Dave Sharp & the wooden tug "Dominion" - Sharp Marine
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HOWB 161 – Interview | Dave Clark on Giving a New Life to the 1944 Miki Class Tug “Dominion”
Today’s podcast is with Captain Dave Clark of Bremerton, WA. Clark traded a piece of property for the 117ʹhistoric tugboat – Dominion – 2 years ago, and has magnificent plans for her!Dave fell in love with boats at a young age and moved to the Seattle, WA area in 1989 to pursue his boatingpassion. He had a brief encounter with a Tugboat named Dominion a decade ago, and then years later in 2013 hesaw her for sale on Craigslist. He called the owner Jeff, and traded a piece of property for the tug over the phonethat day.Dave is establishing a Non-Profit entity for the tug – Dominion Historical Workboat Association – and she iscarefully being restored in preparation for her new life as an historic wooden vessel used as a maritime museumfor training, education, philanthropy, and much much more.
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HOWB 160 – Interview | Michael Durland Proprietor at Deer Harbor Boatworks on Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, WA
Today’s podcast is with Michael Durland, proprietor of Deer Harbor Boatworks and long time resident of OrcasIsland in the San Juan Islands of WA state. If you’ve never been to the San Juans, it’s high time you visit – this isone incredible place!Michael moved to the Island in the 70’s to work on a boat with a friend, and never left. He runs the Boatworksand works on a lot of cool wooden vessels of all sizes and designs.Michael also helped launch the Wooden Boat Society of the San Juans in 2001. The Society holds a rendezvouseach year in between the dates of the Victoria, BC Classic Boat Festival and the Port Townsend Wooden BoatFestival. The rendezvous is a down home, low key event with meals, racing and general messing about on boats.
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HOWB 159 – Interview | Rob O’Dea, Wooden Boat Lover & Pres of the Oarlock & Sail Wooden Boat Club, Vancouver, BC
Today’s podcast is an interview with Rob O’Dea, president of the Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club ofVancouver, BC. In the clubs own words: “The Oarlock and Sail W ooden Boat Club is a club for people whoenjoy building, repairing, sailing, talking about, thinking about, and simply messing about in small woodenboats. The club operates out of a floating boat shed at the V ancouver Maritime Museum’s Heritage Harbour at1905 Ogden Avenue, V ancouver. Members can be found each saturday morning restoring the club’s fleet of smallwooden boats or working on a new build.” And visitors are welcome anytime!O’Dea has been messing about in wooden boats most of his life. Eight years ago he bought a 36ʹ sailboat built in1956 in Nova Scotia. This boat had been owned by Charlie and Margo of Charlie’s Charts Cruising Guides, andwas their home as they were writing their Guides. Rob shares some tall tales of adventure aboard this fine vessel.
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HOWB 158 – Interview | Small Boat Artist Rod Tait of Orca Canoes & Kayaks
Today’s podcast is an interview with Rod Tait of Orca Canoes and Kayaks in Coquitlam, BC. Rod builds smallstrip built canoes, kayaks and other boats, sell kits, and rebuilds and refurbishes small boats.Rod was raised in the province of British Columbia and when he was a young lad his folks purchased a smallfishing resort on coastal BC. Rod spent the next few years messing around in small wooden fishing boats andhelping his family run the resort. This was the beginning of his lifelong love for boats and boating – especially ofthe wooden variety.
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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