Hooked On Wooden Boats

Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Dale Simonson at the 39th Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.

Dale built his beloved SCAMP – Luna – with care and precision starting with the SCAMP Camp and finishing it at his home in British Columbia. Dale shares the details of how he selected the SCAMP as his build project, and the journey of actually building her over a 2 year period.

Today’s podcast is a recording I did with myself on the highlights of the 40th Annual 2016 Port Townsend

Wooden Boat Festival.

I recorded 9 interviews for the podcast

Gave a presentation on building a SCAMP sailboat

Attended several presentations

Watched the R2AK Blazer Presentation

Had a blast for 72 hours straight – except for sleeping in the bed of my truck 😉

Reconnected with a lot of friends

Dropped my $150 camera lens into Puget Sound 🙁

Check out HOWB 179 for highlights of last year’s festival.

Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Small Craft Advisor Co-Editor and SCAMP brainchild Josh

Colvin during the 2015 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. We talked about the R2AK, SCAMP sailboats,

and lots of other fun stuff.

Check our HOWB 040, HOWB 143, for previous interviews I have done with Josh.

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Today’s podcast is a recording I did with boatbuilder, restorer, sailor, pocket cruiser extraordinaire Marty

Loken, during the 2015 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. We talked about the R2AK, SCAMP sailboats,

Poulsbo boats, and lots of other fun stuff.

Check our HOWB 011, HOWB 098, HOWB 138, for previous interviews I have done with Marty about his own

wooden boat journey.

Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Robert d’Arcy Captain of the Schooner Martha, during the 2015 Port

Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. We talked about Robert’s adventures with family and crew taking Martha on a

yearlong voyage to Mexico, California, Hawaii and other far away places.

Check our HOWB 062 for an interview I did with Robert about his own wooden boat journey.

Today’s podcast is a recording I did with John Lockwood of Pygmy Boats during the 2015 Port Townsend

Wooden Boat Festival. We talked about John’s world travels (at the time John was about 2 years into his around

the world trip), boats, paddles and John touched (quite) a little on political issues!

Today’s podcast is a recording I did with John Harris of Chesapeake Light Craft during the 2015 Port Townsend

Wooden Boat Festival. We talked about new and fun projects/kits at CLC (paddle boards, ultralight dinghy, SW

Dory, etc.), changes in the industry and just fun good ole wooden boat stuff!

I’m taking a break from my Podcast Vacation today to publish another episode of HOWB :D.

Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Jake Beattie during the 2015 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. We

talked about highlights of the festival, news at the NWMC, and more importantly the inaugural R2AK and the

announced second R2Ak scheduled for June 23, 2016!

Click on the green player button above to listen to the podcast with Jake.

I’m taking a break from my Podcast Vacation today to publish another episode of HOWB :D.

Today’s podcast is a recording I did about an hour after the 2015 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival had

ended. I talk about the highlights of the festival and some of the fun stuff I did! I was there for the entire Festival

and had an absolute blast as usual.

I recorded about 8 interviews during the festival which I will be playing over the next few months!

Here are a few highlights of the festival for me:

Doing 8 interviews with some amazing folks – John Harris, John Lockwood, Jake Beattie (R2AK), Robert

D’Arcy, Marty Loken, Dale Simonson, Pete Leenhouts, Josh Colvin

Attending a presentation on mast building by Bruce Tipton – the birds mouth mast may be cool but

probably overrated. There are other ways to build a mast just as strong and light without all the work and

waste

Meeting John Carinha in person

Sleeping in the canopy of my truck for the first time (with CPAP machine on :D)

Getting ideas for my SCAMP

Giving my SCAMP class/presentation

Meeting Rob O’Toole

Encouragement from listeners!

Today’s podcast is an interview I recorded on June 3rd in Port Townsend, WA – the Prep Day for the

inaugral R2AK (engineless race) which began June 4th and was won by Team Elsie Piddock.

This interview is with Thomas Nielsen of Team Sea Runner. Team Sea Runner’s boat of choice – a James

Wharram Hitia 17ʹ. This a catamaran made out of door skins, peanut based epoxy and has a claw sail.