
HOWB 017 – Dale McKinnon - Wooden boat builder, Long distance rower (800 miles AK to WA) - Interview - 01.12.12
Starting with competitive swimming (including trials for 1964 Olympics), then moving on to sailing, skiing, diving and cycling, Dale has always been adventurous and an ultra active athlete. But after ...
2 Jan 202349min

HOWB 016 – Tug Buse, Wooden boat builder, Long distance sailor, Historian - Interview - 01.05.12
Michael “Tug” Buse grew up on the water. In fact, looking west from his parents’ Warm Beach (WA) home dining room, all you see is Port Susan bay and Camano Island in the distance. Beginning at the ten...
30 Dec 20221h 3min

HOWB 015 – 1890 Elmore wooden tug boat owners Dee & Sara Meek - Interview - 12.29.11
This week was an interview Dee & Sara Meek of Oak Bay, WA. The Meek’s have the distinct privilege of owning the 68ʹ, 1890 wooden tugboat Elmore. They purchased her in 1990 after Dee read an article ab...
26 Dec 202253min

HOWB 014 – Jake Beattie, Exec. Dir. Northwest Maritime Center - Interview - 12.22.11
This week is an interview with the exec. director of the Northwest Maritime Center and Wooden Boat Foundation – Jake Beattie. Jake began sailing an El Toro's when he was seven years old, spent time sa...
23 Dec 202240min

HOWB 013 – Larry Cheek - Wooden boatbuilder, author, and journalist - Interview - 12.15.11
This week I interviewed Larry Cheek of Whidbey Island. Larry is originally from El Paso Texas and had never even seen a boat growing up miles from water. But after moving to the Seattle area as a seas...
19 Dec 202250min

HOWB 012 – Bill Mahler, (former) NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding - Interview - 12.08.11
This week I interviewed Bill Mahler, (former) director of the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding. Bill tells me the story of how the school got started: After building wooden boats in the Puget Sound ar...
16 Dec 202243min

HOWB 011 – Marty Loken, Wooden Boat Aficionado, Builder, Restorer, and Rescuer Extraordinaire - Interview - 12/01/11
This week I interviewed Marty Loken who owns the Island Boatshop in Nordland, WA (the boatshop is now closed and Marty is "retired"). Marty grew up around boats in Ballard, WA and from a young age, fo...
9 Dec 202239min

HOWB 010 - Highlights of 2011 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival - Wooden Boat Dan - 11/23/11
The second weekend of September this year I attended the PT Wooden Boat Festival for the 12th time. It was a blast as usual and the weather was sunny and HOT! And PT rarely gets HOT. On this podcast I...
8 Dec 202222min



















