Shavings Volume 13 Number 2 (May 1991)

V O L U M E XIII, N U M B E R 2 Published for members of the Center for Wooden Boats

COME TO THE AUCTION But first, how about helping out with the huge task of rounding up some donations.

Last year CWB "upped the ante" on the auction and raised just few dollars less than our goal of $10,000. Since this was more than twice as much as any previous auction "take", we were quite pleased.

Now we are determined to raise the stakes again, to $25,000.

Every member of CWB can help us reach this goal. Look over your own "stuff and think about things which could be donated by friends or businesses where you have connections. Don't limit your thinking

to material goods. One member has solicited three "courses" of a progressive dinner on Lake Union; he will take the folks around the lake on a CWB boat, complete with a champagne bucket.

Another member has solicited a night at a Bed and Breakfast establishment in Friday Harbor, a dinner for two and we will package it with a floatplane flight to the island. Our auctioneer, Fergus Prestbye suggests that we all think of any business who can give anything; a media company can give a package of advertising, a politician can give a "power breakfast", a designer can give a consultation and a barber/beautician can give haircuts.

To make the live auction more fun for our members who help out, CWB will offer "funny money" you can spend that

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night (equivalent to 5% of the value of all items solicited by you). So, get out there and round up $1,000 worth of donations, and you'll have $50 to bid on anything your heart desires.

Enclosed in this issue of Shavings, you will find a solicitation form. Make copies, call the staff at 382-2628 if you have any questions. Don't forget to buy your tickets for the auction ($5, including liquid refreshment and finger food) because there will only be seating for 200, and everyone knows that it's more fun to sit down while you spend money. Don't forget, a great way "to help the auction is to get people there who are willing to "bid till they drop." It's a good cause and you can help!

fame was that she got us there and back again, and what more do you need from a boat.

We knew different — we belonged to her!

THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP

My brother had a bad case of flu during World War 1 and later got whooping cough. Doctors in those days had much better remedies than they do now: Mother was told, "Keep him on the water as much as possible."

So we made many weekend fishing trips in The Cradle until we knew every inch of the shoreline of Lake Superior from Thunder Bay to Pigeon River, and incidentally had enough salted fish to last for months.

The Cradle of the Deep was a great boat. It was certainly not because of her heritage. Her body was made by my father from what was left of a sailboat that had washed ashore in a storm and been abandoned.

Not because of her size either. To my 4year-old eyes she looked imposing, and she could seat six adequately and our family of four comfortably, but she must have actually been only about 12 feet long.

Nor was she great because of her speed. She was powered by a small engine, about a horse and a half, that my father had "rescued" from a dump and mounted in the covered prow of the boat. My father was the only one who could coax a cough, splutter, and purr from it; he would open the door and brace himself with one foot next to the engine, then administer an appropriate tug to the flywheel. The shaft ran down the center under a cover, and wires along the gunwales controlled the rudder, which was operated by a beautiful aluminum

steering wheel, cast by Dad. My brother (then 7) and I were sometimes allowed to steer. When she chose, the Cradle was probably capable of 5 knots.

Though comfortable, her appointments were not those of greatness.

The forward section contained the engine, fuel tanks, and air tanks to keep her afloat in case of swamping. There was a seat across the back and one along each side, where my brother and 1 could sleep on kapok cushions while my parents fished.

Sometimes we lay on the floorboards in the bottom of the boat and played our imaginary games.

The gunwales extended in several inches, under which were the rudder controls and some supplies for short trips. For longer trips we towed the canvas canoe my father had made, and used it for blankets and supplies.

Canvas covers could be pulled over us in heavy seas or storms. People said that The Cradle's greatest claim to

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Our longest fishing trip was an exploration of the shoreline between Thunder Bay and Nipigon.

The weather was not ideal and did not look as if it would improve, so rather than tracing the long tongue of Black Bay, netting only a few miles, my parents decided in the interest of time to make a run for it across the mouth of the Bay. During the crossing a sudden squall came up, one of those for which Lake Superior is famous, and the waves were choppy and unpredictable.

Peeping over the transom at the canvas canoe we were towing, my brother and I held our breath from the time it disappeared as we topped a swell until it was again visible bobbing behind. Though we were frightened we had been taught not to show it, so we sang or recited poetry while The Cradle rode the seas with her usual finesse. Alas, the canoe was not so seaworthy, and a sudden wave flipped it over.

When we finally reached the opposite shore we landed to take stock of the damage. Unlacing the canvas cover, we found that although nothing had fallen out, all our supplies were soaked.

The canned goods were in good shape, except all the labels were gone, so planning meals after that involved a guessing game. But the flour, sugar and bread were absolutely ruined.

Bread was a staple in our family, and we had been eagerly anticipating the pies Mother would bake with the berries we would pick at our campsites. Fortunately there was a lumber camp not far from our

landing place; from this, Mother and Dad acquired not only flour and sugar but also two big beautiful fresh-baked loaves of bread.

After we built our cottage at MacKenzie beach, Dad worked in town while the rest of us stayed down at the camp during the summers; The Cradle was our only source of contact.

My brother and I would watch anxiously on Saturday evening to glimpse Dad and the Cradle bringing our supplies for the next week. Lake Superior, often rough, was especially so in August.

From far off we watched in terror the tiny speck of boat now bobbing on top of the waves, now completely lost in the trough between, until The Cradle and Dad arrived in good shape once again.

When roads were finally built Dad invested in a car and we were able to drive to within walking distance of our cottage. It was indeed a time saver, though it lacked the charm of the water route.

The Cradle understood emergencies and

responded to them when needed. One summer when Dad was away an emergency of the worst kind developed.

We had guests at the cottage who were not used to boats or water and did not appreciate the intractability of Lake Superior. A small girl and a very large woman were sitting in the rowboat, the woman against one gunwale, causing the boat to heel to that side; an offshore wind caught the boat and blew it far from shore before we saw their plight.

The terrified girl flitted back and forth in the boat and the woman sat stolidly, unable even to think of moving toward the center.

Mother declared confidently, "I'll get them in the motorboat."

Fortunately no one realized that Mother had never even attempted to start The Cradle. The Cradle knew and resolved to do its share. My brother reached under the hood and turned on the gas. With one foot on each side of the engine Mother gave the wheel a tug; it started like a charm. As she approached the rowboat, Mother underestimated the distance The Cradle would drift when

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she cut the engine; the rowboat's terrified occupants were incapable of using the oars to help. So Mother started the motor a second time and gingerly approached again, this time gauging correctly. The guests were bundled into The Cradle, and for a third time Mother was greeted with the happy confident sound of a purring motor. When our guests had gone home, Mother and my brother kissed The Cradle and did a "war dance" in her honor on the beach.

When we were not using her, we kept The Cradle anchored in a reasonably sheltered bay. One fall, after a series of bad storms, we came down to the lake to find that the waves had broken her moorings and she was on the beach in pieces.

The engine and steering wheel were salvaged, but the rest was battered beyond repair.

Although Dad eventually built Cradle of the Deep II and III, neither was able to replace the first and only real Cradle of the Deep.

- Jeanne LeCaine Agnew

LEARNING ABOUT OBSOLETE AND ARCHAIC STUFF Our job - every museum's job - is education.

All museums collect, conserve, display and interpret. Most have static exhibits which the public sees. Our way is living exhibits, with which the public participates.

Participation education is a new concept, and we were one of the pioneers when we began our first hands-on workshops in 1977. We are still blazing the path, but with an ever increasing series of parallel trails as we become aware of community needs, and how our mission of preserving our small craft heritage can serve those needs. It seems our replica 1900 boatshop, boathouse and fleet of historic small craft have spawned ideas for education programs we never dreamed of. Here are some examples.

Our intense, one week boatbuilding workshops are doing fine, thank you.

Students not only come from commuting distance, but also from Alaska, Oregon, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, Ohio, New Jersey and British Columbia. Because these classes require basic woodworking skills, we began separate classes learning wood joinery with hand tools, to satisfy the boatbuilding workshop requirement.

This class further branched into one for women.

Actually, our nondiscriminatory philosophy won't prevent men from enrolling, as long as they swear on Bowditch's American Practical Navigator that they can't make a dovetail joint with a pocket knife.

The boatbuilding workshops further branched into a maritime skills training program for middle school. We are

partners with Northwest Seaport and Alternative School #1 in building a fleet of 9 1/2 foot, Rich Kolin designed, flatiron sailing skiffs; studying Northwest maritime history; water safety; seamanship and sail training with CWB's historic small craft; voluntarism and organizing a public school yacht club.

The first ever, we believe. AS#1 is a legally recognized yacht club, with burgee and officers. I think it likely the elected commodore, Lavonne Beaver, is the first and only 7th grade, female, black, yacht club commodore, anywhere.

Sailing instruction has always been part of CWB's hands-on experiences. It began with one instructor, (the Director), on weekday afternoons. Now we have an all volunteer corps of 24, many sailing for 50 years, giving instruction every day.

And what a program - with sailing experiences in catboats and sloops, keel and centerboard, Marconi and gaff rigs, round and hard-chined hulls. A new path for sailing instruction is the CWB Youth Hostel connection.

We are offering a package deal for young world travellers to stay at Seattle's Youth Hostel, Monday through Friday lessons with box lunches and a windup beach barbecue.

Our ongoing boat restoration work has attracted many volunteers to lend a hand and learn new skills. Under our current restoration staff of "Max" Nielsen and Fred Bonde, several skilled volunteers are single handing our restoration projects.

Recently a new team of volunteers has joined us. The Sea Scout ship, Yankee Clipper, has adopted our 17 foot Whitehall.

They have begun her restoration and will maintain her. It

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turns out that to achieve the Sea Scout rank of Quartermaster, (the equivalent of Eagle in Boy Scouts), one must "take charge of and carry out the restoration of a ship's boat." Since the boats of CWB number over 120 and growing, I think a mutually benefitting relationship has been established with the ever changing, intently ambitious, crew of the Yankee Clipper.

We believe Sea Scouts will intimately learn the nature of boatbuilding woods, the variations of traditional hull designs and the skill and ingenuity of joinery whilst scraping and refinishing a classic wooden boat.

School field trips have been a strong part of our education mission. They involve knot tying and rowing. Older students also do woodworking and sailing. Now we are refocusing the curriculum materials to serve specific goals in language arts, reading, math, science and social studies, beginning in 3rd and 4th grades. The children will have the same exciting day at CWB, but our resources will be better used to achieve the Student Learning Objectives.

All these programs, new and not so new, are happening because we feel the first and best purpose of our collection is to widen the horizons of our community.

Stuffy scholars are welcome too, but they are served at the Second Sitting on the good ship Experiential Education.

- Dick Wagner

MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED CWB is a great consumer of volunteer labor.

It is often said, and very accurately, that The Center could not exist without the unpaid labor given by members and friends. During the month of March we recorded over 900 hours of all types of unpaid work.

CWB will continue to take maximum advantage of these opportunities.

The Center is very interested in "upgrading" our volunteer program to include more of the jobs that help to "run the place". These types of jobs (host, docent, clerking the Ship's Store, skilled office help, etc.) require a more sophisticated process. There is a need for people who are willing to be trained in responsible positions and who will commit themselves to a schedule so CWB is able to rely on them in the same way staff members can be relied upon. For the volunteer there will be an extra measure of satisfaction from knowing that their contribution is critical to the day by day operation of The Center.

The first step in this process is to begin a regularly scheduled "Orientation to Volunteering" session, during which we would present an overview of opportunities for volunteers. Then we will add specialized training sessions for specific jobs.

So, if you're a new member or a long time member looking for a new way to be of help, give us a call at 382-2628.

The orientation sessions will be held on Saturdays at 9 AM (coffee and donuts), May 25, June 8 & 22 and July 13 & 27.

Experienced, skilled volunteers are of course continually needed.

Boat restoration and maintenance people should call or come down now; we have lots of projects, and the weather is improving.

We particularly need people with cabinet-making skills to take home the materials and plans for shelving, cabinets, work tables, display rack, etc., etc.. If you have the skills, a shop and some time we need you. We will be able to work much better when we expand our storage and work facilities.

This summer we really need people to

regularly schedule time to help our valiant, faithful, Livery Commodore, Horace.

We will be establishing training time for these positions in the near future. Experienced sailors can help with sail boats, others can help with row boats and cashiering for Horace. Please call.

This does not exhaust our list of needs, but it should give you an idea of how much help we can use.

CWB WISH LIST CWB is constantly blessed with contributions of all types from you, our loyal members, and from the general public, especially those who are trying to get rid of some old boat.

We would like you to be on the lookout for some very specific needs which we have at the present time. Maybe you have one of these items; maybe you know of someone else who needs to do a good deed and get a tax write-off.

Big van, or pick-up truck:: "Big Blue" is in need of more work, and we really need a reliable work-horse to haul stuff around, especially trailers with boats.

"Big Blue" will be available for sale or trade when we find a replacement.

14"-16" Bandsaw: Our smaller model is working good, but we need a larger one with a tilting bed. We have a 12" Belsaw planer and a 3 hp Craftsman radial arm saw (with drum sanding attachment) which we can use as trading bait; otherwise these will probably appear in the auction.

We need several things for our photo collection; light table for slide viewing, slide loupe, slide storage facility and carousel projector. We need good sails for Beetle Cats, Concordia Sloop Boats, Mercury (the 18' Nunes design), Blanchard Jr. Knockabouts, C Scow, etc.. A prop for our Poulsbo Boat, the lost cast iron cover for our Edson capstan, a small electric typewriter and 5,000 Sq. Ft. of warehouse/shop space would come in handy. We are also interested in the books of Edgar March, Eric McKee and Christian Nielsen.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS May 25, 26 & 27 (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 11 AM - 6 PM Centerhouse, Seattle Center A Northwest Maritime Heritage exhibit on the lower floor of the Center House, sponsored by CWB, Northwest Seaport and Puget Sound Maritime Historical Society. Historical photos, boats, tools and other maritime gear on display. Models, talks, demonstrations and performances.

June 21 (Friday) CWB M O N T H L Y SPEAKER 8 PM CWB Boathouse Sea Chanties. Bob Kotta, renowned folksinger, will give a performance/talk/demonstration of the work songs of the era of commercial sailing vessels.

May 31 - June 3 (Friday - Monday) SCHOONER RACE Fee: $300 CWB will charter the 1924 Schooner Zodiac for the annual Port Townsend Classic Mariners Regatta.

CWB members will crew this vessel, leaving Seattle Friday, racing Saturday and Sunday in Port Townsend and returning to Seattle on Monday. The fee includes all meals, but not the race awards dinner ($10).

Minimum age, 16; maximum crew, 15.

July 5,6 & 7 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) 15th ANNUAL LAKE UNION W O O D E N B O A T FESTIVAL Noon - 8 PM Friday 10 AM - 8 PM Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM Sunday A plethora of wooden boats from dinghies to lumber schooners. All accessible, many to play with. Plus demonstrations, music, races, toy boatbuilding and exotic edibles.

July 6 (Saturday) FIRST A N N U A L CWB CUP RACE AND YANKEE ONE DESIGN CHAMPIONSHIPS 4 PM South Lake Union A race for classic yachts and wooden one designs, in association with WoodenBoat Magazine and the Pacific Northwest Classic Yacht Racing Series.

To be held on Lake Union as part of the Annual Wooden Boat Festival.

For further information and entry

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forms: CWB, 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109,(206) 382-2628.

July 6 (Saturday) CWB's Annual Auction 8 PM Festival Big Top Silent auctions for a large number of items, all day Friday and Saturday.

Special silent auction, for some of the better items, 6 PM - 8 PM Saturday.

Live auction, for the best items, 8 P M , Saturday.

Great stuff to bid on; unusual and exciting items, services and even adventures. Opportunity for a fun evening with food, drink and song, benefitting a most worthy cause.

August 4 (Sunday) S C H O O N E R CRUISE 9 AM - 5 PM Lake Union/Lake Washington Fee: $15/$20 Sail for a day on the 127 foot 1924 schooner Zodiac.

All hands can participate in raising the 7,000 sq. ft. of sail and handling the sheets. Coffee and rolls on boarding, pot luck lunch.

Maximum of 50 participants.

Information and reservations: CWB, 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109, (206) 382-2628.

October 4 - 6 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) 18TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MUSEUM SMALL CRAFT A S S O C I A T I O N (MSCA) CWB Boathouse Theme: The Age of Discovery Papers are invited on small craft of the explorers and native peoples at the time of their first contact in North America. An abstract of papers should be submitted to CWB by July 5.

There will be talks, M S C A progress reports, reports of other maritime historic organizations and museums, a tour of an historic shipyard, a gig regatta and more. Contact CWB for further information and costs.

October 13 (Sunday) CWB A N N U A L F A L L R E G A T T A 10 A M - 6 P M This will be an event for members and guests only. Boats of members and guests are invited to join in rowing and sailing races and sharing of boats, information, conviviality and lies. Race registration begins at 10.

Races begin at Noon. There will be a Potluck Lunch at 3:30 (featuring a contest for the best casserole dish) followed by awards.

MARINE SKILLS WORKSHOPS All year 'round (Saturdays and Sundays and some weekdays) L E A R N T O "SAIL N O W " 12 Noon weekends, 5:30 PM weekdays CWB Boathouse Fee: $125 per person (includes a oneyear CWB membership) Students will learn to sail small classic craft in one session of classroom work and four (or more) sessions of hands-on instruction in our small boats. Students will graduate when able to sail a variety of keel, centerboard, sloop and catboats by instinct. You may begin any Sunday, space permitting. Maximum of four students. Please call ahead for reservations.

For the student who is only free on weekdays, or prefers to have one-onone instruction, we continue to offer individual lessons ($15) on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. Call for appointment.

June 3 - 7 (Monday - Friday) BUILDING T H E C L A N C Y SAILING SKIFF Fee: $35/$50 4:30 - 8:30 PM CWB Boatshop Instructor: Jonathan Stevens Students and volunteers will build the hulls of several 9-1/2 foot sailing skiffs for use at CWB by public school students and livery patrons. The Clancy skiff, designed by Rich Kolin, is built using the stitch, tape and glue technique. Maximum 4 students.

June 22 & 23 OARMAKING Fee: $50/$55 9 AM - 6 PM CWB Boatshop Instructor: Rich Kolin Students will learn how to design and build fine oars. Rich has been a professional spar and oar builder for 23 years. Maximum 12 students.

July 22 - 27 NORWEGIAN LAPSTRAKE PRAM WORKSHOP Fee: $350/$400 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM CWB Boatshop Instructor. Eric Hvalsoe A classic round bottom 9 1/2 foot Norwegian pram will be built. This class will complete and launch a lapstrake, steam bent framed pram under the guidance of an experienced boatbuilder and long time CWB instructor. Students must have some woodworking experience. Maximum 7 students.

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July 12 - 15 (Fri. eve., Sat., Sun. and Mon.) T H E SALISH PEOPLE A N D THEIR SKILLS Fee: $325/$350 Instructors: Steve and Dorothy Philipp Live and learn aboard the 1909 97 foot motor cruiser Lotus for 3 days and nights, studying the history, culture and crafts of the Salish Indians. Join Steve and Dorothy who have lived among the Salish people for over 60 years. Learn native skills including making of nettle fishing lines, tule mats and paddling a 32 foot Makah dugout canoe.

A l l meals and workshop materials are included.

Maximum of 6 participants.

Information and reservations: CWB, 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109, (206) 382-2628.

August 10 & 11,17 & 18, 24 & 25, 31 & Sept. 1 (Weekends) LOFTING A N D BUILDING AN 8 FOOT PRAM Fee: $350/400 9 AM - 5:30 PM (each day) Instructor: Rich Kolin This class includes lofting, lines lifting, set-up, planking and interior joinery of a multi-chine plywood rowing pram designed by the instructor. Construction will include both traditional and modern techniques, with the goal of developing a truly affordable boat.

Woodworking skills are required.

Maximum of 7 students.

October 19-26 CARVEL DINGHY WORKSHOP Fee: $500/$550 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM (each day) Instructor: Eric Dow Eric Dow, experienced boatbuilder, will lead the class in building and launching a handsome, carvel planked, steam bent framed 12 foot dinghy with center board. Students will gain the knowledge and confidence to go forth and build their own.

Basic w o o d w o r k i n g skills required.

Maximum 8 students.

N O T E : Fees indicate Member/nonmember costs. A $100 non-refundable deposit is required, with registration, for all boatbuilding workshops, with the balance payable one week prior to the workshop. Pre-payment in full will insure your place in all other workshops.

CLASSIFIEDS Antique, fully Teak gunwales, planks "glassed bronze fittings 324-5232.

restored Whitehall. oak frames, red cedar over". Stainless and throughout. $3200.

7 foot traditional rowing skiff. John Atkins design, probably. Spruce on Oak. 10 years old. $425. 659-5591.

14 foot, John Gardner, sailing Swampscott. Decked, horse-shoe stern seat. 2 years old. $3,200. 659-5591.

C W B MAY H A V E WHAT YOU WANT Come on, folks! Spring is here; these are great opportunities for you to get a "new" boat ready for the season.

Shavings will regularly feature some of the opportunities for you and CWB to buy and sell some of this excess. This issue includes a wide variety of boats which we have recently received.

Strip-built canoe: Beamy enough to have rowlocks at two stations, this one will carry a lot of gear and a family.

A small transom for a motor. The guy who built this 18' stripper did a pretty nice job on the wood. He got a bit carried away with the epoxy.

It's heavy, but strong. Needs a little patch up work but over-all it's sound. A good project at $250, OBO. "Windmill" w/trailer: This little baby will be a bit of work. The hull is quite sound, but the spars are sick. Sails and rigging are pretty good, but the trailer needs some serious repair. Still a good buy for someone with more time than money and a hankering to go sailing this Spring. $200.

"O.K. Dinghy": This classic "go fast" sailing dinghy was completely restored 3 years ago. The hull has suffered a bit of damage above the water line, but over-all the boat is a very manageable project. You could win the award for "First Annual Best owner-restored boat purchased from CWB in the previous 12 months" at the Spring Cruise with this one. Excellent mast and boom, good sail and rigging. $450, OBO. "Star" sail boat w/trailer: Two recent donations of "Stars" make this (ca.

1950) wooden 22'8" keelboat available for someone who wants a seriously fast day sailer. Quite sound, with good sails and hardware.

A very reasonable project, though you must build or buy a mast. $500.

Penn Yann "Car-topper": Since CWB has three of these fine wood-andcanvas beauties we will part with one, a 12 footer. An excellent, light-weight tender for the owner of a large cruiser. $750.

"Nanking Duck": CWB was given this wonderful converted Bristol Bay Gillnetter a couple of months ago. The schooner sailing rig was junk style. We took it out for a sail, and it performed like a dream. It seems, however, that she will probably never sail again. The hull had a substantial amount of rot, so CWB is offering the "parts" for sale.

We've sold the engine, wheel and few other bits, but you can still buy a complete junk rig for a 30-foot schooner (Main-mast, great; fore-mast, good; Lug sails (w/covers), all rigging, excellent; lee-boards (big, beautiful boards with tackle), ground tackle, electrical system, sink, stove etc., etc..

If you are interested in all, or part, of them call Rollie A.S.A.P. and begin negotiations.

Blanchard Sr. Knockabout, Hull #44: A big favorite of CWB members. This boat needs what appears to be only outer-stem replacement (the top 10 or 12 inches. Comes complete with good sails, outboard motor and teak decks.

Moorage is probably tranferrable. $1,250.

14-foot Piver designed Catamaran: This is a wonderful project. The hull is completed (15 years ago). Resorcinol glued; dynel covered; ready to fair, sand and paint. No work has been done on the rudders, dagger boards or sail rig, but we have the original plans.

Tell your friends in the Multi-hull Society. $400.

Adams Power-boat "project": This 20 foot cabin cruiser was designed by David Beach for the "Fir Plywood Fleet" sponsored by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association more than thirty years ago. It was 20 years in the building; the hull is finished, the cabin has not been built. We have the original plans, and you can take over this project for a mere $400.

Snipe "sailboat": Well it was a Snipe. It is a sound plywood hull that someone began "modifying". They didn't do much to it, but there is no sail rig whatsoever. $100.

Classic Lapstrake skiff: It was a pretty boat, but it's probably past the point of restoration. You might want it for a sandbox. $50.

12 foot Grandy Tender. The real thing!

Probably 60 years old.

Definitely restorable. CWB has two so, if you promise to save it, you can have it for $350.

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Rana sloop: This is a 16 1/2' lapstrake boat built by the Rana Batfabrik in Hemnesberget, Norway, just north of the Artic Circle. It was designed as a stock boat to be used for rowing or sailing or with an outboard motor.

The planking is Norwegian spruce; the frames are white oak. It is a stable, burdensome boat, suitable for the Greenland Sea waters of the north coast of Norway. It has been in the CWB fleet.for a dog's age, but we are getting one which has recently been restored. $750.

As is obvious, CWB has recently been the recipient of several very interesting boats. Our sales of these items is an important source of operating income.

More will follow, but be on the lookout for anyone who might be interested in a full suit of sails for a Cal 43'. CWB has 7 sails available for $2,000, OBO.

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