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Today’s podcast is the FINAL PODCAST for Hooked On Wooden Boats. It’s been an amazing 8 year journey – and it’s time for Wooden Boat Dan to “retire” the podcast. The website will go down on 9/19/19. The podcast episodes might still be available on iTunes (but I’m not sure how that works?). In the […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Bruce Tipton during the 2018 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Bruce moved to Port Townsend in the mid 1970’s to check out the wooden boats and has become a part of the Port Townsend Wooden Boat renaissance and culture. He is a master spar make […]

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 fro the island her grandparents lived on.  Inger learned to sew her own clothes at a […]

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 […]

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! Check out the other podcasts I have […]

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. Check out Doug’s books and […]

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 […]

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. Click on the player button (black arrow) above to listen to the full podcast. Here’s […]

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 […]

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 6′ – 8″ pram design; Heather (pilothouse sloop); and lots more cool wooden […]

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 […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Doug Jones during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Doug is the owner of Traditional Boat Works.  He is also the owner of a beautiful 1947 Sparkman and Stephens ’52 Yawl – Pacifica. Tune in and have fun with this story! Click on the player button […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Tiffany and Bruce Halabisky during the 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. Tiffany & Bruce spent 11 years sailing around the world on their 34′ Atkin designed gaff cutter Vixen. During the voyage they had 2 daughters (Solianna and Seffa Jane) and the time of their life. […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Simeon Baldwin and Dale Simonson during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Simeon and Dale both own SCAMP micro sailboats. They entered the R2AK first leg in 2017 and had to call the Coast Guard and be rescued due to one crew approaching hypothermia, […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Kelvin Dietz, at the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Kelvin and I met through my podcast a few years back. He has built 2 beautiful pygmy kayaks and loves vintage motorhomes and Datsun 510s. We had a great conversation about all these topics! Click […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Eben & Annie during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Eben & Annie purchased famed cutter Taleisin from Lin & Larry Pardey about 3 years ago and are now living aboard her. We talk about what they are learning from Taleisin and what their future […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Karl Kruger of Kruger Escapes during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Karl is the first person to finish the 750 mile R2AK on a SUP (Stand Up Paddle Board). He completed the unassisted paddle in 14 days 6 hours and finished ahead of 10 […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with famed blue water sailor Lin Pardey during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Lin discussed the hows and whys of sailing for millenials. Click on the green player button above to listen to the full podcast interview. Here’s some pics to enjoy! Thanks for doing […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Graham Byrnes founder of B&B Yacht Designs during the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Graham has a fascinating story to tell of his early years of sailing, racing and then designing and building boats. Click on the green player button above to listen to the […]

Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Colin Angus during the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Click on the green player button above to listen to the full podcast interview. Here’s some pics to enjoy! Thanks for doing the interview Colin! I wish you all the best! WANT TO HELP? PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! […]