNE 16 Ron McClure will give a slide talk about classic wooden yachts of the Northwest, in fact, he just wrote a book with that title, published by Sasquatch Press. The book, for those who appreciate good design and good craftsmanship, is something to die for. A quote from the book: "Owning a boat like this is not an investment, it's a passion." And in looking through the book, it's hard not to be passionate about them all. Ron will show slides and talk about these wonderful boats. Autographed copies of his book will be available for purchase. CAST OFF! Free Public Sail Every Sunday at 2 p.m. Enjoy free half hour sails on one of our classic sailboats. Our Cast O f f ! program allows visitors the chance to sail in boats that are too large or too complex to be a part of our regular livery program. Currently, w e ' r e sailing on our New Haven Sharpie, a 35-foot oyster boat. (See pages 4 and 5 for more information on this boat.) Come down and join us any Sunday (weather-permitting) for a free afternoon sail on Lake Union. Please feel free to call us around noon on Sunday to check weather conditions.
EVENTS
SPRING CRUISE April 23 (Sunday) Noon - 8 p.m. (participants' meeting at 1 p.m.) This year's Spring Cruise takes us back 100 years. Seattle is booming as those who made their fortunes in the Gold Rush open businesses and build houses. Participants are encouraged to wear costumes reflecting the theme year. Armed with knowledge and maps from the 1 p.m. historical briefing, we'll 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. Prizes for the best costumes and the best dishes for the supper (whatever your dish, bring enough to feed six). If you arrive early and help do some spring cleaning on the boats, we'll waive the $5 registration fee. 24TH A N N U A L LAKE UNION W O O D E N BOAT FESTIVAL July 1-4 (Saturday-Tuesday) 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. each day Four, count 'em, four glorious days to enjoy our annual homage to the beauty, endurance and vitality of wooden boats. All your favorite boats - from dainty dinghies to stupendous schooners - and activities (toy boats, boat rides, skills demonstrations, historic and modern day exhibits, the Quick & Daring Boatbuilding Contest and
more) will be there. The location's the same as always, C W B and the adjacent Naval Reserve Base grounds, but it will have a different name by Festival 2000. That's because the ribbon cutting for the official transfer of the Navy Base to the City of Seattle will be on July 1, as part of the Festival activities! Mark your calendar now for this very special event. SUMMER IN T H E CITY July 31 - August 4, August 7 - 11; August 14 - 18 (Monday - Friday) 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 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 kids. The cost is $175 and registration forms arc available at CWB. ADVENTURE BOUND July 11-15; July 22-26; August 20-24 Students age 14 to 18 will navigate C W B ' s newly-restored 30' sailing gillnetter through the waters of Puget Sound while learning traditional maritime skills, maritime and natural history and leadership and team-building skills. Three sessions will be offered. The cost for any of the three is $500 per student, which includes food, lodging, instruction and supervision. Application forms and further information are available from C W B at (206) 382-2628.
MARINE SKILLS WORKSHOPS LEARN TO "SAIL NOW!" Year 'round 11 a.m. or 1:30 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays, 6 p.m. Monday - Thursday, starting May 8 Fee: $250 per person Instructors: Volunteers Students 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, with no more than three students per instructor. Students will graduate when able to sail a variety of boats by instinct, by themselves. You may begin any Saturday, space permitting. Please call or drop by to sign up. For the student who is only free on weekdays, or prefers one-on-one instruction, we also offer individual lessons on weekdays by appointment ($20/hour for members, $30/hour for non-members). HOW TO BUY A W O O D E N BOAT April 22 (Saturday) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CWB Boathouse Fee: $40 members/$45 non-members Instructor: Lee Ehrheart This seminar covers the many facets of purchasing a boat, including insuring and financing. You'll learn first-hand what to look for and where
to look to get a feeling for the overall integrity of a vessel. Discover some of surveyors' techniques for sounding a hull and inspecting the many nooks and crannies of the boat. You'll be able to do some serious pre-inspection and get a feeling for the overall-health and suitability of a vessel before you call a surveyor. Limited to 20. BRIGHTWORK SEMINAR April 29 (Saturday) 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. CWB Boathouse Fee: $25 (members/$30 (non-members) Instructor: Rebecca Wittman When it comes to making your brightwork gleam, there's no one more knowledgeable or better able to teach you all the basics and the professional's tricks than Rebecca Wittman. Her book, Brightwork: The Art of Finishing Wood, is regarded as the definitive work on the subject. This seminar will afford you the chance to learn the best materials and techniques in the world of wood coatings. Limited to 40. continued
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS/WORKSHOPS (continued from page 7) LOFTING WORKSHOP May 6-7 (Saturday & Sunday) 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. CWB Boathouse Fee: $115 members/$125 non-members Instructor: Rich Kolin In p r e p a r a t i o n f o r the upcoming Boatbuilding Workshop, students will loft a classic Salmon Wherry 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. Rich Kolin is a boatbuilder, designer and author with nearly three decades of experience in passing on the skills of his craft to others. Limited to 6.
SALMON WHERRY WORKSHOP May 13-21 (Saturday-Sunday) 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. CWB Boatshop Fee: $600 members/$650 non-members Instructor: Rich Kolin Under the guidance of Rich Kolin, a highly experienced boatbuilder, designer and author of boatbuilding books, students will build and launch a classic Salmon Wherry. The Salmon Wherry, similar in appearance to a Swampscott dory, has been in use in Maine for about 100 years. Limited to 6. STRIP PLANKED KAYAK SEMINAR May 20 (Saturday) 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. CWB Boathouse Fee: $30/$35 Instructor: Prof. Paul Ford Strip planking is a hybrid technology. Thin,
CAMA BEACH WORKSHOPS We're excited to announce the start of workshops as part of CWB programs to be offered at the new Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island. Until the Park opens, workshops will be held at a shop at Lake Goodwin, between Marysville and Stanwood. CWB will provide a map to the site with materials sent to students after they register.
SKIFF BUILDING W O R K S H O P May 27 & 28, June 3, 4, 10 & 11 (Saturdays & Sundays) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Lake Goodwin Workshop Fee: $600 members, $650 non-members In our first b o a t b u i l d i n g class in the UNDERSTANDING WOODEN BOATS AND Camano Island/Stanwood area. Rich Kolin, an THE INSPECTION PROCESS Âź" strips of wood are edge-glued to form the hull experienced designer, builder, and instructor May 6- 7 (Saturday & Sunday) shape. Then the planks are encased in fiberglass will lead the class in building a classic 14' lap9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CWB Boathouse for strength and waterproofing. The result is a strake sides, flat-bottom skiff. A copy of Kolin's Fee: $70 members/$75 non-members strong, rigid, light "sandwich" construction. This book on skiff building, Building Heidi, is inInstructor: Lee Ehrheart is the only class at CWB that discusses extensive cluded in the tuition. Limited to 7. The program covers wooden boat construcuse of fiberglass. The instructor is experienced tion, terminology, structural deficiencies and t h e i r . in strip building and effectively provides - in a causes and prevention, components of a marine OARMAKING seminar session - students with the technical ininspection and their application in the field. For 13 (Saturday & Sunday) formation needed to enable them to build their August 12 anyone involved in the inspection, survey, own9 a.m. - .5 p.m. at Lake Goodwin Workshop own kayaks using the strip-planked method. Limership or long-term maintenance of wooden boats Fee: $110 members, $120 non-members ited to 20. of all kinds. Limited to 12. Students will learn the design elements of IKYAK (ALEUTIAN-INUIT KAYAK) good oars,and build both straight blade and WORKSHOP I K Y A K ( A L E U T I A N - I N U I T K A Y A K ) June 3-11 spoon oars under the guidance of instructor Rich (Saturday-Sunday) WORKSHOP Kolin. Limited to 8. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CWB Pavilion May 6-14 (Saturday-Sunday) Fee: $900 members/$950 non-members UPCOMING CAMA BEACH WORKSHOPS 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CWB Pavilion Instructor: Corey Freedman Fee: $900 members/$950 non-members The ikyak, most popularly known as a Wherry B u i l d i n g - S e p t . 16, 1 7 , 2 3 , 2 4 , 3 0 , 3 1 Instructor: Corey Freedman baidarka, is a different and more complicated Nameboard Carving - Nov. 11, 12, 18, 19 The ikyak, most popularly known as a construction than the Greenland Inuit type. Each Plane Making - Dec. 2 baidarka, is a different and more complicated student will build his or her own boat. Corey construction than the Greenland limit type. Each NOTE: A $100 nonrefundable deposit is required to Freedman, owner/operator of Spirit Line Kayaks student will build his or her own boat. Corey register for all boatbuilding workshops; the balance is in Anacortes, is well recognized for both his exdue no later than two weeks prior to the workshop. Freedman is well recognized for both his experpertise in native kayak construction and his teachFor all other workshops, pre-payment in full reserves tise in native kayak construction and his teaching ability. Limited to 4. your place. Classes with fewer than four students will ing ability. Limited to 4. be canceled or postponed.
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