Shavings Volume 22 Number 3 (August 2001)

Published bimonthly

Volume by

XXII

Number 3 August 2 0 0 1

T h e Center for Wooden

Boats

ISSN

1010 Valley Street

0734-0680

1992

CWB

Seattle, W A 9 8 1 0 9

The Norm Blanchard Regatta: LEGENDARY WOODEN ONE-DESIGNS STILL COMPETE

By Vern

Velez, Norm

Blanchard

Regatta

Coordinator

Lake Union will see the largest gathering

Coincidentally, the

o f wooden sailboats in its history when The

first Flatties were

Center for Wooden Boats hosts the 2001 Norm

built

by

the

Blanchard W O O D (Wood Open One-Design)

Blanchard

Boat

Regatta September 28 -30,th.

Co. in 1928, and

Participants will range from 8' El Toros to

Norm Blanchard

40'-plus racer-cruisers, competing to see who will

built Flattie No. 1.

win the coveted W O O D Regatta trophy. There

O n Sunday,

will again be a "Classic Plastic" Class. In fact, the

the r a c i n g will

San Juan 24 fleet will return as this year's Classic

again

Plastic Class, back by popular demand.

noon, following a

This year's regatta will h o n o r

Norm

begin

at

continental

Blanchard's 90th birthday to celebrate the many

breakfast. There

fine wooden boats built by Norm and the

will be two races.

Blanchard Boat Co., on Lake Union.

An "apres

race"

reception

will

The festivities begin with the Friday, September 28, Welcome Ceremonies, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

follow,

during

All C W B members and volunteers are invited to

which the num-

attend. Although some boats will be arriving

erous awards will be presented.

Saturday morning, most will arrive by Friday

T h i s event is open to A L L wooden

evening and party attendees will have the chance

sailboats. The races will be held in two separate

to stroll the docks and see all the visiting boats.

courses in the Lake, one for the "big" boats and

The Welcome party will be highlighted by the " B i t e o f L a k e U n i o n , " with

foods

contributed by restaurants surrounding the Lake.

one for the "small" boats. Registration is $1 per foot, or $1 a boat for Juniors. C W B boats can also be used.

R e g a t t a S c h e d u l e : FRIDAY, S E P T E M B E R 5:30

- 8:30 p.m.

28th-

Participant W e l c o m e and

" B i t e o f Lake U n i o n " . ( F o o d provided by restaurants serving Lake U n i o n . )

The Skippers' Meeting will be at 10:30 a.m.

The Regatta is a great opportunity to come

Saturday, immediately following a continental

and race, come and observe, or come and

SATURDAY, S E P T E M B E R

breakfast. Racing will begin at noon. There will

volunteer to help with meals, registration,

8:30

be three races, weather permitting.

dockmaster and racing committee. It's a great

10:30

- 10:30 a.m.

Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. and will

photo opportunity too. In fact, C W B will

12:00 noon

feature as guest speaker Felix Moiteret. Felix

provide skippered boats for media and public

dominated Geary 18 (Flattie) races in the

viewing. Call The Center for Wooden Boats at

6:30

Northwest for many years. He has tons o f

206.382.2628 for more information.

To

provide

history

preserved

and

alive

R a c i n g Begins (3 races) D i n n e r a n d guest speaker

SUNDAY, S E P T E M B E R

a community

comes

Skippers' M e e t i n g

Felix M o i t e r e t , long t i m e

8:30

MISSION:

and

passed

center our

small

along

to

where craft future

a.m.

12:00 noon

maritime heritage

29th-

C o n t i n e n t a l Breakfast

Geary 18 (Flattie) sailor.

stories to tell and is a premier storyteller.

OUR

p.m.

a.m.

is

generations.

4:30

p.m.

30th-

C o n t i n e n t a l Breakfast R a c i n g Begins (2 races) R e c e p t i o n and awards presentation.

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AHOY!

HAVE

YOU

HEARD?

The C W B Board o f Trustees is happy to announce that its update o f our Strategic Plan is

nearly complete. The revised Plan will go before the Board for formal adoption soon.

Not sure what to do with your tax rebate check? We can help. The Center for Wooden Boats depends on contributions to help us offer our programs. So keep half that check and donate half to CWB. Feel good about supporting CWB, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and get a tax-deduction at the same time!

( C l a s s i f i e d s For Sale: 1/2 ownership of certified historic B . C . fishing vessel. 38' with Isuzu turbo

diesel

engine,

hydraulics.

Wood

throughout, cedar on oak frames, in excellent condition. Moored at Fishermans' Terminal.

Looking for person with knowledge and love o f wooden boats. $8,500. Call Craig Kirkby at

Have an idea for a workshop you'd like to teach? C W B is always looking for good instructors who are interested in helping pass along maritime heritage skills. For more info, contact Dick Wagner at 206.382.2628.

2 0 6 . 5 2 3 . 6 6 5 5 or e-mail cbkirkby» h o m e . c o m for details.

33' Francis Herreschoff classic wooden boat

22 teens set sail on the tall ship Adventuress

August 5-10, learning maritime skills and having

a darn good time as they did. Many thanks to Betsy Davis for sponsoring a scholarship for a student from the Camano Island area.

Meadowlark gaff-rigged ketch. Stored in boat shelter o n V a n c o u v e r Island.

$11,500

US.

1.250.339.5647. Collect call ok. Robert Telosky.

Applications for the Ed M o n k Memorial Award are due on or before March 15, 2002. The

16' pedal-powered "Skiffcycle" single:

award provides travel expenses to enable maritime professionals to gain first hand experience in

designed by Philip Thiel, built by Rich Kolin. 80-

the boatbuilding techniques o f other cultures. Applicants are to link with a mentor who they will work with during the grant. Applicants should explain how the project will enrich their existing knowledge and how the funds will be used. The budget for the grant may include transportation, housing and other appropriate expenses. Also required is the applicant's background in traditional marine trades and a list of references. For more info, contact Dick Wagner at 206.382.2628.

NEWS

By Dick

Wagner,

FROM Founding

Director

CAMA

BEACH

The History Committee, Dennis Conroy and Marlys Jolley, have been researching and writing

lb plywood hull will do 4.5 mph at 50 " n o hands" pedal rpm. Retractable Seacycle drive-unit; single seat adjusts 12" fore and aft. Prototype, complete, almost new, available for $2,400 (cost) from Philip Thiel: 2 0 6 . 6 3 3 . 2 0 1 7 .

Classified ads are available,free of charge to CWB members, Fornon-members,the fee is $10/month, Ads will appear space permitting. If you would like an ad to appear in Shavings or Sawdust, e-mail it to shavings tcwb.org or fax it to 206.382.2699. Make checks payable to The Center for Wooden Boats and mail to 1010 Valley St., Seattle,

WA 98109

'A Boater's Guide to the Historic Westside o f Camano Island." It tells the story of the transformation o f Camano Island from a bustling lumber port to a popular center of recreational boating, with Cama Beach as the dominant summer resort. This well- illustrated booklet will soon be available for sale.

C W B recently participated in the Stanwood — Camano Fair, August 3-5, and the La Conner Vintage and Classic Boat Show, August 11 and 12. At the Fair, we joined in the parade with a C W B workshop-built boat towed by a lawn tractor, cleverly designed as a vintage tug, and a restored Cama Beach skiff towed by J i m Karr in his 1929 Packard. Our display at the fair featured a toy

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boatbuilding workshop.

STAFF

At the La Conner Boat Show we had a working display of boats on the water. The boats were those recently built at our workshop for the Cama Beach livery. Visitors to the Boat Show enjoyed free rides in these boats.

Rehabilitation o f some Cama Beach boats is underway by Rich Kolin and volunteers. A 12' and 14' rowing skiff have been restored to operational condition and a 16' V-bottom outboard boat has been restored to exhibit condition. Lines of all these have been drafted. Restoration of the 16' inboard Cama Queen is underway.

If you're interested in Cama Beach, please join us at our monthly meetings to get current information on plans and progress and to discuss volunteer projects. Meetings are on the last Saturday o f the month, 9 - 1 1 a.m. Call Dick or Laurie for more details at 206.382.2628.

C W B WISH LIST

Any time is a good time to do some "Spring Cleaning" and we can help you - but only if you've got any o f the following that you'd like to clean out and send to a good home at CWB:

Dick Wagner Bob Perkins Casey Gellermann Andrea Kinnaman Mindy Koblenzer Laurie Leak Patrick Gould Brad Rice Nancy Ries Chris Sanders

Founding Director Executive Director Public Sendees Manager Development Manager SailNOW! Program & Volunteer Coordinator Office Manager Dockmaster Boatwright & Shop Manager Youth Programs Manager Bookkeeper

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Caren Crandell

Chip Hoins

Betsy Davis

David Kennedy

David D o l s o n

Stephen K i n n a m a n

Dave Erskine

Len Marklund

•

Pickup truck!

•

Boat fenders

Bill Van Vlack

Pike Powers

•

Line - various sizes and lengths

George Galpin

Trip Zabriskie

•

Braces/hand drills for toy boat building

•

Sawzall (reciprocating saw)

As always, your donations to C W B are tax deductible. And you'll get a million thanks from all o f us too!

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Building Historical Northwest

Boats

atTheCenterForWoodenBoats

By Rich Kolin,

CWB

member

and

Steve Philipp passed away July 30, 2001 age 93. Maritime heritage lost one o f its most precious resources and the world lost one

instructor

of its finest human beings.

I've never met anyone who found more In over 30 years o f building traditional wooden boats, I have maintained a constant interest in

fun in life than Steve. After every encounter

researching the boats that were used by 19th century Northwesterners. Over the years II have had

with Steve, I left wishing I had his wit, charm,

many conversations with Dick Wagner, our Founding Director, about someday building these boats at the C W B so that people could see and use artifacts o f our history. Yet there never seemed to be the time, place or money.

The breakthrough came with the push to develop programs tor our new Cama Beach campus. In order to build our rental fleet at Cama and to open up new opportunities for learning traditional maritime skills, we scheduled boatbuilding classes at my shop in Marysville. The shop is located on beautiful Tulalip Bay, site o f one o f the anchorages o f H.M.S. Discovery. It has the advantage o f being midway between Camano Island and Seattle and easily accessible by people from both areas. We can also keep the boat in the shop after the class where students and I can volunteer to finish the boats.

With this new venue, the prospect o f actually building historical boats became a reality. Our first project was a 15- foot Salmon Wherry much like those which would have been built by fishermen in the early days of settlement. This boat, with its ability to be pulled up on a beach, will become a staple at Cama and more will be built.

The second boat is a 14-foot square stern Davis Boat. The C W B published a monograph o f this amazing family o f Tsimshian Indians of Metlakatla, Alaska 20 years ago. A replica o f one o f their double enders is in the fleet at Seattle.

I am really excited about our next project, the Shoalwater Bay Oyster Boat. This is a true Northwest one-of-a-kind both in design and construction. I have never seen a boat quite like it. I

ability to tell stories, ability to teach, and joy of living. When I think o f Steve I see his bright eyes (never needed glasses), and amused expression.

Boatwright, shipwright, model maker, fisherman, involved with barn dancing, mandolin, mountain rescue. An expert on the northwest natives survival skills.

Steve grew up a white boy in the midst of the Tulalip tribes. Through his inborn curiosity and respectful manner he learned from the elders all the hard scrabble stuff that never got in the archeology and ethnography textbooks. In his retirement years, Steve and his wife of 60 years, Dorothy passed on the Native know-how, which Steve and Dorothy called "Cedar Culture."

was able to find and measure three examples and replicate a set of molds upon which some boats

They displayed canoe and longhouse

were built. The plan is to build this boat next spring in our first boat building class o f 2002. We

models, and provided hand-on experiences,

hope to schedule a field trip to Willipa Bay (once called Shoalwater Bay) to visit existing examples

and demonstrations in the skills of line and

and take measurements and photographs. Hopefully we will also be able to talk with resident

net making, canoe and paddle making,

experts o f the history o f these boats. This field trip will be open to all members.

techniques o f fishing, hunting, Waiting

programs. This design is a true greyhound of the seas and is based on photographs o f a boat built at Victoria by J. J. Johnson circa 1900.

Then there is the pies de resistance, a replica o f the 28-foot sailing ferry of Captain Thomas Coupe, founder of Coupeville, WA. This boat was almost 10 foot in the beam with a 36-foot mast, 30-foot beam, and 9-foot bowsprit. The boat was built in Port Townsend in 1860 by a former employee o f George Steers, designer and builder o f the yacht America. The design was based on a George Steers design and newspapers of the day have described the boat to a point that a credible replica can be built. The original boat carried mail, freight, and passengers between Port Townsend, Coupeville and Utsalady, on Camano Island. This boat will be our flagship for day excursions and visits to summer festivals promoting the C W B mission. This is just the beginning o f an exciting adventure at CWB. Members can participate in this program by signing up for boatbuilding classes that will build these boats and after the classes they can volunteer to help to finish them. We are also looking for grants to help defray costs.

and

gathering, tool and weapon making, and my favorite, canoe competitions. They gave their presentations at C W B ' s Boat Festival for about 20 years, at schools, nursing homes and countless other places. These talks / demonstrations were marvelous because o f the facts supplied, Steve and Dorothy's respect for the native people and their delight in

seeing

their

audience

grasping

information.

Steve Phillip never said a bad word about a n y o n e . O n c e he told me a m u t u a l acquaintance "doesn't always say what he means." I would have called the chap a liar.

Steve didn't know the meaning of selfishness or ego. He made life good for Steve and Dorothy and for all he touched. A bright light was turned o f f when Steve left us. —Dick

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Erin: A RESTORATION JOURNEY

by Jerry

Kolb

Let me confess that building a wooden

first, there were over 130 rivets holding each of

Fall o f 1999, and came back with 6 beautiful

boat was never our intent, but I thought I might

the 22 planks in the boat; and, second, the

2x4 or 2x6 planks 16 to 18 feet in length,

be able to handle the tasks involved with a

planks had been glued in with some extremely

strapped to the top o f our SUV.

restoration o f a small boat, and my wife,

tenacious adhesive, that I later found out was

The raw lumber had to be milled to 5 / 1 6

Gretchen, was ready to humor me. I really did

the notorious 3M 5200. I did not fully appreciate

finished thickness, and I had a local mill do the

think that I could replace a few split planks and

the implication of the latter fact at the time, and

task. By December we were planking! I say "we"

broken ribs, and refinish the Rangeley boat that

proceeded to search for white oak for the keel

because this is a lapstrake hull and each one o f the almost 3,000 rivets requires two people to

and hog.

I found at the C W B in 3 - 4 months. It is also Bend, as one may imagine, is not a hotbed

set and buck. I know, the books say that riveting

When my wife and I came to the Lake Union

o f wooden boat activity, however they do build

can be done by one person, but not by me. If it

Wooden Boat Festival on the 4th o f July, 1999, I

a lot o f custom homes here and I quickly located

were not for the willing help o f my wife, the

had the hidden purpose o f wanting to buy the

good, straight-grained, white oak in the 18-foot

project would have ended there.

Blanchard Jr. Knockabout that was in excess

length I needed. I had one piece surfaced to 3 /

In planking Erin we removed two planks

inventory at the C W B — until I saw the Rangeley.

4 inch thickness for the keel and another to 1/2

ahead o f the one we were replacing, This kept

The Rangeley was in sad shape, but when I saw

inch thickness for the hog, and proceeded to

the shape o f the hull intact even though we

her beautiful shear, tucked transom, and proud

plane them to size, using the old pieces as

were sawing through frames and used no molds.

stem, nothing else mattered. When I slipped up

patterns and my trusty block plane to remove

In reality we built her as one would restore a

the tattered cover and read her name board, Erin,

the unnecessary wood.

boat, removing damaged planks, using them

true that I am an incurable optimist.

I had to have her.

A moment for philosophical digression.

as patterns, and replacing old with new.

For those who are unfamiliar with the

Building a boat, like carving sculpture, is largely

I was worried about scarfing, and built a

Rangeley, it was a lake fishing boat originally built

a matter o f starting with a lot o f wood and

jig to use with a router that I had borrowed. By

by fishing guides in the Rangeley lakes area of

removing the wood that doesn't belong in the

the time I had done two planks I was using the

Maine. Its high tuck transom and its distinctive

boat. Both the keel and hog are made up of

jig and my block plane, finding I could do just

sheer are very attractive, but were primarily

several continuously changing bevels that,

as good a job in half the time.

designed to allow the low freeboard boats to

themselves, are carved from curved pieces of

Every project has a crisis, and we faced ours

handle in the steep chop that can develop

wood. In short, the bevels continuously change

as we were about to install the fourth plank pair.

suddenly on the lakes. J o h n Gardner took the

in all three d i m e n s i o n s . I had had

no

For grinding o f f the rooves o f the old rivets I

lines off a Rangeley and published them in an

woodworking training since 8th grade and would

would hang the boat in slings from the ceiling

early 1970's edition of the National

Fisherman.

have considered such a task far beyond my skill

of the garage, rotating it over in the slings and

The lines and details o f the boat were later

level. Broken into smaller tasks, however, it was

on to sawhorses to install the new plank. When

published in Building Classic Small Craft, Volume I,

not so difficult. Yes, boat building is a metaphor

I was rotating the boat to install the patterned

(Gardner, 1977) at pages 165-179.

for life.

and planed number 4 planks, the rope of one sling broke, dropping the boat almost 4 feet onto

To cut to the chase, I nagged Bob all day

By the time I had removed the second plank,

and he finally agreed to sell me the boat, warning

I knew that we would need to replace at least 20

the keel where it met the transom. The transom

me that the boat was pretty far gone. My other

o f the 22 planks, because it was impossible to

cracked, and there was an almost continuous split

purchase that day was a used Stanley 9 1/2 plane.

separate the planks without splitting them —

in the second plank on the port side. I told my

Little did I know at that time just how intimately

the 3M 5200. I still hoped to be able to save the

wife that our venture into boat building was over,

I would become acquainted with both Erin and

shear strake and the associated rub rail and shear

that I would borrow a friend's chainsaw, and

the plane. For the moment I just thought about

clamp. The frames, however, would all have to

dispose of the boat as firewood.

how I would get the green patina off o f the

go. The Rangeley uses white oak frames that are

There are also magic moments in boat

copper rivets so that I could varnish the interior.

only 3 / 8 " x 5 / 8 " in cross section, but which,

building, and mine came just in time. I had sent a

We headed back for our home in Bend and,

except in the ends, extend from gunwale to

letter 3 months earlier to the last owner of

at a pit stop in Ellensburg, I discovered that

gunwale. Erin's had dried out so badly that they

Erin, seeking her history, and had had no response.

Erin's keel was suspiciously hogged. The next

broke when any force was applied.

The morning after the boat dropped, the last

day, after a closer look at the boat, I knew I was

We had decided to plank Erin in Alaskan

owner called and recounted her history. By the

in for a bigger task than I had originally thought.

yellow cedar. In Maine the boats were planked

time we hung up, I knew I had to finish her.

The scarfs were blown in the keel and hog, or

with Eastern white cedar and were typically

The prior owner recounted how Erin was

keelson, 11 of the 22 planks were split, the shear

painted inside. We wanted to finish the interior

originally built from Gardner's plans in Ft.

clamp was broken on each side, and 1/3 of the

o f Erin's hull bright and thought, anyway, that

Bragg, CA, in the mid 1970s by a man who was

67 ribs were broken.

white cedar would cost too much to get from

turning 50 and in need of a purpose for his life.

The restoration began with grinding the

the East Coast. Yellow cedar is expensive, stinks

Her maiden voyage was from Ft. Bragg to

roves o f f the rivets holding the garboards to

when wet, and splits easily, but it is beautiful

Sausalito (about 170 miles) through the Pacific

both the keel/hog and the adjoining plank, and

with 8 coats o f varnish! At any rate, we trekked

and S.F. Bay. The trip took 6 days and 5 nights,

driving out the rivets. Two major discoveries:

to Edensaw Lumber in Port Townsend in the

with the builder tying up in kelp beds at night.

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T h w a r t s were e d g e - l a m i n a t e d

from

mahogany and yellow cedar. While this looks terrific, it was more motivated by the fact that I did not have access to a lot of power tools and had stock o f certain dimensions on hand. We just got a little creative using 5 / 1 6 yellow cedar between wider pieces o f mahogany. After installation of the thwarts, thwart knees, and transom seat, more varnish was applied (we used a total o f 6 quarts), until the interior o f the boat was complete.

The boat was then rotated bottom up. We had decided to finish the shear strake bright, the topsides white, and the bottom green. That meant that all o f those rivet heads needed to be faired and sanded — another task that had not been foreseen. Three coats o f primer, three coats of finish, and the boat was righted for the last time to finish the sheerstrakes and rub rails.

The boat was actively rowed in San Francisco

after I started the boat a friend o f mine gave me

Bay by two owners until 1997, when she was

a curly maple plank that he had been saving for

taken out o f the water because o f the El Nino

25 years for a guitar body. I sawed, planed and

winter. She dried out, cracked, etc., and was

sanded all o f the knees from this plank and

donated in J u n e o f 1999 to the C W B .

they finished to my expectations.

her. They had to be sanded and refinished which, if you haven't done it, is a challenge.

Varnish likes to run on vertical surfaces!

Back to construction! We reinforced the

Each of the outwales was scarfed together

transom, filled the crack with epoxy, brought

from two pieces of Honduran mahogany, and

the edges o f the cracked plank into close

the companion shear clamps were roughed

proximity and filled it, and went on with the

together in the same manner. The outwales were

planking. I had a momentary thought o f

planed to shape and a small groove routed in

painting the inside o f the boat through several

each as an accent. Before installing the outwales,

planks to hide the crack, but finally considered

arrowheads were carved at the stem end, with

that the crack was a part o f the boat's personality

feathered tails carved at the stern. T h e

and it would remain visible under the varnish.

decorations were then sealed and painted with

By the time we got to the sheerstrake, it

An excellent set (two pairs) o f custom 8 1/2-footoars came with Erin when we bought

gold paint.

We missed the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, our original target, but we finally launched Erin in Elk Like two weeks before the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Erin was so beautiful on the water that it surprised even me. We have a lot to learn about rowing, but it doesn't matter because everyone just looks at the boat.

At Port Townsend, Erin drew a lot o f attention, and made us very proud. During the

became apparent that neither it, the outwale,

The outwales were installed with bronze

nor the shear clamp could be saved. The

screws every three ribs countersunk in the rib

but our efforts were entirely validated by the

problem was that they would have to be

and clamping the rib and plank to the outwale.

appreciation of the crowd. Erin had a personality

removed in order to put in the new ribs, and

The inwales were then installed, with bronze

of her own, and we felt proud to be a part o f

they too had received the 3M 5200 treatment.

screws countersunk through the remaining ribs.

her continuing history.

The ribs were sawn from white oak by a

Following this installation the quarter knees and

local mill and I had to buy about twice the

breast hook received a final fitting. At this point

footage I needed because of grain problems. It

the hull was essentially finished and it was

doesn't seem to matter whether the grain is

strong!

building process, we often questioned our sanity,

Did we build a boat, or did we restore a boat? It was actually probably harder to build the boat the way we did (we had to remove all of the old rivets as well as install new ones),

vertical or horizontal, but it does have to be

Finishing the inside of the boat began at

but virtually all of the boat is new. There are

straight or the ribs will break. We steamed them

this point, before installation of the thwarts

only 7 pieces of wood from the original boat

into place with a homemade steamer made o f a

and transom seat, so that we could get a buildup

( t r a n s o m , transom knee, thwart support

large teakettle, a length o f radiator hose and a

o f several good coats of varnish before being

spindles (2), stem, false stem, and name board.

box made o f scrap 1x4 pine. We steamed 4 - 6

o b s t r u c t e d by t h o s e items. We had

not

O n the other hand, our motivation was

ribs at a time and found that we had about 3

anticipated all of the work this would entail.

definitely restoration. The process of removing

minutes to get each one firmly in place. This

The combination of lapstrakes and ribs created

planks and patterning new ones brings the

phase was much easier than we thought it

somewhere around little 1400 "boxes" that had

restorer into close contact with the original

would be, but it was, again, a 2-person task. All

to be varnished. It was at this point that we,

builder. As little as is left of the original Erin,

of the ribs were in place within two weeks, but

again, needed to remind ourselves that this was

and even though she is, herself, a reproduction

completing the riveting process took several

a boat, not a piece of furniture, and to get on

o f an earlier design, we like to think that we

weeks longer. Each of the 67 ribs required 20

with the work, despite the occasional run.

have helped to preserve her for the future.

rivets (one at each plank lap), plus 1 or 2 screws into the hog.

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August 18-26. September 22-30 October 13- 21, 2001.

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CWB Pavilion Fee: $900 members, $950 non-members Instructor: Corey Freedman

T h e c o u r s e will i n c l u d e r e p a i r o f h o l e s a n d rips,

T h e ikyak, m o s t c o m m o n l y k n o w n as the b a i d a r k a ,

c h a f i n g o f s e a m s a n d wear f r o m h a r d w a r e . T h e r e

P o w e r f u l b u t p r e d i c t a b l e f o r c e s c h u r n t h e waters

is a r g u a b l y the best long-range o p e n water kayak

will be i n s t r u c t i o n o n i n s p e c t i o n a n d p r e v e n t i o n

we p a d d l e in. C u r r e n t tables a n d c h a r t s c a n h e l p

October 17, 2001 7p.m. - 9:00 p.m. CWB Boathouse Fee: $10 members, $12 non-members Instructor: Earl Doan

ever designed. It is fast, seaworthy, a n d carries a fair

m a i n t e n a n c e t o avoid p r o b l e m s with sails. S t u d e n t s

you avoid d i f f i c u l t i e s a n d hazards. W i t h slides a n d

load. T h e class uses few t o o l s a n d lots o f h a n d w o r k .

will m a k e t a k e - h o m e s a m p l e s o f t h e key types o f

v i d e o , Earl s h o w s y o u h o w t o m e e t t h e c h a l l e n g e

S t u d e n t s will receive p a d d l i n g i n s t r u c t i o n in ikyaks

repairs t o be e x p e c t e d . T h e cost o f m a t e r i a l s is

o f t h e tides. Learn w h e r e t o f i n d tide rips, h o w to

d u r i n g the class. T h e i n s t r u c t o r is r e n o w n e d for his

i n c l u d e d . T h e i n s t r u c t o r o w n s a sail l o f t a n d has a

use eddies, h o w t o a v o i d a l o n g walk in t h e m u d ,

k n o w l e d g e o f ikyak design and c o n s t r u c t i o n

wide range o f e x p e r i e n c e in b o t h sailing a n d repair.

a n d h o w t o p r e d i c t slack w a t e r t i m e a n d c u r r e n t

his t e a c h i n g style. L i m i t e d t o 4.

L i m i t e d t o 6.

speeds. L i m i t e d t o 4 0 .

SALMON

NAMEBOARD

WHERRY

and

WORKSHOP

CARVING

WORKSHOP

September 15-23 (Saturday thru Sunday) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Marysville Boatshop Fee: $600 members, $650 non-members Instructor: Rich Kolin

October 13 & 14, 20 & 21 (Saturdays & Sundays) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Marysville Boat Shop Fee: $190 members, $200 non-members Instructor: Rich Kolin

U n d e r the g u i d a n c e o f R i c h K o l i n ,

ROPE

FENDER

WORKSHOP

October 20, 2001 (Saturday) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., CWB Library Fee: $40 members, $45 non-members Instructor: Dennis Armstrong

boatbuilder,

S t u d e n t s will learn t o d e s i g n , l a y o u t , a n d c a r v e

M y s t e r i e s of

designer and a u t h o r o f b o a t b u i l d i n g b o o k s , students

n a m e b o a r d s , b a n n e r s o r seat rests f o r a b o a t o r

T h e r e are p r o p e r t r a d i t i o n a l f e n d e r s f o r

will build and l a u n c h a classic S a l m o n W h e r r y . T h e

h o m e . B e f o r e t h e class, s t u d e n t s will receive b o t h

traditional

Salmon

a t o o l list a n d a c o p y o f J a y H a n n a ' s Sign

e x p e r i e n c e d k n o t type a n d salty t r a d i t i o n a l i s t will

Wherry,

similar

in

appearance

to a

S w a m p s c o t t dory, has b e e n in use in N e w E n g l a n d

Handbook.

for a b o u t 1 0 0 years. L i m i t e d to 6.

t h e m . L i m i t e d t o 8.

FO'C'SLE ARTS (FANCY

SHAVING

KNOTS)

SEMINAR

Carving

T o o l s will be available f o r t h o s e w i t h o u t

HORSE

is o p e r a t e d by f o o t pressure. T h i s is an ideal b e n c h

by

show h o w to weave those practical and

an

smart

E a c h s t u d e n t will b u i l d t h e i r o w n s h a v i n g h o r s e , a t r a d i t i o n a l p o r t a b l e w o r k b e n c h with a c l a m p that

crossings

proper

Armstrong,

CONSTRUCTION

long

ocean

Dennis

a p p e a r i n g f e n d e r s . L i m i t e d t o 10.

T h r o u g h o u t h i s t o r y , sailors have passed away t h e on

boats.

revealed.

October 13 & 14, 2001 (Saturday & Sunday) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., both days, CWB Boatshop Fee: $100 members, $110 non-members Instructor: Ray Arcand

September 22, 2001 (Saturday) 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. CWB Library Fee: $40 members/$45 non-members Instructor: Dennis Armstrong hours

t h e r o p e f e n d e r will b e

inventing

d e c o r a t i v e a n d f u n c t i o n a l knots. B e f o r e W o r l d W a r

f o r m a k i n g o a r s , p a d d l e s , a n d spars. S t u d e n t s will

II these k n o t s a d o r n e d n e a r l y every h a n d l e a n d b a r

get a m a t e r i a l list a n d p r o v i d e t h e i r o w n w o o d for

a b o a r d t h e big ships. T h e f o ' c ' s l e arts i n c l u d e s u c h

the p r o j e c t . L i m i t e d to 6.

f a n c y k n o t s as m o n k e y ' s fists, T u r k s heads, s e n n i t s a n d the star k n o t . As in all g o o d k n o t classes, s o m e b a s i c a n d p r a c t i c a l k n o t s will be c o v e r e d . M a s t e r y o f t h e b a s i c s will lead t o t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n

of

m o n k e y ' s fists a n d T u r k ' s heads. O t h e r f a n c y w o r k will be d i s c u s s e d as t i m e allows. L i m i t e d t o 10.

NATIVE

AMERICAN

CARVING

TOOLS

September 29 & 30, 2001 (Saturday & Sunday) 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CWB Boatshop Fee: $100 members / $110 non-members Instructor: Ray Arcand R a y A r c a n d is a n e x p e r i e n c e d w o o d c a r v e r a n d t o o l m a k e r . S t u d e n t s will m a k e t h e i r o w n nativestyle c r o o k e d k n i f e a n d a n o t h e r k n i f e preferred by l o c a l n a t i v e carvers. S t u d e n t s will gain information

and knowledge o f the

historic

annealing,

h a r d e n i n g a n d t e m p e r i n g processes a n d t h e f i t t i n g o f b l a d e t o h a n d l e . L i m i t e d t o 6.

N O T E : A $100 non-refundable deposit is required to register for all boatbuilding workshops; the balance is due no later than two weeks prior to the workshop. For all other workshops, pre-payment in full reserves your place. Classes with fewer than four students will be canceled or postponed.

Until the new Cama Beach State Park opens in 2002, C a m a n o Island area workshops will be held at a shop in Marysville. C W B will provide a map to the site with materials sent to students after they register.

Shavings 7

Recurring Events LEARN T O "SAIL

NOW!"

THIRD

FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

FRIDAY SPEAKER

NORTHWEST

SERIES

CONCERT

SEAPORT

MARITIME

SERIES

All year 'round (classes every day in the summer!)

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. or 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Saturday & Sunday 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Monday - Thursday (April 16-Sept 6th) Instructors: Volunteers Fee: $250 per person (includes a one-year CWB

Every 3rd Friday 7 p.m. CWB Boathouse

Enjoy great music on the main deck o f the historic

Each m o n t h C W B finds a speaker o f wit and

pm. Tickets: $ 1 0 general, $7 seniors, kids and

membership, the textbook The Complete Sailor,

( d o n a t i o n s t o cover costs are appreciated).

and an on-the-water skills test) S t u d e n t s learn to sail classic boats in o n e session of c l a s s r o o m work and 8 to 10 lessons of handso n i n s t r u c t i o n (within a f o u r - m o n t h period) in o u r small boats, with n o m o r e than two students per instructor. Please call ahead to reserve your space. We also offer

individual

lessons

by

a p p o i n t m e n t ( $ 2 0 / h o u r for m e m b e r s , 5 3 0 / h o u r for

non-members).

ONE-ON-ONE

experience

to talk

about

1897 s c h o o n e r Wawona. his or her

special

knowledge. It is also an o p p o r t u n i t y for

CWB

members to meet one a n o t h e r and the

staff.

Admission

is free and r e f r e s h m e n t s are served

Weekday Sailing Instruction Noon - 5 p. m., by appointment Fee: $20/hr members, $30/hr

Seaport

August 25 Revell Carr Revell c o m b i n e s a deep u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f the m u s i c with a sense o f h u m o r a n d the joy of

Vaun R a y m o n d , who has produced a n u m b e r o f

"like

videos on subjects o f historic significance, including

repertoire includes d r i n k i n g songs, h a u n t i n g

d o c u m e n t a r i e s o f C W B and Northwest S e a p o r t , will present his video o n the history of catboats.

Vaun will augment the video with c o m m e n t s o n its background and production. This film is narrated

October 19, 2001 "South Lake Union's History" Paul Dorpat, who probably has intimate knowledge

non-members

m e m b e r s ( C W B m e m b e r s pay N W m e m b e r rate.)

September 21, 2001 "Nine Lives, The Story of the Catboat"

by Robert M c N e i l o f M c N e i l - L e h r e r News Report.

INSTRUCTION

All concerts are 8-10

raising voices in song. H e has been described as Neil Young

chanteys."

His

ballads and powerful work songs.

Spinnaker Led by the diva o f the sea, M a r y B e n s o n , this Portland trio c o m b i n e s rich vocal h a r m o n i e s with i n s t r u m e n t a l excellence. T h e y specialize in

interesting

arrangements

combining

traditional tunes with m o d e r n r h y t h m s .

of every p h o t o ever taken in Seattle and its vicinity, O N C E

will give a slide talk o n the t r a n s f o r m a t i o n and

singing

UPON

A

MARITIME

and the weekly " N o w and T h e n " feature in Sunday's

Saturdays 1:30 - 3:00 p. m.

Fee: Adults $4, Seniors $3, Children $2 Location: Armory Building, South Lake Union Park, 860 Terry Ave.

sailboats. O u r Cast O f f ! program allows visitors

The Seattle Times.

A series o f talks and presentations o n all things

the c h a n c e to sail in boats that are t o o large o r t o o c o m p l e x to be a part o f o u r regular livery

November 16 "Canal Cruising in Holland, Belgium and France"

G r o u p a n d N o r t h w e s t Seaport.

p r o g r a m . C u r r e n t l y , we're sailing o n

August 18

CAST OFF!

c o m m u t a t i o n s o f S o u t h Lake U n i o n from the days

Free Public Sail Every Sunday at 2 p. m.

o f the m a n y volumes of "Seattle, N o w and T h e n " ,

o f forest and tranquil lake. Paul Dorpat is the author

E n j o y free h a l f - h o u r sails o n o n e o f o u r classic

Colleen

T h i s is a slide talk o f two old friends, Dean B l a c k

o u r new Sharpie Egret. You m i g h t also

and Lloyd Haugen, following the ubiquitous canals

have t h e c h a n c e to f i n d o u t what it's like to sail

of Western E u r o p e in a decidedly laid back and

Wagner, Admirable,

o u r r e c e n t l y restored

gillnetter and our logo boat o r Amie,

Bristol

Bay

a Friendship

s l o o p . C o m e down and j o i n us any S u n d a y (weather p e r m i t t i n g ) for a free a f t e r n o o n sail o n Lake U n i o n . Please feel free to call us a r o u n d n o o n o n S u n d a y to check weather c o n d i t i o n s .

(Contributors: D i c k Wagner Jerry

Kolb Rich K o l i n

e c o n o m i c a l voyage. And they are still friends.

maritime. Presented by the Discovery Modelers

A Small Craft Revelation D i c k Wagner, C W B F o u n d i n g Director, will tell you everything you ever wanted to know a b o u t the great N W small w o o d e n boats and boat builders. Share the adventure aboard a small boat o n Lake U n i o n .