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Girls Sailing Camp Girls Sailing Camp during Spring Break introduced eight enthusiastic new sailors to rigging and sailing El Toro dinghies and historic sloops. Here’s what the girls had to say at the end of the week. “The instructors were great. As a result I am not as scared as when I first sailed. I can now tie a bowline, figure of eight, and a cleat hitch. CWB was a great class. I actually learned how to sail whereas another camp put us in a boat with an instructor and told us to ‘watch and learn.’ Over all this was a fabulous class.” -Elena Becker “The instructors were awesome. We learned a lot about sailing. It was really fun!!! Capsizing was cool too!” -Tessa Lombard-Henley “My name is Claire Katz and I took a sailing class at The Center for Wooden Boats over spring break. At first I hated the idea of capsizing but after we did it I was fine with it. The class was fun. I learned how to rig and sort of sail a boat in one week so I’ll definitely come back next year to get better at it.” -Claire Katz “I learned a lot about sailing and it was really fun. I think I will take the class again next year. We capsized on purpose to see what we would do in that situation. I really like sailing now.” –Devon Lombard-Henley “My name is Reagan. I am ten. I never sailed until this week. I now love sailing because it is really fun. I learned how to tie a lot of knots.” -Reagan Wiley “This week was pretty windy. The instructors were nice and it was really cold when we capsized. We learned how to tie some knots and how to rig the El Toro dinghies. It was really fun.” -Una Ludviksen
May / June 2006
Restoring “Shrimpo”
Boatwright Eric Dow came out from Maine to spend two weeks teaching about and leading the restoration of CWB’s Herreshoff 12 1/2 Shrimpo. Photo above shows class installing new douglas fir sheer clamps.
“This class was both fun and terrifying. I learned to sail an El Toro and how to tie a bowline and a cleat hitch. On the last day we took out the Blanchard Jr. Knockabouts and sailed around the lake.” -Alice Whitaker “I took the Girls Spring Break Sailing Camp last year and there were many differences this year. For example, this week we got to capsize and last year we didn’t. I really liked capsizing. I own an El Toro and a bigger boat, a J-34. My family is really into sailing and I love steering. Well that’s me- a sailing freak.” -Sarah Brenden
The class replaced frames and floors, removed the ballast keel and replaced the keel timber. They also replaced the deck beams.
Inside This Issue:
FOUNDER’S REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NEWS FROM SOUTH LAKE UNION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 NEWS FROM CAMA BEACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CWB AT NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 UPCOING EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 AROUND THE SOUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 MARITIME SKILLS PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 THE COLLECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HAIDA CANOE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 CWB FEED AND CARING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Shavings 1