I buy my first set of boat-building plans

I buy my first set of boat-building plans

by | Mar 1, 2022 | All Things Boaty

Back in 1992, when I SHOULD have been focusing on my first year of graduate school, I decide that if I don’t decide on a boat design I’ll go crazy. So I purchased a set of plans from quirky, respected, Aussie-now-Scottish boat designer Iain Oughtred. I...
I steal a book from the library

I steal a book from the library

by | Feb 28, 2022 | All Things Boaty

OK, I have something to get off my chest. When I was 15 I found a book at the library that changed my life. It was called 53 Boats you can Build, and I read it all summer. In fact, I paid the replacement value to the library because I just couldn’t part with it....
Port Townsend Wood Boat Fest 2017

Port Townsend Wood Boat Fest 2017

by | Sep 9, 2017 | All Things Boaty

I love the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival so much! When I moved to the Pacific Northwest I fell in love with this town with its boat traditions: the smell of pine tar and sawdust, the Port Townsend Sails sail loft (still incredible even if Carol Hasse is retired),...