shavings volume 25 number 7 (september-october 2005)

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Summertime at The Center for Wooden BoatsB Y D I C K W A G N E R

Over 125 kids have learned how to sail this summer on Lake Union in El Toro dinghies.

CWB’s Artist in Residence, Haida Carver Saaduuts, launched the canoe he’s been working on in South Lake Union Park.

Over 30 Thunderbird sailboats participated in this year’s first Thunderbird Regatta and Rendezvous, celebrating this Northwest classic.

The 4th of July Festival. Over 150 wooden boats of all types and sizes.

CWB is busy providing programs year-round but in the summer this place is a-whirl with people 3’ high and above having an enor-mously great time learning about maritime heritage by doing it.

Besides our annual Festival, we held the annual Pond Model Regatta for youth, our first Thunderbird class Regatta, and are planning an upcoming a meet for the Wooden Canoe Heri-tage Association and our Blanchard Regatta for all wooden one-design classes.

Youth overran CWB this summer (over 2000!) with sailing instruction for street involved youth, Urban League Children’s University, middle school kids

involved in Seattle’s YES program (Youth Engaged in Service), Pirate interns helping restore the launch Katy, and dinghy sailing classes. Other young folks came from com-munity centers, day camps and alike to build their own toy boats and paddle an Umiak.

We also gave sailing outings to residents of Bailey Boushay, an AIDS hospice.

More than 1000 people went out for free rides during July alone, on sailboats or our historic steam launch Puffin.

We had visitors from Florida, Colorado and Hawaii, and international visitors from Germany, Australia and Holland and Canada.

On July 17th, The New York Times high-lighted CWB in an article about travelling to Seattle. CWB was the first listing in “What to Do During the Day” and was shown on the map alongside other Seattle icons like the Space Needle, ferries, and new library.

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V o l u m e X X V N u m b e r 7I S S N 0 7 3 4 - 0 6 8 0 19 9 2 C W BThe Center for Wooden Boats

Shavings is published bimonthly by The Center for Wooden Boats,1010 Valley Street, Seattle, WA 98109phone 206.382.2628 fax 206.382.2699To learn more about CWB, please visit our Web site at www.cwb.org

O u r M i s s i o nTo provide a community center where maritime history comes alive and our small craft heritage is preserved and passed along to future generations.

C W B S t a f fBetsy Davis Executive DirectorDick Wagner Founding DirectorJake Beattie Waterfront Programs DirectorNita Chambers Business Relations & Facility Rental ManagerPatrick Gould Boat Sales Manager & InstructorLauren Kuehne Volunteer Coordinator & Offi ce ManagerJean Scarboro Bookkeeper and MembershipEdel O’Connor Boatwright & Workshop CoordinatorKatie Kelso Visitor Services Manager & RegistrarHeron Scott Lead BoatwrightDoug Weeks Steamboat ProgramGreg Reed Livery Manager, Dockmaster & Youth SailingTom Baltzell Youth Field Trip Coordinator

B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e sAlex Bennett Robert MerikleCaren Crandell Lori O’ToolDavid Dolson Barbara SacerdoteBrandt Faatz Chuck ShigleyKen Greff Denise SnowGary Hammons Eric SorensenDavid Kennedy Bill Van VlackAndrea Kinnaman Joe Spengler, InternStephen Kinnaman

Design and production of Shavings by CWB volunteer Heidi Hackler of Dolphin Design, www.dolphindesignstudio.com. Printed by Olympus Press, www.olypress.com.

F o u n d e r ’ s R e p o r tB Y D I C K W A G N E R

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER SHAVINGS CONTRIBUTORS:

Jake BeattieBrian BennettEric HavalsoeMarty Loken

Brooke MarjamaaMike McQuaidEdel O’Connor

Larry RothHeron ScottDick WagnerAdam Wren

John Gardner is CWB’s patron saint. Gardner kept the fl ame of traditional small craft alight through the 1950s and ‘60s by his writing in Maine Coast Fisherman (later National Fisher-man). In the 1970s and ‘80s Gardner turned up the fl ame through his bully pulpit activities as Mystic Seaport’s Curator of Small Craft.

Gardner began the annual small craft work-shops and traditional boatbuilding instruction at Mystic, founded the Traditional Small Craft Association and wrote many inspirational books. His books on building wooden boats are the most popular in CWB’s library.

Th rough a generous donation from Land Washburn, CWB has received a plane made by John Gardner. Th e stock is Cocobollo, the chip is Osage Orange and the tote (handle) is cherry. Th e plane represents not only tradition-al boatbuilding but also is the representation of the spirit of John Gardner, who gave tradi-tional boats a legitimate place in history.

CWB Founder Dick Wagner presents the John Gardner Award to Tim Lee of the Northwest School of Boatbuilding at this summer’s Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival.

Th e plaque to which the Gardner plane is mounted is inscribed “For signifi cant and enduring contributions to the preservation of traditional wooden boat knowledge and skills.”

Th is year the award was received by Tim Lee at our Lake Union Wooden Boat Festi-val. Tim is the Education Coordinator of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, in Hadlock, Washington. The school was founded by master shipwright Bob Prothero to pass on the traditional skills. Tim has been a dynamic teacher who has implemented the mission of the school with patience and sup-port. His students have gained the confi dence and skills, and a long lasting fondness for Tim Lee.

Northwest Seaport Concertat CWB

Saturday, October 22nd, 8pm

Featuring Broadside & Steve Lalor. An all female sea chantey group - top 5 of the northwest maritime musicians, spirited songs with tasty harmonies - fun and frolicsome group - a must see! Steve Lalor, a master of the guitar, will be performing mostly instrumentals on the 6 and 12-string guitars. $10 adults, $8 Seniors, Youth and Members of Maritime Organizations



N e w s f r o m S o u t h L a k e U n i o n

On Thursday, July 7, Mayor Greg Nickels came to The Center for Wooden Boats along with 75 staff and South Lake Union stakeholders. He gave a short talk on the future development of our fair neighborhood and then laid some papers on our bright-finished laminated maple galley pass-through and signed the Resolu-tion to build the South Lake Union Streetcar. Probably the most notable thing that will ever happen on our pass-through.

Parties like that don’t happen every day at CWB but they are happening almost daily in the mile radius from CWB, encompassing the South Lake Union ‘hood. New buildings, rehabilitated buildings, new business’ and new plans are generating parties galore.

The streetcar will travel between Westlake Center at the north end of the Central Busi-ness District and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, about ¼ mile north of CWB. Westlake Center is a transportation hub con-necting all urban centers around downtown. This will be the first phase of the streetcar. It will next extend south to the International

The Texada Fir towing 288 feet of concrete floats from Foss Waterway up to South Lake Union where they will be replacing aging floats at CWB. Photo by Brian Bennett.

District and our sports stadiums and north to the University District.

Capital funding will be through govern-ment funds, assessment of nearby property owners, station and streetcar sponsors. The properties within four blocks of the streetcar line are being appraised for current market value and future value when the streetcar begins running. The property owners will pay $25 million of the $45 million project. The appraiser, using recent street car projects in other cities, has estimated the South Lake Union properties will increase in value to $70 million.

South Lake Union is getting to be a “once upon a time” kind of place. It is a testing laboratory for more than biotechnology. Lots of unique stuff is happening here as practically routine. The funding plan for our own little streetcar fits well in the unique category. After 50 years of declining public resources in South Lake Union, it is getting a total makeover. There is a streetcar route in New Orleans called Desire. Should our new public transportation

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CWB At Hub of South Lake Union Developments

New Floats and a Clear View from

CWB to ArmoryThe vista to the northwest from the Boathouse is better than it used to be: the City sold the windowless corrugated steel building and the steamboiler inside, and CWB sold the 1900 era green houseboat moored alongside. The steam plant and its box went to an Orcas Island woodworker and the houseboat will be rehabilitated as a residence on the east side of Lake Union.

Volunteers have started cleaning up and customizing the floats for CWB.

The metal shed that sat at the southeast corner of the Armory was lifted intact by crane onto the waiting barge.



B Y D I C K W A G N E R

The shell midden has been a mystery story waiting to be read. Cama Beach resort is the last existing example of 1930’s waterfront recreation. It wouldn’t have been built without the shell mid-den, which formed a flat meadow above the high tide. The shell midden wouldn’t have occurred without the native people gathering there for a few thousand years of seasonal fishing.

The archeological testing done recently at Cama Beach has now helped complete the story of what is beneath the 1930’s cabins at Cama. For starters, this shell midden is one of the largest and most integral of those left despite the logging at Cama in the late 19th and early 20th century and the construction of the resort.

Radiocarbon dating of the site has revealed not only the age of cultural deposits, but the geologic development of the area. It appears that the present shoreline and point that the Boathouse sits on was developed from the stream flowing from Cranberry Lakes. Its mouth is just south of the Cama cabins. The stream probably formed a spit of sandy gravel which gradually turned north and re-connected with the beach, forming a lagoon south of the Boathouse. The oldest cultural deposits, and therefore the oldest part of the beach, are found in the middle of the mile-long midden.

Some areas of the midden have dense deposits of shells and fish bones and others have dense deposits of stone and bone tools. The former indicates food gathering area and the latter would be used mainly for wood working such as fishing gear or canoe repair. Stake molds have been found indicating the tie downs for portable mat covered shelters or drying racks for clams and fish. These are located well back from the shoreline, near the toe-slope of the forested hillside.

The data collected to date confirms the documented history of prehistoric Cama Beach as a spring and summer food resource and canoe stopping point in any season for travel between villages and hunting or harvest-ing expeditions.

Many tools have been recovered including wood splitting wedges of elk antler and bone, nephrite adzes and a stone maul. However there have been no signs of permanent cedar plank long houses which were typically built for year-round or winter villages. Numerous fire pits have been found scattered about in this midden.

Four burials have been identified in two separate areas of the midden. This is a char-acteristic of ancient Northwest Coast shell middens. The burials were likely done in the midden because it is easily excavated. These few and wide spread burials as well as the other cultural finds indicate the area was used mainly for food gathering and processing. It was not an exclusive cemetery.

The midden is long and deep and so it its story. Through the archeological testing, documented history and native memories, the story will unfold at the interpretive center that will be part of Cama Beach. This center at this historically significant native site will offer in-sight into the wise, ingenious and vital culture of the first people of Cama Beach.

N e w s f r o m C a m a B e a c h

$100K Grant Approved

CWB has received notice that we have been awarded $100,000 for rehabilitation of five buildings at Cama Beach. These are the 1932 original structures that have been designated by State Parks for CWB programming. The grant is from the State Heritage Capital Projects Fund.

The buildings feature symmetrical, austere and unremarkable exterior architecture. How-ever they provide, cumulatively, a remarkable effect. Cama Beach is 433 acres of virgin or 100 year-old 2nd growth forest. There is a mile-long beach, with a narrow grass mead-low above high tide and then the mass of trees rising. Visitors approaching from the parking lots in the upland forest suddently break through the dense woods and buildngs dramatically appear, like a lost village huddled between forest and sea.

Stanwood-Camano Fair and Parade August 2005

The Center for Wooden Boats participated in this year’s Stanwood-Camanocommunity parade pulling one of our row boats behind our 1950s Studabaker (below). CWB volunteers also staffed an indoor educational booth at the fair (right).



The boat shop is hopping as always these last few months.

The interns from Seattle Central Community College have moved into their second term and have both been given their own boats to see through from start to finish as part of their ongoing education in boat maintenance and repair. Come check out Cory’s progress as he rebuilds the center board trunk of the black Beetle Cat, or Amy as she cuts new mahogany coamings for a Blanchard Jr. on the drydock.

We’ve also been doing some shop infrastructure work thanks to Jason Newquist and Craig Reibow. They’ve patiently been setting up a new dust collection system for the tools we had donated to us this spring and also been going through the electrical wiring for the whole shop to accommodate a thickness planer and a very choice Oliver bandsaw.

Also of note is Larry Roth and company’s progress on the Blanchard Jr. in the Seaport yard. She’s decked over with 3/8 marine ply and is getting some very sweet red cedar planks cut out to start filling those gaping holes. We’re really ramping up efforts to get her done sometime this fall and it’s a fun chance to see how a boat goes back together. Our schedule is every Tuesday and Thursday; stop by and say hello sometime.

On your next visit make sure to check out Adam Karpenske’s work as well. He’s our summer intern from the Evergreen State College in Olympia and he’s just finished up a very fine restora-tion of the Hvalsoe 13 which included new frames, floorboard repair, Dutchmen in the thwart riser and a substantial amount of refinishing and is currently hard at work on the Davis Skiff which needs a similar amount of work. He can usually be found in the pavilion Tuesday through Thursday and loves to answer questions and chat with passers by!.

Update from the Boatshop

T h e C o l l e c t i o n

Boatwrights Edel O’Connor and Heron Scott doing sea trials in the red Beetle Cat which is now back in action after a careful restoration, including a newly refinished mast and boom and improved rigging.

CWB’s Collection in the News

Volunteer Clifford Cain, CWB Boatwright Heron Scott, and Seattle Central Intern Amy Johnson discuss a repair for a Blanchard JR Knockabout on the CWB dry-dock.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

The New York Times listed CWB as the first thing to do when visiting Seattle (7/17/05 Travel Section). A subsequent article listed CWB as one of 7 museums around the country that feature wooden pleasure craft.

NOR’WESTING

CWB’s wood powered steamboat Puffin was featured in Nor’westing (July 6 - August 3 issue) in a profile article about Doug Weeks, our steam team lead volunteer.

Upcoming Projects Please contact CWB Lead Boatwright Heron Scott if you are interested in participating in any of these upcoming projects.

• Planking and deck work for the BJK in the Seaport yard

• Haul out of the Puffin on the CWB drydock • Continued El Toro maintenance (check out our

swanky retro colors!)• Haul out of Hvalsoe 15• Restoration of the black Beetle Cat• Begin restoring CWB’s two Herreshoff 12 1/2’s

this Spring (see article page 14)

B Y H E R O N S C O T T



C W B Y o u t h P r o g r a m s !

Learning to Sail at CWB

B Y A D A M W R E N I N S T R U C T O R T R A I N E E In the summer of 2003 my father took me to a Sunday free sail at The Center for Wooden Boats. After sailing I discovered an immediate interest. That following Fall and winter I took four 1 on 1 sailing classes with Steve Cochran and both Bobs. Soon enough I was checked out on all the boats at age 14 that winter turning 15. Then in the Spring of 2004 I was trained for livery. Steve Cochran asked me to help with children’s sailing instruction. After finishing the summer I volunteered more in livery the summer of 2005. This summer I have been helping with sailing instruction and taking a larger position. This Winter I hope to complete U.S. Sailing instruc-tion and help lead my own class.

YES (Youth Engaged in Service) Volunteer Erica helps with the toy boat building portion of a field trip. Erica and 6 other YES volunteers are spending the summer with CWB helping with a breadth of tasks franging from helping with field trips or answering phones at the front desk to renting rowboats to livery customers.

Youth Instructors 1,2: Adam Wren, Alex Marts, and Zak Luke (l-r) were part of our Junior instructor training program. They all learned to sail at the CWB and are now improving their skills as Junior instructors under Lead Instructor Courtney Bartlett.

This year we had a new partnership with The Urban League’s Childrens University. The class met a day each week for four weeks where they worked as a crew and learned to sail the Center’s larger sailing vessels. The final trip culminated in a trip to Blake Island on the Nautilus II.

Over 2000 Kids On the Water at CWB Summer ’05

Nearly 1400 kids as part of a field trip this summer.



“I feel there is something almost sacred about building a boat. It is a difficult thing to explain, but I have found that other boat builders have shared this feeling. It is almost like creating a living being, a boat seems to have a soul and character of her own. Perhaps it is because of this that boats are usually thought of as be-ing feminine.” from “TREKKA Round the World” by John Guzzwell.

John Guzzwell has more than proved that cold-molding is an excellent way to build. This coming fall he will lead a class on Cold Molded Construction here at CWB (October 3-7, 2005.) The class will build a John Atkin design, a 6’6” pram called “Petey Dink”. Students will learn the methods used to develop shapes from plans, with some simple lofting demonstrations. They will then move on to the actual construction of the boat, making the keel assembly, transom and bow then planking over the mold with three lay-ers of 1/16” veneer. Building the knees and internal stiffeners will involve lami-nated veneer over forms and the seats will be constructed of Sitka Spruce. The finished boat will weigh about 50lbs and will be built using Wonderbond , which is a modified PVA glue, (NO EPOXY!!)

John Guzzwell has been building boats for over 50 years. He was born in England and raised on the island of Jersey, where he completed a five year apprenticeship as a cabinet maker-joiner. In 1953, he built the 20’ yawl Trekka, designed by J Laurent Giles, and soloed around the world from 1955 to 1959, the first Brit to do so and the smallest boat at the time to circumnavigate. Trekka was built behind Bells fish and chip shop in Victoria, B.C. The keel was glued and clamped together in the boiler room of the local YMCA, as the waterproof glue he used required temperatures of 70 degrees F. to set. At age of twenty-five he set out to see the world by way of Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Panama, and back to Victoria,

stopping en route at several remote islands. He started out with cotton sails. He navigated with a sextant. This was long before the days of satellite navigation, single side-band radios, compulsory life rafts, VHF radios, watermak-ers, auxiliary charging plants, etc. Instead of an inboard diesel engine, John had a four-horse-power outboard and four gallons of fuel that he kept in a locker. In those days there were no marinas or specialized yacht harbors. You anchored with the fishing boats or by yourself. That was it. “TREKKA Round the World” is the story of John’s first great voyage.

On his return he began a boat-building career in Victoria and returned to England where he built a 45’cold molded sailboat, Treasure. Also designed by Laurent Giles, Treasure is constructed of 2 diagonal 5/16’ layers of Rock Elm then on the outside a 1’2” layer of Mahogany. The building took three years, 6500 hours. He and his family sailed to Australia via Panama in 1965 - 66 and then settled in New Zealand where he built several boats using the cold-molded method. John went on to build a sister ship of Treasure in Hawaii. He also built the 65’ Lively and Tole Mour, a 130’ three-masted schooner.

In 1993 John built Dolly, a 23’ cold molded

and modernized version of Trekka, here on Lake Union. There is an excellent article about Dolly in Wooden Boat magazine #119, August 1994.

Following an urge to build a race boat John went on to build a 30’ fractional sloop, Endangered Species, also cold molded, to take part in the Pan Pacific Race to Japan in 1994, which he placed third. Endangered Species has been described as a scaled down model of the open 60 class B.O.C. boats, her hull is constructed from four layers of 1/8” spruce, stapled and laid up in alternating diagonals

and an outer layer of teak run fore and aft. She’s counterbal-anced by a simple, foil-shaped keel, has beautiful teak decks and carries a laminated spruce mast, stiffened by four 1/2” x 1/8” carbon-fiber splines. John sailed twice to Hawaii in the single-handed TransPac, plus two races around Vancouver Island in 2000 and 2001.

Clifford and Marian Cain, subsequent owners of Trekka also sailed her around the world, following Guzzwells route. Clifford, knowing Guzz-wells endorsement of cold molding, commented “You might praise cold-molded con-

struction. It is marvelously strong. Makes good use of small dimensioned wood pieces that would not be usable in conventional construction. The forms over which you build (molds) allow the incorporation of bulkheads and interior cabinet joinery directly into the cold-mold process thereby adding rigidity and shear strength to the hull”.

In June this year John Guzzwell with Clifford and Marian Cain, steered the same little blue boat, named Trekka, at the lead of a Parade of Sail to open Victoria’s Tall Ships Festival. Trekka is now part of the collection at Victoria Maritime Museum.

John Guzzwell To Teach Cold Molded ConstructionAt CWB

B Y E D E L O ’ C O N N O R



M a r i t i m e S k i l l s P r o g r a m s

NOTE: This is a listing of programs scheduled in the next few months. We are constantly adding new programs. Please check our website at www.cwb.org for the latest listings and information, or call us at 206.382.2628 to request a printed copy.

Building the Heidi SkiffInstructor: Rich Kolin9 AM to 5 PM, Saturdays, Sundays & MondaysSeptember 3 – 5, 10 – 12 & 17 – 19$750 members, $900 nonmembersLimit: 6 students.

Turning Bowls & Lidded VesselsInstructor: Roger GoadDate: September 9 – 11Time: 10 AM to 6 PM, Friday thru SundayCost: $310 members, $370 nonmembers Limit: 6 students.

Basic Power BoatingSafe Powerboat Handling

Instructor: Patrick GouldDate: September 16, 17, 18Time: 6 PM to 8 PM Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM Saturday & SundayCost: $205 members / $225 nonmembers

Advanced Power Boating:Safety, Rescue & Support

Boat Handling Instructor:Patrick Gould Session 1: October 1 & 2 (Saturday & Sunday) Time: All sessions meet 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Cost: $185 members / $200 nonmembers

Safety Combo ClassCost: $350 members, $375 nonmembers The two classes may be taken in succession, with one test, instead of two. Students passing the combo test will receive both US Sailing Safe Powerboating, and Safety, Rescue and Support certifications.

SailNOW!Session 6: October 1 - November 5Session 7: November 5 - December 10Cost: $270 members / $300 nonmembers

Race NOW!Instructors: Oliver Davis & Kemp JonesTime: 11 AM to 4 PMDates: TBD Based on InterestCost: $225 members, $260 non-members

Docking IntensiveInstructor: CWB StaffDate: October 2 Time: 4 PM to 6 PMCost: $30 members and nonmembers / $15 SailNOW! Graduates

Get Your Captain’s License with CWB and

U.S. Maritime AcademyInstructor: Capt. Jeff SandersTime:6 PM to 9:30 PMDates: Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays September 19 thru November 10Cost: $1200 per personThis course has pre-requisites and you must register through the US Maritime Academy. Visit their website at www.usmaritime.us for details and a registration form.

Native Style Paddle MakingInstructor: Ray ArcandTime: 10 AM to 6 PMDates: Saturday & Sunday September 24 & 25Cost: $225 members, $270 nonmembersLimit: 6 students.

Aleut Ikyak (Baidarka) Building Instructor: Corey Freedman (www.skinboats.com) Date: September 24 – October 2Time: All sessions meet 9 AM to 5 PM, Saturday thru the following Sunday (9 day workshop)Cost: $1100 members / $1300 nonmembers

Canoe RestorationInstructor: Eric HarmanSep 26-Oct 19:30am-5:30pm Monday-Sat.$700 members, $800 nonmembers Limit: 6 students.

Lapstrake LoftingInstructor: Eric HvalsoeTime: 10 AM to 6 PMDate: Saturday & SundayOctober 1 & 2Cost: $175 members, $210 membersLimit: 12 students.

Lapstrake Boat Building: The Hvalsoe 16´

Instructor: Eric HvalsoeTime: 10 AM to 6 PM, Saturday thru SundayDates: October 8 – 16 Cost: $800 members, $900 nonmembersLimit: 8 students.

Oar Marking WorkshopInstructor: Rich KolinTime: 9 AM to 5 PM, Saturday – Monday Dates: October 1 – 3Cost: $275 members, $330 nonmembersLimit: 6 students.

A Day with a SurveyorInstructor: Lynne Reister ([email protected])Time: 10 AM to 6 PMDate: Saturday October 1Cost: $80 members, $95 nonmembersLimit: 6 students.

Cold Molded Boat BuildingInstructor: John GuzzwellTime: 9 AM to 5 PM,Dates: Monday thru FridayOct 3-7Cost: $550 members, $625 nonmembersLimit: 10 students.

Women’s Woodworking:Introduction to the Basics

Instructor: Hannah BrowneTime: 6 PM to 9 PM Dates: Wednesdays October 5, 12, 19 & 26Cost: $200 members, $240 nonmembersLimit: 8 students.

Introduction: Steam PowerInstructor: Doug WeeksDate: October 8Time: 12 PM to 4 PM, SaturdayCost: $40 members / $50 nonmembersLimit: 10 students

Tool Making WorkshopInstructor: Rich KolinTime: 9 AM to 5 PM,Date: Saturday & SundayOctober 8 & 9Cost: $175 members, $210 nonmembersLimit: 6 students.



Sail Making WorkshopInstructor: Sean Rankins, Northwest SailsTime: 10 AM to 6 PMDates: Monday thru Saturday October 10 – 15Cost: $750 members, $900 nonmembersLimit: 10 students.

The Voyaging RigPreparing your Rig for All Oceans

Lecturer: Brion TossTime: 6 PM to 9 PMDates: Wednesday October 13.. Cost: $40 members, $50

Caulking for BeginnersInstructor: Tim ReaganTime: 10 AM to 2 PMDate: October 15Cost: $50 members, $60 nonmembersLimit: 12 students.

Bronze Casting WorkshopInstructor: Sam JohnsonTime: 10 AM to 6 PMDates: Saturday & Sunday October 15 & 16Cost: $175 members, $210 nonmembersLimit: 10 students.

Nameboard Carving (Nameboards, Banners & Nautical Details) Instructor: Rich Kolin Date: October 15, 16 & 17 (Saturday - Monday) Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Cost: $250 members / $300 nonmembersLimit: 8 students

Native Carving ToolsCrooked Knife Making

Instructor: Ray Arcand Date: November 5 & 6 (Saturday & Sunday) Time: 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Cost: $225 members / $270 nonmembersLimit: 6 students.

Pirate R-11Pond Yacht Program For Adults

Instructor: Paul Marlow Date: November 11, 12, 13, 19, 20 & 26 (Last session optional) Time: 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. first Friday of workshop; 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. all other days (Saturdays & Sundays) Cost: $600 members / $720 non membersLimit: 6 students.

Eight Knot Class SeriesInstructor: Dennis Armstrong (The Knotted Line)

Knots 5: Simple Rigging Without A Lot Of Tools

Date: September 17 (Saturday) Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cost: $30 members / $40 nonmembers

Knots 6: The Ditty Bag Or Canvas Deck Bucket

Date: October 8, 22 & 29 (Saturdays) Time: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Cost: $125 members / $150 nonmembers

Knots 7: Rope FendersDate: November 19 (Saturday) Time: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Cost: $50 members / $60 nonmembers

Conceptual NavigationInstructor: Seaton GrasDate: November 5(Saturday) Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Cost: $45 members / $55 nonmembersLimit: 30 students

Historic NavigationBuilding A Quadrant

Instructor: Seaton Gras Date: November 5(Saturday) Time: 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Cost: $55 members / $65 nonmembersLimit: 10 students

M a r i t i m e S k i l l s P r o g r a m s

Students in this summer’s canoe building class bending frames over the mold (far left), fastening red cedar planks with copper tacks (center) and final frames going in the bow (right). The class led by instructor Eric Harman built a 17 ‘ Atkinson Traveler Canoe.

Canoe Building Workshop at CWB



Boats that Fly Exhibit at the

Museum of Flight

The Museum of Flight is now hosting an exhibit in collaboration with The Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum which presents the stories, sights and sounds of Golden-Age hydro racing in Seattle through rare artifacts, models, video presentations and oral histories.

Three beautifully restored historic wooden unlimited-class boats highlight the exhibit: the 1946 Tempo VI, in which famed bandleader Guy Lombardo won the 1946 Gold Cup; the 1951 Slo-Mo-Shun V, the first boat to win the Gold Cup in Seattle; and the 1962 Miss Bardahl, Gold Cup winner in 1963, 1964 and 1965.

Boats That Fly will take longtime Seattleites back to a singularly exciting time in the city’s cultural life and will introduce newcomers to the fascinating history of the sport and the passion of hydro racing. And wooden boat fans will enjoy some of the fastest mahogany craftsmanship afloat! Show runs through January 15, 2006.

Photo courtesy of The Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum

The start of the final race for the 2005 Pirate Cup. The winner of the 2005 regatta was Lena Cardozo whose brother, Zeca, won the Cup in 2003. Lena and her building partner (and model maker extraordinaire) Charlotte Reed, have just finished their internships at the Center under the supervision of model-master Paul Marlow. This was the sixth year that CWB volunteers Paul Marlow and Scott Rohrer taught middle-schoolers how to construct model pond boats. Ongoing thanks to Edensaw, Lucky Seven Foundation, the Enersen Foundation and the Cape Flattery Foundation for their support of the program. The trophy for the Pirate Cup Regatta was donated in ‘99 by Norm & Mary Blanchard, and Carl Sutter and Fisheries Supply have provided prizes for the racers every year since the beginning. Thank you all!

Model Pond Boats

Discovery Modelers ClassesIntroduction to Pond Models

September 17 (Saturday) at 10AM – 12:30PM Pond models are double fun. First you build them and then you race them. Scott Rohrer and Paul Marlow have taught everyone from pre-teens to golden-agers the ins and outs of doing both. He’ll share some of the building secrets and tell you how to get started building these wonderful wooden boats. Then, using the Pirate pond boat as an example, Scott and his crew will show you how the race is won! Fee: $10 for members, $12 for non-members. Limited to 15 students.

Puget Sound Ship Modelers Monthly

September 22 (Thursday) 7:30PM – 9PM Meeting

Everyone’s welcome. Bring your model in prog-ress or show off one you’ve completed. Share your tricks and tips and pick up some hints from fellow modelers. Held monthly.Free.

Ship Models for Kids of All AgesSeptember 24 (Saturday) 9AM – NOON Choose your model from a great selection of kits, including a tugboat, fishing boats, sailboats and more. Then build and paint your boat (kids under 7 should be accompanied by an adult to assist them) and take it home. Fee, including model kit and all supplies, is $15. Limited to 10

Chesapeake Bay Flattie/Swift Pilot boat Workshop

September 24 (Saturday) 12:30 – 3:30PM The Swift and Flattie modelers meet monthly to share problems and solutions and show off their progress on Chesapeake Bay Flatties and Swift Virginia Pilot boats. Instructor Harvey Nobe wel-comes newcomers to the workshop at any time. Flattie model kits are available for purchase or we can help you find a Swift

Introduction to Radio Controlled Model Boats

Oct 8 (Saturday) 10am – 12:30pm Ben and Randy Flodquist will cover the basics of making radio controlled model models. Ben will use his just-completed tugboat model as a demonstration platform. The Flodquists also will provide information on obtaining and installing the radio controls. $10 for DMEC members, $12 for non-members. Limited to 12 students.

All classes are held at Discovery Modelers Education Center, Room 239, Armory Bldg., South Lake Union Maritime Heritage Center (860 Terry Ave. N., Seattle 98109). Reservations are suggested for all classes. For more information

or to register, call Colleen Wagner, 206-282-0985 or email [email protected]



H A I D A C A N O E

So many helped fund the creation of the canoe we launched this summer which was carved by Saaduuts, our Artist in Residence.

Thanks to: Seattle Parks and Recreation, The Lucky Seven Foundation, The Jeffris Wood Foundation, The Tulalip Tribes, The Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation, 4Culture, The Sir Herbert Read Con-sortium, and The Haida Corporation.

Haida Dugout Canoe Launched July 17, 2005 at South Lake Union Park

Many participated in the joyful launching of the cedar dugout canoe which CWB’s Artist in Residence, Saaduuts, has been carving in South Lake Union Park with the help of students, volunteers and the community.



R e f l e c t i o n s o n t h e 2 9 t h A n n u a lOver 4th of July weekend, nearly 10,000 people visited CWB and South Lake Union park to explore the idea that “there is noth-ing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats”. And explore they did – with free boat rides, toy boat building, knot tying, sea chanteys, scheduled demonstrations and spontaneous magic moments. Including exhibitors, sponsors, volunteers, program partners and vendors there are more than 600 people on the thank you list for this event - truly a community event! Here are a few words from some of the people who made our festival happen this year!

Reflections from an ExhibitorB Y E R I C H V A L S O E

Eric Hvalsoe demonstrated lapstrake boatbuilding during this year’s Festival.

Forget the bogus neck brace, bulky leg cast, and unnecessary bandages. You’re looking for sympathy? Try coming down with pneumonia, and just before you are scheduled to set up a skeleton shop at the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival.

Really all I had to do was drop a partially planked hull from the shop ceiling, arrange delivery of cedar, and gather up the essential tools for laying on a couple of strakes.. Not to forget the essential tools; literature, leaflets, pictures and portfolios that say to the public, “Hire me, For God’s sake, hire me to do something”.

All this was a daunting prospect as I tried my best to rest up before this year’s show. I had sympathy, CWB staff and volunteers on my side. Special thanks to Edel and Bob. I cannot previously remember a crowd jumping to my assistance the way people gathered round to unload the truck Friday afternoon. I made it, and when not taking the occasional catnap, was even coherent through the weekend.

It was the right thing to do. For a business person there is always the instinct to ‘show the colors’, to see and be seen. Fair enough. One way or another work will come of it, typically in roundabout ways that cannot be anticipated.

More important, this is a weekend to catch up with friends, old and new. Some of those friends are clients as well. I can say hello to Caren, Chas, Richard and Charlie, and dozens of others. I usually see Phil – who introduces me as a high school buddy. Actually, we ran with some of the same crowd but never went to school together. Bless his heart. Always someone asks if I am kin to one or the other of my sisters, with whom as it turns out they worked or went to law school.

This year the runabouts joined in the fray. I am keeping the ACBS insert which features

Little Miss Canada IV, with the monicker “The Need For Vintage Speed”.

This boat was a commission from the mid 1980’s. I was heartened to learn that her bigger sister, Aurora, now operates out of a lakeside resort in the Alaskan wilderness. All speak highly of her new owners, who say she is “the gem of the lake”. Another lost child accounted for.

As we whittled away on the hull of a Hvalsoe 13 during the festival, across the way Saaduuts and the Native American community spread

the wings of their culture. We share an affinity for cedar. However much work the weekend may have been, it was worth sharing a high five with Saaduuts at the end of it all.

The best reason to be part of the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival is to participate in a unique and quite wonderful community. For the two years previous, I managed to im-pose on clients and bring beautiful, finished boats to the festival. No such luck this year. The funny thing is, 2005 felt something much more like . . . a homecoming.

Reflections from aVolunteerB Y B R O O K E M A R J A M A A

The 2005 Wooden Boat Festival was amazing! This was my first time volunteering and I was overwhelmed by how “volunteery” The Center for Wooden Boats’ volunteers really are. Most of the time that I volunteered I helped run the “Volunteer Headquarters,” and I was stunned by the dedication and genuine helpfulness

of everyone. Whether it was staying an extra hour or two after their agreed upon shift because we had a job to do, or doing an unexpected job completely unlike what they signed up for – they were there!



New Festival Activity Put Visitors on the Water

M I K E M C Q U A I D

To many, rowing is a sport seen only on television at the Olympic Games or while inching across the Lake Washington floating bridge in morning traffic. But for over 240 curious Wooden Boat Festival goers powering a 60 foot Olympic-class rowing shell with a 12 foot oar came to life.

With the help of over 30 volunteers from the George Pocock Rowing Foundation, area rowing clubs and Starbucks Coffee, festival goers experi-enced first-hand the passion and grace that makes Seattle the rowing capital of America. To learn more about rowing in the Seattle community, please visit www.pocockrowing.org for a link to area rowing clubs.

L a k e U n i o n W o o d e n B o a t F e s t i v a l Classic Speedboats at the

WoodenBoat FestivalM A R T Y L O K E N

Members of the Antique & Clas-sic Boat Society who participat-ed in this year’s combined Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival and Classic Speed-boat Show agreed unanimously—we loved being part of the Lake Union event, and we want to come back next year.

While we’ve had a “solo show” for nearly two decades, we’ve basically been looking at each other’s restored speedboats, classic launches, vintage raceboats and restored wooden cruisers. By being part of the larger and more diverse Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival, our members were able to enjoy a far wider variety of other classics--not to mention other entertainments such as pond boats, toy boatbuiilding, the Quick & Daring contest and a gaggle of food booths. In addition, our boats were seen by far more spectators, since the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival draws a larger crowd than our stand-alone Classic Speedboat Show.

So, we’d like to come back for more! We may organize a different kind of stand-alone runabout show next summer, but we’d like to be part of the Wooden Boat Festival again, too. Thanks to The Center for Wooden Boats for the warm welcome; to Orca Creative Group for sponsoring our show, and to Seafair for making the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival and Classic Speedboat Show one of their of-ficial events.

Marty Loken is President, Pacific Northwest Chapter, Antique and Classic Boat Society (ACBS).

When I give talks to new volunteers on what CWB does and why we do it, I end with a challenge for fresh ideas. CWB is an organism, I say, which feeds on vision of how to better implement our mission. Somehow I never expected a poetry contest as a new branch of the CWB tree; but why not? Water and boats have been eternal themes of literature.

It all began the last day of our last Boat Festival, July 4, 2005, after 3 long days of sun, heat, wind, and water. Despite the short notice and the physical and mental exhaustion of our staff, volunteers and Board members, 22 poems were submitted. I am impressed by the great output of creative energy in the least probable environment for poetry. The following are some examples, but I loved them all for their heart and heat-felt feelings about our Festival. Sunshine patriot White whisps across azure blue Red skin, oh, the pain! ~Caren Crandell

These boats smell real good Like early Fall, salt and oil Hands on top of wood ~Jean Scarboro

Wind – licking my face Sun – dancing on the water Sailing – dreaming life ~Grozdana Micic Weis (Winner: Haiku)

It was a race called quick and daring Many of the vessels were lacking any fairing It was fast and furious Onlookers were curious They rounded the course with Bob* on the PA blaring ~Eric Elzinga (*This refers to Q&D judge and announcer Bob Allen) (Winner: Limerick)

Barnacled Bottom Sailing still by Luck and Love The Sea keeps calling ~Bette Gardner and Mike Chandler

Oasis of shade Here in the Pewter Pig Pub Fellowship and Beer ~Marc Lentini

Festival Poetry ContestB Y D I C K W A G N E R

Bark Bark* Shattered Head First Feet Follow ~Nita Chambers (*refers to Nita’s Great Pyrenees dog “Hobie”) (Winner:Prose)

Volunteering now Crispy, sizzling, the sun burns We are all parboiled ~Andrea Kinnaman

Many people enjoyed the demonstrations provided by the International Knot Tyers Guild.



Farewell ShellyB Y D I C K W A G N E R

Shelly Scott just passed away. Shelly was a volunteer every Thursday for over 10 years. He was a fixture in our library on work days, diligently working at a computer compiling bunches of data, including our inventory of books and plans. Shelly was deaf. I can’t read sign language; nevertheless, he greeted me warmly every Thursday morning and left with a cheery goodbye. He brought a commitment to excellence and infinite tranquility.

Shelly first came as one of a group of people with hearing loss, from Seattle Mental Health. I took them for a sail in our gillnetter. It was an unforgettable passage. Before sailing I gave a talk on the history of CWB, the boat, and watching the boom. My talk was translated in sign by the SMH staff. Then we cast off and they all kept their eyes on me until I signaled for a tack. Like a dance team, they simultane-ously dipped, then broke into groups and got into conversations.

After a few minutes we were closing in on a marina and needed to tack again, but I couldn’t get their attention, so I just put the helm alee and wished for luck. As we turned into the wind the boat slowed and leveled on an even keel. They all ducked on cue while still conversing, rising when the sail filled and we were on a new tack! The change of speed and heel was already understood as a signal to duck after only one practice. There were 20 adults aboard all talking and the only sound was the swish of water.

It was an unforgettable sail. When we returned to CWB I was elated about the learning process I never imagined and Shelly was elated about CWB, because he asked if he could come back and volunteer. And he just kept coming, for the rest of his life. Volunteers often give us more than we ask, more than we can measure.

T h e F e e d a n d C a r i n g o f C W B

The Classic of ClassicsB Y D I C K W A G N E R

The Hope Diamond is the largest found, but not necessarily the most perfect diamond. Big doesn’t necessarily mean best in diamonds nor in boats. In the winter of 1913 Captain Nathaniel Greene Herreshoff carved a half model of a small open boat capable of being used by the yacht clubs of Buzzards Bay for youth sail training and racing. He took the lines and offsets off the half model with an apparatus he invented, and had his crew of superb boatrights build the first 9 of this design at his shop, the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island. From 1914 to 1943, Herreshoff built 390 of that design.

The boat, 15’-10’ long, 5’-10’ beam, 2’-6’ draft and 12’6” waterline length was called the 12-1/2, the Buzzard’s Bay Boys Boat, the Bullseye, the Doughdish. It had a gaff mainsail, self tending jib and 735 pound lead keel. It was stable, untippable, responsive, fast and heart-breaking beautiful. The 12-1/2 is now an icon — a perfect little ship, with its graceful lines and seaworthy qualities. It’s a diamond of excellence, not size. The first 12-1/2’s sold for $400-$500. In 1943 the price was $850. Today restored 12-1/2’s sell for $10,000- $20,000. Beauty has its own reward.

It was no accident that the 12-1/2’s are so lovely and so functional. Capt Nat grew up in a family of overachievers and Nat used his genes well in things mechanical. When he was 16 he designed and built his first boat, the sloop Violet and he also designed and machined a rotary

steam engine. His older brother, John, became blind at 14, but shortly after began the Herreshoff design and boat building business. At 18

Nat became his partner. Capt Nat was a fountain of engineering and yachting creativity. He formulated the sail racing handicap

rules for the fledgling Boston Yacht Club in his freshman year at MIT. This system is still used, universally, with only slight

adjustments.N.G. Herreshoff initiated the idea of building boats

upside down with the molds at the frame locations to simplify construction. He was also a leader in the US

in using screw fastenings. He invented cross cut sails (seams perpendicular to leach) and the bulb fin keel. Herreshoff designed the hardware for his boats and he also designed a test-to-destruction machine for the strength of the hardware. He was the first to use double planking and diagonal strapping and he invented and constructed a recording anemometer.

Capt Nat designed and built more Americas Cup defenders than anyone else. He invented

the track and slide system for sails. He designed and built torpedo boats, and magnificent yachts

including steamships, the New York Yacht Club 30’s and 50’s, S class and R class sailing vessels.

CWB has two 12-1/2’s, Shrimpo and Sara. Thanks to seed money donated by Jim Feltrup and Scott and Alenka Graelish, CWB will begin restorations this Spring.



CWB Wish ListThank you for your recent donations!• Push mower• Generator• Wood working bench vises

However we still need:• Small Photocopier – color• Belt Sander• Paint Shaker• Por tab le Fold ing Workbenches

(Workmate) for Family Boatbuilding• A working truck• New sails for the Mercury!!!

T h e F e e d a n d C a r i n g o f C W B

Classifieds 18´ Cedar Strip Canoe – David Hazen “Mic-mac” design – Wt. 53 lb.- Epoxy over fiberglass cloth. Includes 3 paddles, 4 adult life jackets, middle (third person) removable seat, carrying yoke, extra flotation bags, waterproof duffel bag and dolly. Have plans and construction photos. $1300.00. 206-526-5904.

Swampscott Dory 17´-6˝ X 4´-6˝ - $4600. A handsome, able dory in great condition, with oars, sail rig and galvanized trailer. Built by Chris Cunningham and Archie Conn in 1983. Has been cruised extensively throughout the northeast by owner/builder, Archie Conn. Contact: [email protected].

14´ Cosine Wherry, cedar strip rowing wherry. This boat is easy to transport, looks great and is very fast. It has new varnish and paint, includes two sets of Kolin oars and a trailer. Excellent condition. $2,500. Contact John Maynard, 206-714-8116, 9620 40th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115; [email protected].

Classified ads are available free of charge to CWB members. For nonmembers, the fee is $10/month. Ads will appear space permitting. If you would like an ad to appear in Shavings e-mail it to [email protected] atten-tion Shavings Classifieds, or fax it to 206.382.2699. Make checks payable to The Center for Wooden Boats, and mail to 1010 Valley St., Seattle, WA 98109.

Thanks to Volunteer Frank Lynn for refinishing the oak table in the Gallery. Another step forward in our Boathouse upgrade sponsored by a generous grant from the 1772 Foundation.

Thanks again to Orca Creative for their incredible support of this year’s Lake Union Wooden Boats Festival and Classic Speedboat Show!

We have so many people to thank for the new almost 300 feet of floats at CWB: the Foss Waterway Development Authority, Seattle Parks and Recreation, a slew of volunteers, and most of all Ed Ehler and his tugboat Texada Fir for their support of this project!

Ed Monk Scholarship B Y D I C K W A G N E R

The Ed Monk Memorial Award Fund has been established to provide educational opportuni-ties for professionals working in traditional maritime trades. The mission of the award is to further maritime professionals’ knowledge of traditional marine trades in other cultures. Study and research may include current and historical methods of boat construction using different materials, designs based on the functions to be served by the boats, materials available for con-struction and the state of technology.

CWB is seeking applications from qualified persons. Applications are due on or before May 15, 2006. The applicant should explain how the project will enrich the existing knowledge of the applicant and how the funds would be used. The budget for the grant may include transportation, housing, and other appropriate expenses. Also required is the background of the applicant in traditional marine trades and a list of references. Decisions by the application committee will be made by or before June 15. Funds granted must be used within one year of the award. A written report of the activities and benefit derived from the experience must be submitted to CWB.

Grants awarded will total $1,500.The Award was named to honor Ed Monk,

a prominent and respected boat designer and builder in the Northwest.

The Fund was established by John M.Goodfellow, who has participated in the hands-on history activities at The Center for Wooden Boats. He is an advocate of preserv-ing traditional maritime skills and wishes to encourage this through studies of those tradi-tional skills being carried on beyond the ap-plicants’ local regions and local knowledge.

Applicants can be of any locality, wishing to study indigenous materials and techniques of other areas. For more information, contact Dick Wagner at 206.382.2628.

Non-ProfitOrganizationU.S. Postage

PAIDSeattle, WA

Permit No. 15831010 Valley Street Seattle, WA 98109-4468

206.382.2628 • www.cwb.org • [email protected]


U p c o m i n g E v e n t sThe Port Townsend

Wooden Boat FestivalSeptember 9-11

CWB will attend with an informa-tional booth outside the gate, and on the water we’ll have the newly restored R-boat Pirate on dis-play as well as our Seaborn designed, Blanchard built sloop Mistral.

Wooden Canoe Heritage Weekend AT CWB

September 16-18

The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association holds their annual meet with talks and demos open to the public.

September 16 & 17

Heritage Canoe Exhibit. CWB will also host a free canoe heritage exhibit in the Naval Reserve building at South Lake Union Park.

September 16

Canoe Archeology. 7pm CWB Boathouse. Bill Walker describes the preservation of three unique-ancient native dugout canoes in local lakes. Free.

September 17

Freestyle canoeing demo. In-water demo by Jim Mandle. Sat 10am-noon. Free.

Wi l l i t s c anoe s . S l i d e Pre s en t a t i on by Patrick Chapman. Sat 10am-noon at noon in the Armory. Free.

Row for the Cure September 18

Watch the finish line for rowing, kayaking and dragon boat races from South Lake Union Park and The Center for Wooden Boats. This is a fundraiser for The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Photo by Shawn Murphy

The Norm Blanchard Regatta at CWBSeptember 24-25

This is CWB’s regatta and exhibit for a variety of wooden one-design racing sailboats. You are likely to see boats from one-design classes such as: El Toros, Thunderbirds, Blanchard Junior Knockabouts, Blanchard Senior Knockabouts, custom-designed sloops, Geary 18’s, Thistles, Pelicans and more. The event is named after Master Boatwright Norm Blanchard, who will likely attend. The Saturday dinner speaker will be round-world single-handed sailor Nancy Earley. Sign up to participate or volunteer at cwb.org.

Seafaring Fun Day at South Lake Union Park

September 24

10am to 5pm. A day of fun and educational mari-time experiences for all ages! There will be booths with activities and crafts for children, boat rides, ship tours, maritime music and pirates! All FREE. Donations accepted. Sponsored by a consortium of maritime heritage organizations.

SAVE THE DATE

CWB’s Annual Fundraising Celebration

&Auction

SATURDAY MARCH 4, 2006

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