Shavings Volume 20 Number 3 (November 1999)

Volume XX Number 3 November, 1999 ISSN 0734-0680 1992, CWB

Published bi-monthly by The Center for Wooden Boats Seattle, WA

TRADEWINDS 2000 - FILL OUR SAILS In a year when New Year's Eve celebrations are big news, one of the best of them will be held right here at CWB. Fifty lucky people will see in the new year at a gala party in our Boathouse, dining and dancing surrounded by great wooden boats and the special ambience of our unique "front yard," Lake Union.

Hey, how'd those 50 people get so lucky?

Simple. They were the successful bidders for the "Millennium Blast at CWB" that was one of the Live Auction items at CWB's highly successful 1999 Tradewinds Auction. It was one of a host of items - ranging from a ride in the Boeing Simulator to a case of motor oil, from a behind the scenes day with Evening Magazine to CWB posters, from extraordinary Chihuly glass to deck gear - that had bidders jumping out of their seats all evening.

If you missed the 1999 event, don't despair. There's another auction coming up: Tradewinds 2000 - Fill Our Sails will be held

from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2000, at the Bell Harbor Conference Center at Bell Street Pier in the heart of Seattle's busy Elliott Bay waterfront. There will be both live and silent auctions filled with an array of tantalizing donations.

Patrick McKenna, Mike Gurley, Cara Biega, Chip Hoins, Donald Markey, Susan Derrick, Kim Krussel, Karen Braitmayer, Gretchen Knappe, Dennis Grove, Taran Schjaerve, Jan Jordan, Iwalani Christian, Aideen Ward and Lori O'Tool.

Tickets are $55 per person or $50 each for purchases of four or more together. Parking in the convenient attached garage is included in the ticket price. In keeping with CWB's tradition, the mood will be festive but casual. Invitations will be mailed out in early January; be quick as only 260 tickets will be available and there was a full house last year.

Their goal is $60,000, up from the $43,000 raised through the 1999 auction and sponsorships. You can help!

Led by veteran Co-Chairs Sue Schaeffer and Deb Cibene, the experienced and enthusiastic Tradewinds 2000 team is already hard at work.

Volunteering their efforts are Charles Mickelson, Gwen Anderson, Kathleen Howat, Paul Fredrickson, Steve White, Joyce LaGow, Gerie Ventura, Bill Jordan, Judie Romeo,

We are seeking both large and small items

(photo at left) CWB Volunteer Gretchen Knappe (standing) tempts bidders with one of the two Chihuly glass works that were offered at Tradewinds 1999. (below) Charles Mickelson was very happy about his winning bid at the 1999 Auction.

Charles had such a good time he's now the Procurement Chair for Tradewinds 2000. photos by Patrick McKenna

to be auctioned off. Ideal auction items can be nearly anything: classic and unique boating experiences, nautical gear and services, exotic getaways, beautiful art and collectibles, dining opportunities, handmade items, services (consulting on anything from computers to cars to closet space, landscaping, catering, massage; use your imagination), theme baskets, tickets to the theatre, concerts, sporting events or fairs, and gift certificates.

You can donate items directly or solicit them from friends, neighbors, and business associates. The easiest donations to get are from the people or businesses that you personally patronize; they will be happy have the chance to support the things you are interested in. Donation forms are available at CWB or we'd be glad to mail them to you.

While everyone gets the special feeling of satisfaction from supporting the Center in this way, extra effort will bring in special rewards.

Prizes are being offered to the folks who meet the following three categories: highest dollar amount procured, highest number of items procured (regardless of dollar value) and highest number of ticket sales. The winners can chose either a SailNOW! class or a weekend workshop. The business making the highest value donation will be awarded the full-page ad on the back page of the Auction catalog.

Don't miss CWB's best auction ever! It promises to be a night to remember.

GOODBYE AND HELLO "When the Pope dies, they elect a new one."

That's what one of my employers told me once when I jokingly represented myself as irreplaceable. We recently lost three of our terrific staff, Meg Trzaskoma, Sven Holch and Tim Porter, to other adventures. But there's good news, too.

Meg, who wore just about every hat CWB has to offer during her time here, will be continuing her work with National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), primarily in Baja (you know, home of cheap tequila) and then on to other maritime education opportunities. Meg will be sorely missed. Her skills, dedication and vision, not to mention her unflaggingly positive spirit, have been a staple of the good things at CWB for three years.

Sven Holch worked alongside Meg for the past year to develop and manage our youth programs. Sven was a consistent hit with kids of all ages. Among other things, he and Meg developed a curriculum for bringing maritime education off the CWB site and into schools.

Sven will be teaching at Bertchi school this year.

Tim has been our Public Services Manager for two years. His friendly, wise nature made a remarkable first impression for many of our visitors. Even though he was a part-time employee he put in full-time effort at making CWB a better place to be.

WANTED: NUMBER CRUNCHERS With CWB's ever-growing operations, we need to upgrade our financial reporting systems.

So we're looking for a few volunteers with accounting or finance skills to join the Finance Committee. You'll work with the Treasurer and the Executive Director on cash flow planning, budgeting, financial reports presentation and sundry other things financial. Of course, like all CWB volunteers, your diligent efforts will be rewarded with an hour's free boat use for every three hours of work. For more info, contact Bob Perkins, (206) 382-2628 or bob@cwb.org

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The good news is that we have two terrific new staff people in place. Mindy Koblenzer is our new Volunteer and Sailing Program Coordinator. Mindy was sailing before she was born, it seems, and has extensive experience working at non-profits. Meg's comment about Mindy was "You guys have to wait till I'm gone to be this excited about Mindy." When this staff position came open Mindy was the first person I thought of. She has been a volunteer sailing instructor for us and helped with our recent SailNOW! program improvements.

Casey Gellerman has been hired as the Public Services Manager. Casey was just one of several highly qualified applicants but I'm excited that we found her. She's been attracted to CWB for a long time and I'm sure she'll be part of the positive experience we want our visitors to have. Most recently Casey has managed the visiting authors series at Elliott Bay Book Company, w h i c h , for you o u t - o f towners, is one of the great bookstores on the planet.

We are also in the process of hiring a new Youth Program Manager to continue the work of developing this exciting piece of our activities.

CWB depends on great people for its success, primarily on our talented staff and our amazing volunteers. Make sure you stop down, meet the new kids and say hi to the old kids.

And grab a paintbrush. And pax vobiscum. — Bob Perkins

SAILING INTO THE FUTURE Our future is just over the horizon. To help us navigate a safe course, CWB recently launched a strategic planning process. Utilizing this process we will revisit our mission statement, create goals for the next three to five years and develop strategies to achieve them. Crew consists of staff representatives Dick Wagner, Bob Perkins, and Sue Schaeffer, and Board members Deb Cibene (Committee Chair), Randy Magliozzi (Co-Chair) and Dave Mullens. We are being guided on the voyage by two Volunteer Consultants from Business Volunteers for the Arts.

The process consists of four phases: data collection and analysis, writing a plan, implementation and evaluation. At various points along the way, the entire staff and Board will be involved. Journey's end is expected the middle of next year.

We are collecting data and input from a variety of sources. In late October the staff

and Board came together at a retreat to do some preliminary analysis.

Look for retreat results and further updates in future issues of Shavings. If you would like to contribute to this process, please contact Deb Cibene or Sue Schaeffer via CWB or catch us on the docks. We would love to hear from you. - Deb Cibene

RE: PARKING Parking - or trying to park - in the CWB lot can be a frustrating experience. Many of us have watched in exasperation as someone grabs the last available space and then heads off down the street instead of down the CWB ramp. We wouldn't mind losing a parking space to someone who was going to visit CWB but we see red when our parking lot becomes a park-and-go-someplace-else lot.

We won't claim to have completely solved the problem but with the cooperation of our neighbor, Daniel's Broiler/Schwartz Bros.

Restaurants, we have made progress.

This month, new signs showing a threehour parking limit were installed and the valet parking service used by Daniel's began monitoring our lot, chalking tires and leaving warning notices for overtime or inappropriate parkers. As the signs and notices indicate, repeat offenders will be towed at vehicle owner's expense.

However, any car displaying a CWB decal will not be marked or towed. The decal is the same circular blue one (CWB logo and the words "The Center for Wooden Boats Seattle") we have been giving to members for the past five years. If you've misplaced yours, stop by CWB and we'll be happy to give you another one. Or send us a stamped (33 cents), self-addressed letter size envelope and we'll put one in the mail to you.

LAKE UNION GOLD CUP 1999 On August 20, The Center for Wooden Boats erally dozens of float planes lined up to land welcomed the Puget Sound Six-Metre Fleet to and take off right in the middle of the race Lake Union for the Lake Union Gold Cup. course.

Racing on the next two days followed a forThe light and shifty wind out of the south mat first raced in the Sixes in 1922. The success of the event was made possible by the ex- proved pleasing to Goose as she took the first traordinary efforts of these volunteers: Peirce race. The second start saw the wind swing 180 Brawner, Nick Carey, Matt Cockburn, David degrees and Maybe VII led all the way around Kennedy, Lori O'Tool, Gerie Ventura, Trip with room to spare. In the third race, Goose Zabriskie and Race Committee Chairman Paul made a gutsy port tack pin-end start, crossed Marlow, among others. The sight of these rac- the fleet, then tacked to cover. Maybe VII coners moored at the Center along with the tinued to threaten, trailing by as much as 35 Herreshoff Araminta, the R-Class Pirate and seconds but drawing to within 15 seconds as our own Six-Metre Erica made a fine display Goose won again. of classic yachts enjoyed by quite a crowd.

Everyone then headed for the dock for some Plans are already underway for next year'smuch needed food and beverage, amply and event. - Scott Rohrer deliciously supplied by the Race Committee.

The inaugural Lake Union Gold Cup was sailed under the auspices of CWB in true Gold Cup format. Four classic Six-Metres, Goose (1938), Saga (1935), Maybe VII (1951) and Hanko II (1953) attended this event with the hope of drawing attention to the legacy of SixMetres in the Northwest and to CWB's own Erica (1938) in particular. Each yacht had a place at the dock and a placard explaining its history and construction. It was interesting to note that Erica and Goose first raced against each other in 1938 in a British-American Team Race.

The regatta began in the most challenging of conditions: light to no breeze with oscillations of 10 to 25 degrees. The wind slowly built to a nice 10 knots under beautiful sunny skies. It was a sight to behold: the four old warriors plying all parts of Lake Union, dodging kayakers, rowers, idle powerboats and lit-

If we add cooperation (use the lot only when you're actually at CWB, carpool when possible, etc.) to the monitoring system, it will go a long way to making the use of CWB's parking lot fair and equitable for everyone.

As every racing sailor knows, the foredeck crew plays a "giant" part in winning the race. Actually, it was brilliant sunshine and a crisp breeze for the Lake Union Gold Cup that gave this sailor such overwhelming stature. - Mike Gurley photo

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Barbecued chicken wings, sausages, dip and veggies, good beer and great conversation fueled a party that lasted much farther into the evening than anyone expected or hoped.

Since the format of a Gold Cup requires that competitor win in one of the first three races to continue in the regatta, Saga and Hanko II stayed at (he dock as Maybe VII and Goose made their way onto the course. Again, winds were very light and Maybe VII won the start, taking what seemed an insurmountable 200yard lead in the light air. Both boats played the shifts, worked the shore thermals and attempted to predict where the next puff would come from.

The lead changed several times in the first weather leg but it was Goose which rounded the mark first and then stayed in front he rest of the way to win her third race and the Cup. Matt Cockburn

My Whale Tales

by Stephen M. Osborn My heart belonged to the sea from the time I was six or seven years old. My father used to close up his shop in the middle of June and we would travel out to LaPush on the Washington Coast. He had made friends with Mr. Ryan, who owned a string of vacation cabins behind the beach and there we would spend an idyllic month.

LaPush is part of the Quillayute Indian Reservation and is located at the mouth of the Quillayute River. It is (or perhaps was, for I haven't been there for more than 30 years) a major fishing port on the Washington Coast.

docks and got to know most of the fishermen.

The summer I was 13 I was offered a job as boatpuller (second hand) on the troller Maggie, a 32' converted Columbia River gillnetter; the terms being to work for my keep and the experience. I fished the Washington coast for four seasons, until I joined the Navy in 1955.

The Gray Whale migration comes through that part of the coast in late summer, if memory serves. I remember the excitement I felt when the first few whales were sighted. The skipper was below, taking a nap. He was suddenly awakened by his boatpuller screaming at the top of his lungs, "Blows! There she blows!

And another! And another!" I had read my Melville and knew what I was supposed to do.

The skipper laughed at me. "You haven't seen anything yet, wait 'til the main herd gets here in a couple of weeks. You won't be able to look anywhere without seeing a spout."

He was right, but I enjoyed the vanguard just as much. It was amazing. There were dozens of trollers on the grounds, slowly cruising in all directions, all with six lines out and a half dozen leaders and hooks per line. The whales were all around us, swimming slowly and majestically, sometimes throwing their tails high in the air as they sounded and at other times cruising just submerged, breaking the surface every minute or so to breathe.

I kept expecting one to emulate Moby Dick, or at least get tangled in someone's lines and take a boat for a "Nantucket sleigh ride."

It never happened. At the time, it seemed like a miracle. None of the older fishermen paid the whales any mind at all. The younger

I spent virtually all of my time down at the ones were a bit apprehensive. I was just plain had gotten tangled up alongside. He went on fascinated. deck and found a whale, twice as long as the boat, having a fine scratch between the hull I was sitting in the cockpit with the skipper, and the starboard stabilizer. It was arching its watching the lines for a bite, when I noticed a tail up over the stern, stretching like a lazy cat huge whale approaching us off the port bow. being stroked.

Excitedly, I pointed it out to the skipper, noting that it was on a collision course with us.

"What did you do," I asked, "hit it with He just grinned and told me to watch. It disap- the pike pole?" peared about 15 feet off the port beam and I "No," he said, "I just went below and saw the lines part slightly. Then, the boat raised started the engine. As soon as he heard it, he about an inch or two for a moment, settled swam away." down and the lines parted on the starboard side.

The whale surfaced about 50 feet off the port After I entered the service, I had little to quarter and continued on its way. do with whales. Once in a while, I would see The skipper said, "Sometimes they like to scratch their backs on the keel. They never hurt anything."

He told me about one young fellow who had purchased a boat and was fishing his first season, solo at that. A whale bumped him like that and he panicked. Ran his boat full speed right up on the beach and hit the ground running. He gave up fishing then and there. It was a big joke for years.

The whales were one of the high points of my fishing years. One time, we were cruising out to the grounds; I was below, cooking breakfast when one surfaced just a few feet upwind of the open port and spouted. I got dusted with vapor, a bit of spray on the stove top and frying pan and a smell I'd rather not have had in a small, stuffy, irregularly moving galley.

The skipper told me he had anchored off Destruction Island a few years previously. He awoke to some scratching and bumping alongside. His first thought was that a drifting log 4

one at a distance, but from a large vessel that personal feeling is lost. Then, I was assigned to a project that required a lot of underwater listening. After our station had been on line for several months, we began to pick up strange sounds. We listened for days, recording and analyzing the sounds, which were perfect, pure sine waves on an oscilloscope. We could not assign a source to it; it was not in the equipment, it had to be either in the water or underground in the seabed. Finally, we just called it the "lost souls" and let it go at that.

It was not until I had been out of the service for more than a decade that the mystery was cleared up with the publication of the record, "Song of the Humpback Whale." Only then did I remember the Gray Whale migration down the coast and put the two together.

The sounds were not as varied and musical as that of the Humpback but, in essence, it was the same. I have listened to that record for many hours, always with pleasure and a sense of awe.

Once, I took my children to Marine World

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lions. It was all accompanied by raucous rock and roll and popular music. Finally the show was over and all dispersed, leaving the two Orcas in the pool. After watching them for a while, I began gently whistling themes from the Brandenburgh Concertos. They swam over after a while and seemed to listen carefully.

After a while, one backed out into the middle of the pool and began to slowly pirouette in time to the music. They seemed to enjoy it so much I continued to whistle my repertoire of classical music until a trainer turned up to brusquely inform me the show was over and the area closed. I left, looking over my shoulder at the two whales that had followed me to the edge of the pool and watched me depart. I felt they appreciated an interlude of real music in a quiet setting.

Someday, during the migration, I would like to sail out at night, put a speaker hooked to a tape player over the side and drift along

p l a y i n g B a c h , V i v a l d i , R e s p i g h i and Sibelius just to see if I might attract some friends. There is such serenity in an encounter with creatures so large, graceful and gentle. Their music is so beautiful, I wonder if they would like ours.

Steve Osborn has been sharing his salty tales with Shavings readers since the '80s. He draws on a wealth of sailing experience in traditional boats from San Francisco to Singapore.

THE YOUTH FRONT REPORTS IN Youth programs at CWB encompass much more than just tours for school classes. Youth Coordinators Meg Trzaskoma and Sven Holch wrapped up their work this summer with a look at the variety of youth programs we provided in 1999.

Studies show children can learn outside of school and CWB can teach away from the docks as well as in school. In partnership with Edmonds Cyberschool, our "Mobile Maritime Classroom" was an unqualified success!

Whether it was charting a course from Edmonds to CWB, fishing sustain-ably for popcorn, bailing races, boat repair or hauling sandbags (and Sven's car) with block and tackle, accompanied by the sea chantey, "Bully in the Alley," 12 students got a different slice of learning for six weeks in February and March.

We hope for this program to continue and expand to other schools.

ton State History credit. Homeless youth from the Orion Center got a taste of boat restoration, sailing and rowing each Friday afternoon throughout the winter. High school students from Summit High School learned boat restoration and job training skills each day after school this past fall and winter. One student in particular, Dennis Morehouse, developed into an expert hand and steward for CWB. We are still getting letters commending CWB on our job hosting the "Pacific Challenge" and we want to thank each and every one of tireless, dedicated volunteers and staff who made that weekend such a fun, rewarding experience for all the teams that came from far and wide to participate.

Then it was on to summer. There was a summer? Where did it go? Oh yeah! We had a Festival didn't we? Hundreds of kids making toy boats, origami boats, turk's heads and getting tattoos (only temporary ones, Mom). We introduced loads of new families to CWB, all thanks to the great volunteers who made that

We also concluded a productive "Project Week" with Lakeside School (Bill Gates' alma mater; too bad he missed the activity) in March, building six-hour canoes and learning small boat handling/maritime skills. Ourweeklong Kate Futhey triangulates the course while "Cybersailing" classes continue to bring home-schooled students to CWB to learn small Dan Bjorkegren has the helm on the "Adventure Bound" program aboard the sailboat handling and heritage for Washingschooner Adventuress.

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tremendous festival weekend possible, especially those youth volunteers from Mercer Island Youth and Family Services and King County Youth Volunteer Corps.

Sven remembers sailing on the Adventuress with a cargo of teenagers in the San Juan Islands. Meg led a mutiny of six teenage fo'c'sle hands aboard the schooner Martha. These "Adventure Bound" summer trips were a huge success, and we are getting a slide show together to better recruit for this great program next summer. We constructed and launched a prototype skin pram (a "pramiak") with a group of kids from Seattle Mental Health in the "All Aboard" program. The ditty bags created a virtual production line of marlinspike sailors in our "Summer in the City" maritime skills day camp. The boats have never been so busy with kid cargo. Everyone was very accommodating to the kids running around, especially our staff when the rain came down and the kids came upstairs to listen to Irving Johnson spin yarns and watch him 'round Cape Horn (on videotape) while they flat-stitched their seams and hammered on the hole punches. Meg and Sven

Good Bye for Now In my three and a half years at CWB I have worn many hats: Livery Coordinator, SailNOW! Program Administrator and Youth Program Coordinator. For a brief period of time I was also an assistant to the Volunteer Coordinator! When I arrived in Seattle, my goal was to get involved with the community I lived in.

Working at The Center for Wooden Boats answered this need exactly. That is what The Center for Wooden Boats has always been about for me, community access to boating.

It's the best thing going in Seattle. It's the people I have met here and your enthusiasm for boats that has made my time here so wonderful. Thank you. I look forward to the privilege of joining the volunteer team at CWB when I return from my travels at the beginning of next year. - Meg Trzaskoma

OH, WHAT A BUY!

by Larry Smith The majority of the boats you see at CWB came to us as donations - but not all donated boats stay here. Those that are excess to our Livery fleet needs or are not suitable for our permanent collection are sold (with the proceeds going to CWB's regular programs).

Some of them are ready to sail away while others are definitely "project boats." It's always interesting to see how those turn out. Larry Smith of Bellevue obliged us with the story of his CWB Garage Sale bargain.

After building three cedar strip kayaks and one stitch-and-glue sailing dinghy, it was time to move up to a larger sailboat. We didn't want to start from a design and plans. You see, we were in a boating withdrawal. Though we'd sold our 30' Yankee earlier in the year, we still had memories of those moorage fees. So my son, Brian, and I decided to find a project boat that would fit into our garage. (I know: How do you have a boating withdrawal with four boats in the garage? You just do!)

Our garage is a standard-size double attached unit that is just 20' long. The boat had to fit with my wife's car, the sailing dinghy and three kayaks hanging from the ceiling. But measurements were not a priority when we spotted the 18' San Francisco Mercury at the May, 1998 CWB Garage Sale.

For only $300 we had a fixed keel hull in

good shape, sitting on a rusted-out farmer's trailer with plywood cutouts to support the hull. The rudder was intact and there was some hardware on the boat, but no mast, boom or sails.

When we happily took the boat home, you should have seen the look on my wife's face.

I'm sure our Bellevue neighbors also had a few choice thoughts of their own. (Actually, one neighbor was as excited as we were and ended up helping out on our project,) With a little reorganizing, we carefully slid the boat into the garage and then had to find new places for everything we had removed.

We ended up having enough room to walk sideways between the boat and window and with at least two feet of headroom. To work on the stern, the boat had to be moved out about three feet. My wife decided that for the good of her car she would park it in the driveway. But she had to have the car back in the garage by fall. No negotiations!

We removed the hardware and floorboards and found a few bad sections of wood, but nothing we couldn't repair. Our friends at CWB put us in touch with Mercury guru Paul Marlow, who provided recommendations and some hardware. He also gave us excellent advice on where to get sails and on our best choice for getting a mast and a boom.

Then it was time to get to work.

(below) Brian Smith checks the sling as the Smith's "new" Mercury is lifted from its old. trailer. - photo by Larry Smith

I'll miss being here this fall to see the continuation of our great youth programs, but I will be within a rock's throw teaching third grade at the Bertschi School on Capitol Hill. I knew this was the coolest place in the world when I started volunteering as a sail instructor two years ago. I then had the great honor of working here as one of the Youth Program Coordinators alongside the multi-talented Meg! As you read earlier, Meg and I kept this place hopping with kids in the past year, and we both sincerely hope this great tradition continues to stay on course with upcoming generations of kids aboard. I also look forward to the honor of volunteering and hope to be visiting often with my third graders in tow. - Sven Holch 6

We refinished the hull from black to teal,

with an oak rub-rail and red boot stripe, and repainted the inside stem to stern. We covered the deck with off-white non-skid and installed new, used hardware. A few ribs were partially replaced or strengthened, the brace under the mast step was replaced and we added an aft floorboard.

The inside coaming was replaced with oak and a battery box and side motor mount for an electric motor for auxiliary power were added. (After all, we had to give my wife some confidence we could get back to land.) The motor mount is from a downrigger-fishing unit that works great for small engines.

We bought and rigged a used mast and boom (another good bargain from The Center for Wooden Boats), rigged the boat so the mast could be lowered for trailering and built mounts to secure the mast while being transported.

The sails were mailed to us from San Francisco from a Mercury club sailor who wanted to help get another boat back into the water, he provided the jib and main for only $150 and he didn't want the money until we took a look at the sails. What a deal! The sails came with the mercury emblem, windows and only a few minor stains. Used racing sails are the only way to go, especially if you just want to use the boat for gunkholing in the San Juans.

Our biggest single cost was for anew trailer with extension for self-launching, with the saltwater motor and battery coming in second.

As expected, our $300 dream turned into a $5,000 rig that we can launch from either a sling or ramps (based on the tide). The boat still fits in the garage but the trailer tongue has to be removed and the trailer offset at a bit of an angle. I just could not talk my wife into cutting a small hole in the wall. I only need a few more inches!

We launched on Labor Day weekend and sailed out to Lake Washington. After a later launching at the Shilshole boat ramp, we broke a shroud in a 15-knot breeze. We had used a single crimp to clamp the sleeve just above the deck and the wire slipped through the crimp. After looking at the crimp tool, we realized that it was out of adjustment. We decided to upgrade our rigging using swaged ends.

We waited until March of this year to continue our adventures. Since then we have launched at Anacortes, sailed around Guemes Island, camped on Cypress Island and returned to the mainland- the first of what will be many more happy times on our new boat. - Larry Smith

Classifieds 28' Herreshoff Rozinante ketch, $19,500. John Schnaidt, (206) 363-5061.

18'One-Design Mercury sloop (with cuddy), set of nylon working sails, portable heavy-duty cradle, sail and cockpit cover, stainless steel outboard motor bracket, plus extra gear. Bargain at $1,185. (206) 878-7745.

17' Thompson Sea Lancer. Lapstrake mahogany utility runabout, 1962. Unrestored. Original canvas, trailer and 75hp Evinrude. Runs great. $3,200. (425) 688-1102.

Wanted: 30'x10' space for winter restoration project. Will build temporary shelter to suit.

Nathan, (206) 933-8821 (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 or Sawdust.

BOATS FOR SALE BY CWB 31' 1964 Richardson. Twin 220hp Ford 302 gas engines. Propane stove, oven & heat. Legal head & holding tank; fresh water system.

30 amp shore power, battery charger, 3 bilge pumps. Canvas enclosed cockpit. $12,000/ negotiable 26' Blanchard Sr. Open cockpit. Rig, no sails. In water at CWB. $1,200/OBO Lightning 19'. Recently in our livery. Ready 7

to sail with just a bit of work. In water at CWB. $1,400/OBO 15' Greenwood canoe. Good condition; needs some canvas work. $750 14' Penn Yan canoe. Good condition. Seats need re-caning. $1,000 14' Catspaw Dinghy. Needs work. $100/ OBO 14' Hobie Cat, full rig on Shoreline custom galvanized trailer. $600/OBO All boats subject to prior sale. To see any of these, stop by CWB or call Bob Perkins, (206) 382-2628.or call Bob Perkins, (206) 382-2628.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Every 3rd Friday CWB THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER SERIES 7 p.m. CWB Boathouse (please note: new starting time) 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).

December 12 (Sunday) MEET CAPT. CHRISTMAS 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Fee: $5 per child (includes toy boat materials) Capt. Christmas is CWB's own holiday seafarer. Kids of all ages arc invited to come on down and meet Capt. Christmas. The Captain will arrive at the Center at the south end of Lake Union at 1 p.m. aboard one of our classic boats with a crew of holiday helpers. Their cargo will include a seafaring gift for each child. Once the Captain and his crew are ashore, they'll help the kids each build their own toy boat. There will be refreshments and music too.

December 26 (Sunday) FROSTBITE POTLATCH This is one of our four annual membership gatherings, but open to guests of members too.

The purpose is to show off our collections, give a rundown on our plans and have some recreational sailing. Registration for the Beetle Cat Team Championships begins at noon and the racing at 1 p.m. There will be four teams of four skippers participating in relay races and two

rounds of racing. The entry fee is $5 per person.

Teams will have costume themes, with an award for most original costume. We'll wind up the day with another of our famous potluck suppers, music and dancing if anyone has any energy left.

December 29 (Wednesday) AVAST, ALL KIDS! 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Fee: $4 for the first child, $3 for each additional kid Now that all the holiday presents have been tried out and tossed aside, set sail for a day of fun at The Center for Wooden Boats. Kids can build a toy boat (and take it home), learn how to fold paper boats, find out how to tie knots or even make a sailor's bracelet, listen to sea stories and sea music or learn about lots of other maritime skills. Grown-ups can help their child work or just enjoy looking at cwb's historic boats.

Refreshments will be available too.

January 21, 2000 (Friday) THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER 7 p.m. CWB Boathouse (Note: All 3rd Friday Speaker evenings now begin at 7 p.m.)

Frank Schattauer will give a slide talk on "Restoring Tioga" - the classic 60' yawl designed by K. Aage Nielsen and built by Baglietlo in 1956. Frank and his brother, Axel, run Seattle's renowned Schattauer Sail Loft, founded by their father. Tioga has been part of their family since the early '70s. Frank will discuss the history of Tioga, the reason for the restoration (an electro-chemical reac-

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tion) and the procedure of rebuilding.

February 18, 2000 (Friday) THIRD FRIDAY SPEAKER 7 p.m. CWB Boathouse (Note: All 3rd Friday Speaker evenings now begin at 7 p.m.)

Seattle shipwright and marine surveyor Lee Ehrheart will speak on "Eighteenth Century Vessels: Keels to Topmasts." Lee has spent considerable time surveying and sailing on HM Bark Endeavor, the replica of the vessel Captain Cook took on his first Pacific voyage. Lee will give us an inside view on the structure, rigging and sailing procedures of this anachronistic vessel.

February 19, 2000 (Saturday) TRADEWINDS 2000 - FILL OUR SAILS 5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. Bell Harbor International Conference Center (Seattle waterfront) It's back to Bell Harbor for another spectacular CWB Fundraising Auction, which promises to outdo even the outstanding 1998 Auction. The Auction Procurement Committee is already hard at work lining up an amazing array of items for bid. All sorts of things are needed: nautical and non-nautical goods, services of every kind, vacation getaways, hands-on experiences, sports equipment, theater and sports event tickets or unique or hard-to-find items. Particularly sought are unique items that will provoke spirited bidding. And we're also recruiting volunteers for the myriad jobs it takes to make the Auction a success. If you have an item to donate or would like to sign on as a member of the Auction crew, call Casey Gellermann at CWB: (206) 382-2628.