Today’s interview is with Andy Stewart, one of the owners of Emerald Marine Carpentry in Anacortes, WA. Growing up, Andy’s dad was in the foreign service so the family lived overseas and moved frequently.

As a youth, Andy enjoyed woodworking and a limited amount of boating with family and friends. He also remembers visiting his Great Great Uncle’s boat shop in Ilwaco WA. In his teen years, Andy landed at Bellevue (WA) high school and then attended the University of WA and Evergreen State College in Olympia WA.

During Andy’s 18 years in Olympia, WA, he and his wife owned a T-Bird sailboat, a 36ʹ Yawl (Windsong), and spent a lot of time sailing between south Puget Sound and Canada. He also worked for the Rights of Man Boat Shop in Shelton, WA building large wooden craft under Carl Brownstein.

In the late 1990’s Andy and his family moved to Anacortes, WA to get to some “bigger water”. And in 1999 Andy started Emerald Marine Carpentry to focus on his passion for wooden boats.

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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podcast was recorded several years ago - some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are outdated and no longer valid.