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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.

Latest Episodes:

HOWB 157 – Interview | Hugh Harwood on His 1932 Bridgedeck Cruiser “Katie Mack” Jul 07, 2025

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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 summertime waters of the east coast – I wish I could join you 😀

HOWB 156 – Interview | Jay Smith Nordic Boat Builder on the Virtues of Wooden Boats Jun 30, 2025

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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.

HOWB 155 – Interview | Herb & Nancy Payson: 20 Years of Blue Water Cruising and the Republishing of Their Book “Blown Away” Jun 23, 2025

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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 books and his 35 year old title “Blown Away” has been republished by Lin Pardey and

was re-released in December 2014.

HOWB 154 – Wooden Boat Dan on Highlights of 2014, Amazing Plans for 2015 Jun 16, 2025

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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.

HOWB 153 – Interview | Tug Buse on His 4,000 Mile Solo Adventure in a Self Built William Garden Designed 14ʹ Sailing Pram 12.19.14 Jun 09, 2025

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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.

HOWB 152 – Interview | Jay Benford – Prolific and Imaginative Boat Designer – Benford Design 12.12.14 Jun 02, 2025

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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 at Benford Design Group.

HOWB 151 – Interview | Chris Lux on the Venerable Folding Klepper Canoe 12.05.14 May 26, 2025

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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.

HOWB 150 – Interview | Colin Angus on Small Wooden Boat Adventuring 11.20.14 May 19, 2025

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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.

HOWB 149 – Interview | Howard Rice on the SCAMP Micro-Cruising Phenom, A New Self Rescue Technique, and Prepping a SCAMP for Offshore Cruising 11.13.14 May 12, 2025

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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 making to a stock SCAMP to prepare for a yet unannounced small boat adventure Howard will be embarking on soon.

HOWB 148 – Interview | Tony Grove on Restoring Canada’s Oldest Working Sailboat “Dorothy”, Built in 1897 11.06.14 May 06, 2025

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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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