This podcast is 110% dedicated to celebrating the art, craft, history, tradition and romance of wooden boats around the world. Season 1 will include all 217 episodes I recorded (and previously published) between 2011 and 2018.
Today’s podcast is an interview with Rod Tait of Orca Canoes and Kayaks in Coquitlam, BC. Rod builds small
strip built canoes, kayaks and other boats, sell kits, and rebuilds and refurbishes small boats.
Rod was raised in the province of British Columbia and when he was a young lad his folks purchased a small
fishing resort on coastal BC. Rod spent the next few years messing around in small wooden fishing boats and
helping his family r...
Today’s podcast is an interview with Hugh Harwood of Cumberland, Maine. Hugh grew up around wooden
boats and got the bug at an early age while boating with family and friends on the east coast.
In 2013 he purchased a 1932 bridge deck cruiser – Katie Mack – in Tacoma, WA and had her shipped to Maine.
She is undergoing a complete restoration and is an absolutely beautiful vessel. Hugh and Pamela Harwood will
use her to gently ply the sum...
Today’s podcast is an interview I did recently with Nordic traditional boatbuilding master Jay Smith of
Anacortes, WA. Jay has several decades of experience building traditional Nordic clinker boats and was trained
in Norway.
In today’s podcast, Jay discusses the virtues, benefits, uniqueness, and attractiveness of building boats from a
once living material.
Today’s podcast is an interview I did recently with a delightful couple – Herb and Nancy Payson of Port
Townsend, WA.
Herb and Nancy read a book titled “A New Way of Life” by Samson in the 70’s. The book suggests addressing
the problems of urban life by sailing around the world on a sailboat. Herb proposed to Nancy that they buy a
boat and start cruising (with their kids) – and the rest is history, as they say.
Herb has written several ...
Thanks to your support and the support of hundreds of other wooden boat lovers around the globe, HOWB has
completed its THIRD full year with flying colors. This Episode is dedicated to Reviewing the Highlights of
2014 and looking forward to Plans for 2015.
Today’s podcast episode is a interview I recorded for HOWB016 (December 2011) with Tug Buse.
Tug made an amazing 3,ooo mile solo adventure in a 14ʹ sailing pram he built himself. His adventure started in
Iowa, meandered through the river system to the Gulf of Mexico, and then east and north on the intercoastal
waterway all the way to Bowdoin College in Maine.
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Jay Benford of Benford design and discuss a lot of
fun things including his background in boating, how he entered the boat design world, and some of the really
cool boats that have been his live aboard homes.
Benford has designed boats for many uses – tug boats, fishing boats, cruising sailboats, live-aboards, and
freighter yachts. Check out his website for more information ...
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to talk to Chris Lux of Seattle, WA. Chris contacted me via email to tell me about the vintage Klepper folding canoe he recently purchased, how he was able to get parts locally for this 40 year old canoe, and some other fun details about this amazing boat that fits into 2 duffel bags and has a folding Spruce (wooden) frame.
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with small boat and cycling adventurist Colin Angus of Victoria, BC.
At the top of the discussion were the details of some of Colin’s amazing adventures on the Amazon River among other places. He is one amazing and adventurous dude.
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Howard Rice of the Small Craft Skills Acade
We met up at the NWMC during SCAMP Camp #5 in Port Townsend, WA.
At the top of the discussion (of course) was the SCAMP and the newest development in self-rescue – the “elevator”, to get oneself back in the SCAMP after a capsize. Howard also discussed new developments at the SCSA, and some of the details of modifications he is ma...
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Tony Grove and Tobi Elliot of Gabriola Island, BC. Tony is restoring the 1897 built Sloop Dorothy, and Tobi is the videographer filming a documentary on the project.
Dorothy was built in 1897 on Vancouver Island, BC. She is a 34ʹ LOA gaff rigged sloop with a 9ʹ beam and 5ʹ draft. She is red cedar planked on oak and fastened with copper rivets and roves and has an elegant ...
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down and do my second interview with Lin and Larry Pardey of sailing fame.
During the 45 minute discussion, I peppered the Pardeys with questions such as:
Top 10 mistakes made in offshore cruising
How to prepare for a circumnavigation
How to select the right boat for blue water cruising
Your favorite destinations around the world
We have a great time and the answers were amazing (as yo...
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to interview John Harris of CLC Boats in Annapolis Maryland.
John and I discussed new boats and plans at CLC, developments in the wooden boat kit industry, and other fun stuff John has been up to. CLC continues to be on the cutting edge of applying modern technology to developing
new designs, new manufacturing techniques, and innovative ways to make the kits more user friendly to all You c...
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Cody and Beth Harris of Salt Lake City, Utah and talk about their newly christened cutter Rabannah.
Cody designed and he and Beth built this beautiful 35ʹ cutter rigged plywood/cold molded sailboat over a 2 year period ending early in 2014. Cody and Beth are looking forward to many great cruising adventures in their cutter.
Check out the Harris’ BLOG for more information a...
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Scott Rohrer, volunteer at the Center for Wooden
Boats in Seattle, and discuss the fascinating history and pedigree and the famed R boat – Pirate.
Pirate has a long and storied history including being a direct descendant of Ted Geary’s design R class boat Sir Tom which was one of the winningest boats in history.
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Josh Colvin, co-editior of Small Craft Advisor Magazine and brainchild of the microcruising phenom SCAMP (Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project) sailboat. Josh and I discussed the SCAMP phenonema (nearing 300 Plan/Kit sets sold to date) in detail including SCAMP in the Everglades Challenge; the first Red Lantern Rally; and other fun SCAMP facts.
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Bob Lamson at the 38th annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival and discuss his boating background and his beautiful 1999 fully bright-worked (South African Mahogany) Venetian Water Taxi – Capolavoro (Italian for “masterpiece”).
Bob grew up in the Seattle area and his dad ran a boat shop on the Duwamish River when he was a kid. Fast forward to the 1990’s – Bob was taking bu...
On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Jake Beattie, Executive Director of the North Maritime Center, to discuss the recently announced event RACE TO ALASKA (and other NWMC happeni The event was conceived by Jake and friends while beerstorming at the 2013 Wooden Boat Festival’s Bar Harbor.
This inaugural adventure race begins June 4, 2015 in Port Townsend, WA and the first boat to reach Ketchikan Alaska wins $...
Today I discuss the highlights and fun events (from my point of view) of the 2014 Port Townsend Wooden Boat
Festival. I arrived Thursday afternoon and grudgingly left Sunday evening after the festival was over and most of
the boats had sailed away I had an absolute blast for the entire time and secretly wished it was a little bit longer......
Here are a few of the highlights for me:
Recorded 7 interviews for future podcasts:
Lin & L...
Today’s podcast is an interview with Colin Angus. Colin and his wife Julie are avid outdoor enthusiasts and have accomplished numerous human powered adventures that seem undoable and improbable to most of us
During the interview, Colin discusses growing up on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Canada, and how reading about real life adventures of others led him to dream and seek his own Adventures. As a 12 year old, he read The Dov...
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