HOWB 029 – Steve Chapain, Wooden Pocock racing shell and master boat builder - Interview - 04.05.12
Steve grew up in Minnesota canoeing and water skiing with his family and friends. As a young adult he visited his brother in Washington state, found Port Townsend and decided that was his sweet spot. ...
14 Feb 202344min
HOWB 028 – Carol Hasse, Wooden boat lover, World renowned sailmaker, blue water sailor - Interview - 03.29.12
Carol had done very little boating, and no sailing as a kid in Camas, WA. But that all changed in 1972 when the family’s doctor and wife invited her to sail with them to the south Pacific on their new...
10 Feb 202354min
HOWB 027 – Eric Friberg Nordic wooden boat builder - Interview - 03.22.12
Eric has a rich maritime heritage. His family moved from Superior Wisconsin to the Seattle area in 1965 so his dad could work in the Seattle shipyards. Soon after, his father built a wooden fishing bo...
6 Feb 202343min
HOWB 026 – The Smith’s restore 1929 wooden boat “David B” for floating B&B - interview - 03.15.12
Interview – Christine & Jeffrey Smith of Northwest Navigation Christine had dreamed of having a bed and breakfast since she was a kid, and David loved wooden boats ever since living in Maine where he ...
3 Feb 202351min
HOWB 025 – Tim Lee, Master wooden boat building instructor (former), Savvy builder – Interview - 03.08.12
Tim took a keen interest in woodworking as a youth visiting his brother in Alaska, and building hickory dog sleds for racing. Then Tim’s other brother took him on his maiden sailing voyage off the coa...
31 Jan 202341min
HOWB 024 – Brion Toss, author, teacher, legendary rigger, wooden boat lover - Interview - 03.01.12
When Brion took geometry in high school he thought to himself “I’ll never use this crap”. But he soon became fascinated with knots and realized that geometry was his friend. He was super proud of his ...
27 Jan 202350min
HOWB 023 – Julia Maynard, Haven Boatworks wooden boat yard (rocks) - Interview - 02.23.12
Julia took a keen interest in wooden boats while attending The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA and taking the integrated studies “Marine History and Crafts” program which was focused on wooden ...
23 Jan 202334min
HOWB 022 - Bruce Blatchley on building the 62ʹ wooden rocketship sloop “Sliver” - 02.16.12
This week I interviewed master shipwright and instructor Bruce Blatchley. Bruce spent a lot of time on the water in canoes as a kid on the east coast. After high school, military service, college, mou...
20 Jan 202335min
