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Hooked On Wooden Boats

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.

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HOWB 148 – Interview | Tony Grove on Restoring...

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2025/05/06

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 fan tail design.

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00:55:36

HOWB 147 – Interview | Lin & Larry Pardey on Blue...

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2025/04/29

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 cruisingHow to prepare for a circumnavigationHow to select the right boat for blue water cruising Your favorite destinations around the worldWe have a great time and the answers were amazing (as you might expect).

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00:48:45

HOWB 146 – Interview | John Harris of CLC Boats: New...

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2025/04/21

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 developingnew designs, new manufacturing techniques, and innovative ways to make the kits more user friendly to all You can listen to 2 previous interviews I did with John at:HOWB 057 HOWB

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00:48:45

HOWB 145 – Interview | Cody & Beth Harris –...

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2025/04/14

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 and pictures.Congratulations to Cody & Beth and on this amazing

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00:31:09

HOWB 144 – Interview | Scott Rohrer on the “R” Boat...

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2025/04/07

On this week’s episode I had the opportunity to sit down with Scott Rohrer, volunteer at the Center for WoodenBoats 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.

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00:32:08

HOWB 143 – Interview | Josh Colvin on Microcruising...

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2025/03/31

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.

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00:31:58

HOWB 142 – Interview | Bob Lamson on His South...

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2025/03/24

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 business trips to Italy and started noticing the drop-dead-gorgeous

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00:31:25

HOWB 141 – Interview | Jake Beattie, Exec. Director...

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2025/03/17

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 $10,000 cash. Second place according to Beattie is “a set of steak

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00:32:19

HOWB 140 – Wooden Boat Dan on Highlights of 2014 Port...

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2025/03/10

Today I discuss the highlights and fun events (from my point of view) of the 2014 Port Townsend Wooden BoatFestival. I arrived Thursday afternoon and grudgingly left Sunday evening after the festival was over and most ofthe 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 & Larry Pardey of sailing fameJohn Harris – owner of CLC BoatsColin

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00:32:17

HOWB 139 – Interview | Colin Angus – 2007 National...

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2025/03/03

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 usDuring 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 Dove, and that clinched for him the goal to become an adventurer

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00:39:32

HOWB 138 – Interview | Small Boat Enthusiast Marty...

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2025/02/24

Today’s podcast is an interview with Marty Loken – organizer of the Port Townsend Pocket Yachters and the 3rd annual Pocket Yacht Palooza in Port Townsend.Marty is an avid small boat enthusiast, having come full circle from owning larger vessels and yachts (including a Lake Union Dream Boat) to realizing the amazing benefits of trailerable boats that are less expensive to own and maintain, easier to get to and from the water, and just plain get used more.In this interview with Marty, we discuss his

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01:06:50

HOWB 137 – Interview | Carol Hasse and Barb Trailer:...

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2025/02/17

Today’s podcast is a joint interview with Carol Hasse (“Hasse”) of Port Townsend Sails and Barb Trailer of the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend, WA. Hasse moved to Port Townsend in 1977 and started her sailmaking business in 1978. She was part of a small group of enthusiasts who were instrumental in planning and starting the very first Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival in 1977. Hasse discusses how the festival got its start, who was involved, and why it is such a special event year after

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00:30:25

HOWB 136 – Interview | Brant Lodge – Native American...

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2025/02/10

Today’s podcast is an interview with Brant Lodge of the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle,WA. Brant is the field trip coordinator specializing in Native American maritime culture and heritage. Brant is also learning to become a master canoe carver, and has been involved in numerous open water canoe expeditions in the Northwest.

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00:47:31

HOWB 135 – Interview | Jon Wilson, WoodenBoat...

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2025/02/03

Today’s podcast is Part 2 (HOWB 134 was Part 1) of an interview with Jon Wilson – founder of the WoodenBoat in Brooklin, ME. WoodenBoat is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. That is truly amazing – congratulations to Jon and the whole crew at WoodenBoat!In today’s interview, Wilson discusses the last 3 decades at WoodenBoat and his work at Just Alternatives – a non-profit he founded to facilitate VOD (Victim Offender Dialogue).

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00:51:39

HOWB 134 – Interview | Jon Wilson, WoodenBoat...

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2025/01/27

Today’s podcast is Part 1 (HOWB 135 is Part 2) of an interview with Jon Wilson – founder of the WoodenBo in Brooklin, ME. WoodenBoat is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. That is truly amazing – congratulations to Jon and the whole crew at WoodenBoat!In today’s interview, Wilson discusses his growing up years in Rhode Island with summers in the Thimble Islands; when and how he started boating and getting interested in wooden boats; and the first 10 years of WoodenBoat magazine.

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00:53:04

HOWB 133 – Interviews | Dick Wagner, Aislinn Palmer:...

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2025/01/20

Today’s podcast is an interview with Dick Wagner – founder of the Center for Wooden Boats, and Aislinn Palmer – director of the 38th Annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival in Seattle, WA on July 4-6, 2014.I peppered Dick with questions about how and why the very first festival was started in 1976, who attended, how many boats were there, did they intend to make it an annual event, and on and on. It was fascinating to hear why it’s always been July 4th weekend, how the toy boat project started, and

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00:42:56

HOWB 132 – Interview | Jim Miller of WoodenBoat;...

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2025/01/13

Today’s podcast is an interview with Jim Miller – President, General Manager and Publisher of WoodenBoat in Brooklin, ME.Jim grew up in Rhode Island and played a lot of sports as a youth. He participated in some boating activities but the goal was mainly to catch fish and have fun. After obtaining his business degree and working for a few years, Miller spotted a classified ad (in 1985) – WoodenBoat was looking to hire a Business Manager. Jim didn’t know anything about WoodenBoat, but he was living

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00:30:13

HOWB 131 – Story of the “Spirit Canoe”, by Wooden...

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2025/01/06

Today’s podcast episode is a recording I made for HOWB002 (October 2011) about a 16.5ʹ Mill Creek kayakthat I built and sold. It is a fascinating story because of the circumstances surrounding the person who purchased the kayak (he called it a canoe) who lived in a high rise building in New York city.

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00:34:02

HOWB 130 – Interview | Korey and Christina: From...

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2024/12/30

Today’s podcast episode is an interview with Korey Ruben and Christina Cogan. They moved from Florida in September 2013 so Korey could attend the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA. Before moving from Florida, Korey was pursuing his helicopter pilots license so he could become a commercial pilot. Christina was working as a microbiologist at a large company in Florida. Korey had begun sailing and lived on a small boat for a time. He started listening to the HOWB podcast and

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00:47:30

HOWB 129 – Interview | Pete Leenhouts, Exec. Director...

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2024/12/23

Today’s podcast episode is an interview with Pete Leenhouts of Port Ludlow, WA who is the Executive Director of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA. Pete is a retired career U.S. Navy Officer, and was the Captain of a Wooden Mine Sweeper for several years. After retiring, Pete moved to the Port Townsend area, enrolled in the Boat School and took all three boatbuilding courses – Contemporary Construction, Traditional Small Craft, and lastly Traditional Large Craft. Pete

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