Hooked On Wooden Boats

By Dan MattsonLeisure Hobbies

Hooked On Wooden Boats episodes

August 07, 2023 HOWB 057 – John Harris – Wooden boat builder/designer and owner of CLC Boats - 10.17.12
Today’s interview is with John Harris of CLC Boats. John spent his growing up years in South Carolina – the son of a “sailing obsessed father (and he still is)” who built stuff and was an engineer. He sailed with his dad on inland lakes in a Snipe, Sunfish and other small boats. John grew up thinking it was perfectly normal that if you needed a piece of furniture, you went out to your shop and built it. When he was in his early teens, he wanted a boat, so he built one (a rowing shell)- and got addicted to the process of designing and building boats.
After college, John went to work for a boatshop in Maryland where among other things he cut out boat parts for Chris Kulczycki’s fledgling kit company, Chesapeake Light Craft. In 1994 John joined up with Chris full time.
He loved the fact that he could mess around with wooden boats all day and somehow get paid for it. In late 1999 John purchased CLC Boats from Chris and has grown the company to offer more than 100 different
designs including kayaks, rowing boats, sailboats, paddle boards, and proas.
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PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago - some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are outdated and no longer valid.
55 min
July 31, 2023 HOWB 056 – Interviews: Steve Stone and Eric Blake, OffCenterHarbor.com – 10/11/12
The first interview in today’s podcast is with Steve Stone of Brooklin, Maine. I met Steve at the 2012 Port
Townsend Wooden Boat Festival and he is one of the founding partners of OffCenterHarbor.com video website.
Steve grew up sailing, later studied filmmaking, and fell in love with wooden vessels along the way. Steve is
super excited about the videos he is producing for OffCenterHarbor.com.
The second interview is with Eric Blake of OffCenterHarbor.com and Brooklin Boatyard of Brooklin, Maine.
Eric began building cedar stripped canoes as a teenager in Vermont, and studied boatbuilding at The Landing
School and at IBTC in England. He has worked as a shipwright at boatyards around the US and in the
Caribbean. Eric is also a partner in OffCenterHarbor.com.
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Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden
Boat Dan over and out :D

PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago
- some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are
outdated and no longer valid.
48 min
July 24, 2023 HOWB 055 – Interviews: Thomas Scheinpflug, Pacific Grace Shipwright; Dave & Linda Burright, Builders of 26ʹ Caulkins Bartender - 10/4/12
The first interview in today’s podcast is with Thomas Scheinpflug. Thomas crews on the Pacific Grace Schooner
and was one of the shipwrights who built her, finishing in May 2001. Pacific Grace is owned and operated by the
non-profit S.A.L.T.S. Sail and Life Training Society of Canada.
The second interview is with Dave & Linda Burright of Albany, Oregon. Dave & Linda built a 26ʹ George
Caulkins designed Bartender in their outbuilding over and 6.5 year period. It is a gorgeous boat and they spent a
lot of money on her. So they aptly named her Kala Lua – translated Money Pit in Hawaiian!
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Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden
Boat Dan over and out :D

PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago
- some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are
outdated and no longer valid.
49 min
July 17, 2023 HOWB 054 – Interview: Freya Fennwood; wooden boat builder and kayaker, outdoor adventurer - 9/27/12
Today’s interview is with kayaker and boatbuilder Freya Fennwood. Freya grew up in Port Townsend and was
hanging out at her dad’s boat shop (Pygmy Boats) from the tender young age of zero (wow!). At 18 months she
recalls falling asleep between her dads legs while he was paddling the family kayak. At age 12, Freya had her
own kayak and was doing multi-week outings with her dad in wilderness areas of Canada and the US. Freya is an
avid paddler these days, and has recently added the Greenland Roll to her kayaking repertoire.
Freya has a degree in professional photography from Colorado Mountain College and is a professional
videographer and photographer. You can find out more about her business at https://www.freyafennwood.com/
38 min
July 10, 2023 HOWB 053 – Highlights and interviews from 2012 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival
Ten days ago, I attended the 36th Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. I recorded 3 hours of interviews
with more than a dozen people over that three day period (and had an absolute blast – btw!).
This week I am playing four short recordings/interviews (total of 37 minutes):
1. The first HOWB Podcast “Meetup” on record. HOWB fans Ralph Duncan, Christina Cogan, and Korey
Ruben.
2. Tug Buse small boat adventurer. Follow up to the interview I did with Tug for
Episode 16.
3. Josh and Anika Colvin – An update on SCAMP and Small Craft Advisor Magazine. Check out
Episode 40.
4. John Welsford and Howard Rice – update on SCAMP CAMP, Small Craft Skills Academy and other fun
stuff. Check out Episodes 39 and 48
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Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden
Boat Dan over and out :D

PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago
- some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are
outdated and no longer valid.
54 min
July 03, 2023 HOWB 052 – Lin and Larry Pardey of Sailing and Wooden Boat Fame - Interview - 9/13/12
This past weekend while at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, I had the privilege to interview Lin and
Larry Pardy. Lin and Larry have been sailing the world since they built their first boat Serrafyn and launched her
in 1968. Their second build was Taleisin launched in 1983. They have written and published numerous books,
and sell DVD’s and other great products at their website: LANDLPARDEY.com.
Listen to Lin and Larry share candidly about their childhoods, their adventures and their love of the sea.
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Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden
Boat Dan over and out :D

PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago
- some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are
outdated and no longer valid.
1 hr 35 min
June 26, 2023 HOWB 051 – Center for Wooden Boats at CAMA Beach, WA: Interviews – John Dean and Andrew Washburn - 9/6/12
This week I drove 45 minutes to CAMA Beach State Park where the Center for
Wooden Boats refurbished and opened a Boathouse in 2008 in conjunction with WA state parks refurbishing and
opening this 30+ cabin resort. This is one beautiful spot. CAMA Beach was a water
front resort from 1935 to 1980, at which time it was closed. In the good old days, you could drive your car to
this resort, rent a cabin and a row or power boat to crab and fish from.
These type of resorts were called Auto Courts at the time – an inexpensive place to park the car for the night and
enjoy the great outdoors. The family that owned CAMA Beach for most of its life, passed it on the WA State
Parks and the Center for Wooden Boats to refurbish and reopen the park for usage similar to the previous 4 plus
decades.
The joint interview is with Andrew Washburn (the outgoing manager) and John Dean the incoming manager for
CAMA beach. Andrew is moving on to a new role of collecting historical information about former water front
resorts in Western Washington and building an exhibit at the CWB South Lake Union. John is the incoming
CAMA beach manager and a 30 year resident of Camano Island.
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Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden
Boat Dan over and out :D

PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago
- some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are
outdated and no longer valid.
58 min
June 19, 2023 HOWB 050 – SCAMP Camp Part 2, Interviews – John Welsford (designer), Cliff Sell (student) - 8/30/12
This episode is a follow up to last week’s August 2012 SCAMP Camp Part 1 (see HOWB 049). I had the privilege to sit down and ask John Welsford some more questions about the SCAMP design and how the Camp was going. John gave some keen insight into the function and benefits of a pram bow, and talks about the success of the inaugural Camp.
I also interviewed Cliff Sell who was a student at the Camp. Cliff traveled all the way from Germany! As a first
time boatbuilder, Cliff talks about why he took the class, how the build is coming along, and gives his thoughts
on the success of the course.
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Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden
Boat Dan over and out :D

PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago
- some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are
outdated and no longer valid.
43 min
June 12, 2023 HOWB 049 – SCAMP CAMP, Part 1: Interview Scott Jones, Boat Shop Mgr at NW Maritime Center, Wooden Boatright, SCAMP Pro -08/23/12
This episode is an interview with Scott Jones recorded during the August 2012 SCAMP CAMP at the NW
Maritime Center in Port Townsend, WA. I had met Scott on previous outings to Port Townsend, but never had
the opportunity to sit down with him and get the inside scoop on his passion for wooden vessels. This interview
was on the 4th day of the 2 week SCAMP CAMP where an eclectic group of ambitious folks from as far away as
Germany, gathered to build 10 SCAMP’s with help from Scott, John Welsford (designer), Howard Rice (small
boat adventurer) and others. Scott was the lead instructor for the CAMP, having overseen the building of the first
SCAMP prototype in the fall of 2010.
Scott grew up in Olympia, WA and loved to fish from drift boats. He learned advanced carpentry skills from his
talented father, and at a young age was tackling woodworking projects with enthusiasm. Soon after being
married, Scott posed this question to his bride – “What if I build boats?”. The rest is history as they say!
Scott attended the NW School of Wooden Boat Building and after graduating in 2009 went to work for the NW
Maritime Center on multiple wooden boat builds (Caledonia Yawl, Townsend Tern to name a couple). Scott is
now the Boat Shop Manager and doing a fabulous job!
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Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden
Boat Dan over and out :D
PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago
- some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are
outdated and no longer valid.
43 min
June 05, 2023 HOWB 048 – John Welsford, wooden boat designer, builder, enthusiast - Interview - 08.16.12
This episode is an interview I did with John Welsford while at the NW School of Wooden Boat Building’s 31st
anniversary celebration. I met John for the first time that day, and he was more than agreeable when I asked if I
could interview him for HOWB. So we sat down for almost an hour of recording, and I was having the time of
my life!
John is a native of New Zealand and loves his country. Boatbuilding is in John’s genes – as far back as his dad
could research, there is a boatbuilder in each generation of the family. And John is a descendant of the Denny’s
of the William Denny and Brothers Ship Building Company of Scotland. Denny and brothers built the Denny
Ship Model Experiment Tank in 1882 (which is part of a museum exhibit now).
At the young age of 7, John spent every holiday with his grand dad who worked for a one man boat builder –
Philip Lange. John learned to whittle, plank and take care of heavy equipment during those days at Lange’s
shop. John’s first boat build as a youth was made from corrugated roofing iron (hull), firewood (stems and
thwarts) and tar scraped off the road for caulking. As a young married man he built a 21ʹ light displacement
sloop with a Flying Dutchman rig.
One day a friend came to John with plans for a boat he was going to build. John looked at the plans and told his
buddy it wasn’t suited to his needs. His friend challenged John – modify the plans to get me a better boat, and if
it works I will give you my Stanley 55 Molding plane. John still has the Stanley plane to this day and he has
been designing boats ever since!
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[email protected] to share your comments, feedback, stories, and wooden
boat adventures.
Keep the bright side
up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan over and out :D
PS Please note this podcast was recorded several years
ago - some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned
are outdated and no longer valid.
1 hr 19 min