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Joachim Kaiser – He is the chair of the Hamburg Maritime Foundation, and driving force behind the restoration of the 1883 Schooner No. 5 Elbe (ex-Wander Bird) and many other classic wooden boats. Pilot Schooner No. 5 Elbe, ex-Wander Bird Fri 3:45 - 4:45 Stiftung Hamburg Maritime Sat 10:45 - 11:45 Michael Kasten – Michael is a yacht designer experienced in steel and aluminum and large plank-on-frame wooden boats. His focus is toward a “modernclassic” approach to boat styling and function. He lived in Port Townsend for many years; his home is now in Arizona. Boat Designer Panel - Q & A Fri 2:30 - 3:30 Building Large Wooden Boats in Indonesia Sat 10:45 - 11:45 Sean Koomen – A 2004 graduate of the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding, he has taught there since 2011. Outside of the school he has worked on and led restoration projects on several large yachts. Steam Bending Fri 10:30 - 11:15 Vacuum Bagging Veneers Sat 2:30 - 3:15 Carvel Planking Sun 11:30 - 12:15 Gord Laco – An expert in authentic rigging and ship’s fittings with a background in film production, he currently works for the Wooden Boat Chandlery, where he is spearheading the development and launch of the Chandlery’s own new line of wooden-shelled blocks called Townsend Blocks. Townsend Blocks Fri Noon - 1:00 Pam LaNua – Pam holds a USGC 50 ton Masters License and is a former Hobie 16 National Champion and a lifelong resident of the PNW. Currently she teaches sailing to women and girls in and around PT. Beyond the Bay for Women TBA Tim Lawson – Co-founder and executive director of the PT School of Woodworking, he teaches furniture making and hand-tool skills, and demonstrates sharpening techniques.
Tim Lee – A graduate of and instructor in Large Craft at the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding, he has won awards for his skill, knowledge and ability as a teacher from Seattle to Ireland. He also helped form the PT Marine Trades Association. Japanese Water Stone Box Sat 3:30 - 4:15 Mark Lindeman – A boater, racer and Pettit Paint representative, Mark has been a marine industry professional in the Pacific NW for more than 30 years. The Future of Bottom Paint in Washington Fri 2:30 - 3:30 John Lockwood – He traded the halls of Harvard for kayaking the wilds of British Columbia. By 1985, he combined his love of kayaks, backgrounds in anthropology and computer software design to produce North America’s first CAD/CAM designed sea kayak. For more than 25 years he has been designing, marketing and producing kayaks from Port Townsend at his Pygmy Boats shop in Point Hudson. Touring by Kayak Fri Noon - 1:00 & Sat 9:30 - 10:30 Pat Mahon – He has built boats in England and on both coasts of the USA. A teacher at NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding for 10 years, he moved east as program director for the Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville, Mich. The GLBBS is a partner in the restoration of the Charles W. Morgan whaling ship. Great Lakes Boat Building School: Whaleboat Replica Fri 1:15 - 2:15 Dan Mattson – He has combined his passion for wooden boats with today’s technology to produce the world’s first podcast dedicated to wooden boats. Build Your First Wooden Boat! Fri Noon - 1:00 & Sat 1:15 - 2:15 George Maynard – In the 1970s he, with his family aboard, sailed his homebuilt wood copy of Joshua Slocum’s Spray around the world without an auxiliary engine. He and his wife Julia designed and built Zulu, a cruising yawl which they launched in Port Townsend in 1992 and sailed out to Australia.
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Roger McAfee – Noted Vancouver author and authority on various aspects of boating, Roger is widely recognized for his boat review articles, books and interest in keeping vessels dry and cared for. Battling Boat Mold & Mildew Fri 10:45 - 11:45 Boat Heating Options Fri 1:15 - 2:15 Inflatables Sat 10:30 - Noon Dale McKinnon – She built her own dory, Bella, and rowed 800 miles from Ketchikan, Alaska, to her hometown of Bellingham – the first woman to row the Inside Passage solo. Rowing the Inside Passage Alone Sun 10:45 - 11:45 John Montgomery – A familiar face for many years at Edensaw Woods, he is a great woodworker and marine trades enthusiast. Sawstop Table Saw Demo Fri 12:30 - 1:15 & Sat 1:30 - 2:15 & Sun 10:30 - 11:15 Robert Morales – Having spent his professional life working in computers, he began sailing in the mid-’80s. He started planning for circumnavigation with the purchase of an S&S 39 in 2005. He views circumnavigation as “payback time” for “a frustrated pirate desk-bound most of his life.” A Circumnavigation After Retirement Sun 9:30 - 10:30 Peter Noble – President of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and owner of Noble Associates LLC. The Footy Design Competition is part of the SNAME Design-Build competitions. Footy Yachts – Experimental Boat Design Fri 3:45 - 4:45 Indigenous Naval Architecture Fri 1:15 - 2:15 Bill Noon – He joined the Canadian Coast Guard in 1981, and is now a captain on the icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier, which completed a 2012 Arctic mission in the Parks Canada–led search for the missing ships of explorer John Franklin. In Search of Franklin in the Northwest Passage Sat 2:30 - 3:30 Ted Pike – Woodworker, sailor, supporter of youth sailing, and Wooden Boat Foundation board member, he races and sails his 1956 Lapworth sloop Annie Too around
the NW. In his spare time, he works full-time at Edensaw Woods as marine sales manager. Wood for Boat Building Sat 12:30 - 1:15 Deneb Puchalski – He has more than 25 years experience as a boatbuilder, carpenter and furniture maker. He currently works as a demonstrator with LieNielsen Tools. Core Tool Set – from Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Sat 3:45 - 4:45 Stew Pugh – For decades he has worked on all sorts of marine motors. His experience ranges from maintaining the outboards at the NW Maritime Center and schooner Adventuress, to working on boats for the U.S. Navy that might have passed under you by the Hood Canal. He has a shop in Port Townsend where he repairs motors and inflatable boats, and builds underwater robots.
of the PT Shipwrights Co-op, he is also a longtime veteran of the WBF. Caulking Sat 9:30 - 10:15 Bruce Tipton – He is a longtime boatbuilder, sparmaker and woodworker. His knowledge of wooden spars covers peeled trees to the octagonal birdsmouth hollow. Spar Making Fri 1:30 - 2:15 Jim Tolpin – Nationally known woodworking author and co-founder of the PT School of Woodworking, his latest book is The New Traditional Woodworker. Hand Saws Fri 12:30 - 1:15 & Sat 3:30 - 4:15 & Sun 10:30 - 11:15 The Essential Hand Planes Fri 2:30 - 3:15 & Sat 12:30 - 1:15 Tyson Trudel – Tyson is the Youth Program manager at the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle.
Care and Feeding of Your Outboard Fri 3:45 - 4:45 & Sat 2:30 - 3:30
Teaching With Small Boats Sun Noon - 1:00
Inger Rankins – Since 1990, her canvas handiwork has been keeping people in the Northwest dry and comfortable. She and her husband Sean (a sailmaker) own multiple wooden boats including Cito, a recently restored 26’ Danish Spidsgatter.
Lisa Vizzini – She started sailing in California, and in 1978 she moved to Port Townsend to learn sailmaking at Port Townsend Sails with Carol Hasse & Nora Petrich. She has fished, sailed and raced from here to Alaska. She is co-owner of Port Townsend Rigging.
Choosing Fabric for your Boat Sat 10:30 - 11:15 Capt. Jeff Sanders – Capt. Sanders was among the first instructors to become certified to teach Coast Guard Approved License classes, in lieu of USCG examinations preparation. In 1987 he founded the United States Maritime Academy in Honolulu. He sailed his vessel Orpheus to Puget Sound in 1993. He is also a respected author of textbooks and curricula for captain’s training. Celestial Navigation Sat Noon - 1:00 & Sun Noon - 1:00 Getting Your Captain’s License Sat 3:45 - 4:45 Chris Schwarz – He is one of the co-founders of the Lost Art Press, which is working to restore the balance between hand and machine woodworking by unearthing the lost art of hand skills. He was the editor of Popular Woodworking from 1996 until 2011. Drawboring Sat 10:30 - 11:15 Rabbett and Plow Planes Sat 1:30 - 2:15 Dave Thompson – Sailor, caulker, shipwright, marine surveyor and a founding member
Standing Rigging Basics Sat 10:45 - 11:45 Reefing for Wimps Sat 2:30 - 3:30 Paul Waring – Paul’s eye for structural detail and fascination with technical challenges in producing performance yachts steered his focus toward yacht design. Paul is known for his ambition as a self-educated engineer and designer, as well as his ability for thinking “outside the box.” The Sentinel 24 - Hull #1 Launching Today! Fri 10:45 - 11:45 Lynn Watson – Lynn has cruised Katie Mae, a 21’ canoe yawl, through Puget Sound, the local islands and out to the Broughton Islands and the great inlets of Vancouver Island. Small Boat Cruising Sat Noon - 1:00 John Welsford – Author, boat designer, founding contributor to woodenboat.net.nz, and boat builder, he is the designer of the SCAMP pocket yacht. He devoted – Continued on Page 33
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