Hooked On Wooden Boats

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HOWB 217 - The Last Episode (for now :D) Sep 21, 2026

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I wrap up 8 years of podcasting in this dialogue.

Thanks for listening!

HOWB 215 – Interview | Inger Rankins 41st Place Finish and All Night Row in 2018 Human Power Race Seventy48 Sep 14, 2026

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Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Inger Rankins during the 2018 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington.

Inger is originally from Norway, and as a youth was regularly rowing the families wooden clinker workboats to and from the island her grandparents lived on. Inger learned to sew her own clothes at a young age, and in 1990 began applying those skills to marine canvas work. She has had her own marine canvas business since 1999 and enjoys the creativity of making sail covers, boat covers and other canvas boat parts. Inger and her husband Sean own and operate Northwest Sail and Canvas Makers.

In this interview, Inger discusses her all night (20 hours straight) rowing in the inaugural Seventy48 human powered race from Tacoma to Port Townsend, WA in a PT Watercraft PT-11 rowing dinghy.

HOWB 214 – Interview | Eben & Annie, Proud Sailors of Famed Cutter Taleisin (formerly Lin & Larry Pardey’s) Sep 07, 2026

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Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Eben & Annie during the 2018 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Eben & Annie purchased famed cutter Taleisin from Lin & Larry Pardey several years ago, and are now living aboard her. We talk about what they are learning from Taleisin and what their future plans are.

HOWB 213 – Interview | Jake Beattie Exec Director NW Maritime Center: R2Ak, Seventy48, Festival, 48 North & More! Aug 31, 2026

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Today’s podcast is an interview with Jake Beattie during the 2018 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Jake is the executive director of the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. We had fun talking about the festival, R2AK, Seventy48, 48 North Magazine, Maritime Thrift stores and other fun stuff!

HOWB 212 – Interview | Douglas Brooks Japanese Boatbuilder, Author, Researcher, and Student Aug 24, 2026

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Today’s podcast is an interview with Douglas Brooks during the 2018 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.

Doug is a boatbuilder, author, and researcher specializing in the construction of traditional Japanese wooden boats. Brooks has apprenticed with seven boatbuilders in Japan since 1996, building over a dozen types of traditional boats.

HOWB 211 – Interview | Gini Wilson, Nathan Nelson NW School Wooden Boatbuilding; 2019 Australian Wooden Boat Festival Team USA Aug 17, 2026

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Today’s podcast is an interview with Nathan Nelson and Gini Wilson at the 2018 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival at the Northwest Maritime Center.

Nathan and Gini discuss their participation in the 2018 PT Festival Edensaw Boatbuilding challenge and their upcoming journey to Hobart Tasmania Australia to be part of Team USA (along with Steve Stanton and Ryan Chadwick) and build a Haven 12 1/2 to launch and auction off at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival.

HOWB 210 – Interview | Beth Kennedy SCAMP Camp #3 Builder & Wooden Boat Enthusiast Aug 10, 2026

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Today’s podcast is an interview with Beth Kennedy recorded at the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival at the Northwest Maritime Center.

Beth talks about how she got into boat building, wooden boats, and her SCAMP journey with her late husband.

HOWB 209 – Wooden Boat Dan Highlights of 2018 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Aug 03, 2026

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Today’s podcast is me myself and I recording a podcast about the highlights of this year’s Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival at the Northwest Maritime Center.

As usual I had an absolute blast at the festival during the 4 days I was there. Some of the highlights include:

Watching Marty Loken receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Spirit & Culture

Recording a record 13 podcasts (about 7 hours of recording)

Hooking up with old and new friends in Port Townsend

Attending a great varnishing presentation by Joni Blanchard

Learning about laminating veneers by Ryan Chadwick for Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Attending the R2AK Blazer party

HOWB 208 – Interview | Small Craft Advisors’ Josh Colvin and Marty Loken: SCAMP, New Pram Tender, Heather and More! Jul 27, 2026

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Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Marty Loken and Josh Colvin during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Marty is now associate editor of Small Craft Advisor magazine and having fun with it :D.

We talked about SCAMP; a new 6ʹ – 8ʺ pram design; Heather (pilothouse sloop); and lots more cool wooden boat stuff! Tune in and have fun with this story!

HOWB 207 – Interview | Dillon Majoros, Designer Extraordinaire CLC Boats Jul 20, 2026

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Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Dillon Majoros during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.

Dillon attend the Landing School and is a designer at CLC Boats in Annapolis Maryland. He’s worked on lots of fun projects including the Teardrop Camper and Waterlust Sailing Canoe. Tune in and have fun with this story

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