Shavings Volume 25 Number 5b (May-June 2005)

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Inside This Issue:F O U N D E R ’ S R E P O R T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

N E W S F R O M S O U T H L A K E U N I O N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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The Center for Wooden BoatsShavings is published bimonthly by The Center for Wooden Boats,1010 Valley Street, Seattle, WA 98109phone 206.382.2628 fax 206.382.2699To learn more about CWB, please visit our Web site at www.cwb.org

O u r M i s s i o nTo provide a community center where maritime history comes alive and our small craft heritage is preserved and passed along to future generations.

C W B S t a f fBetsy Davis Executive Director Dick Wagner Founding Director Jake Beattie Waterfront Programs Director Nita Chambers Business Relataions & Facility Rental Manager Patrick Gould Boat Sales Manager & Instructor Lauren Kuehne Volunteer Coordinator & Offi ce Manager Jean Scarboro Bookkeeper and MembershipEdel O’Connor Boatwright & Workshop Coordinator Katie Kelso Visitor Services Manager & Registrar Heron Scott Lead Boatwright Doug Weeks Steamboat Program Greg Reed Livery Manager, Dockmaster & Youth SailingTom Baltzell Youth Field Trip Coordinator

B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e sAlex Bennett Mindy KoblenzerCaren Crandell Lori O’ToolDavid Dolson Pike PowersBrandt Faatz Barbara SacerdoteKen Greff Chuck ShigleyGary Hammons Denise Snow David Kennedy Eric SorensenAndrea Kinnaman Bill Van VlackStephen Kinnaman Joe Spengler, Intern

Design and production of Shavings by CWB volunteer Heidi Hackler of Dolphin Design, www.dolphindesignstudio.com. Printed by Olympus Press, www.olypress.com.

F o u n d e r ’ s R e p o r tB Y D I C K W A G N E R

Small boats have been around forever but only began to be documented as unique specimens of our material culture in the mid 20th Cen-tury. Howard Chapelle, a boat designer whose father was a boat builder in Chesapeake Bay, trundled all over the Atlantic Coast. He mea-sured old cast-off and often rotting historical boats on the beaches and shop yards from NewFoundland to Virginia. He picked up a few more measurements of historic boat types from colleagues in Florida and the Gulf Coast. Th rough his emergency research he drew the lines and wrote the narrative that became American Small Sailing Craft. It has become the seminal handbook for members of this Good Little Boat Clan. Th e book was a revelation of long-forgotten watercraft in-cluding the brilliant designs of the Whitehall, Barnegat Bay sneakbox, Kingston Lobster Boat and Friendship Sloop. Chapelle’s unveil-ing of those lost treasures was akin to Carter’s discoveries in Cheops tomb.

Chapelle did a great job, but he missed the West Coast except for the San Francisco fe-lucca and Columbia River/Alaskan gillnetter. Th e boats of the Northwest were as unique, di-verse and brilliantly designed as the east coast

boats. CWB has been hunting them down. We have published monographs on the Poulsbo Boats. Davis Boats Coast Salish Canoes and Blanchard boats. We have documented the Acme Skiff , Lake Oswego Boat, Shoalwater Bay Dinghy and several Cama Beach boats. Th ere is still an opportunity to do Vol II of American Small Sailing Craft spotlighting the legendary small craft of the Northwest.

Th is thought ran through my mind when I opened a 9x12 envelope dropped off at our front desk from Art Losvar to me. It was full of 8x10 photos and captions of the Mukilteo boats of the late 19th Century to mid 20th Century. Mukilteo is on Possession Sound, about 25 miles north of Seattle and 3 miles from the South end of Whidbey Island. Paul Losvar, born in 1848 was an immigrant from Norway. His shop built rowing boats and eventually rowing/outboard boats. He became so well known he didn’t put an address on his card. It just said “Mulkilteo Boat House”. He built the boats for sale and for rent, from 12’ rowing to 28’ outboard boats. Eventually Paul Losvar’s son George and his grandson Art joined the operation. Th e rowing boats were lapstrakes. Th e outboards, which also rowed well, were carvel. Both had high fl aring bows to keep you dry and tumblehome sterns because it just looked right.

Keep those photos, drawings and anecdotal notes coming in of the skiff s, dingys, tenders and launches that were the metaphors of the Columbia River, Puget Sound, the Inside Pas-sage and the Bering Sea. Volume II is waiting to be born.

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N e w s f r o m S o u t h L a k e U n i o n

B Y D I C K W A G N E R

Ready or not, South Lake Union is changing fast. Th e bad news is that urban environments get gold stars and economic advantages if they retain their special character. Vienna would not be a tourist destination if a shopping mall was placed in its center. Th e streets and buildings of Old Jerusalem and its surrounding walls and gateways are over 2000 years old. Th e newest building in the Piazza San Marco of Venice was built in 1492. Amsterdam is defi ned by its canals and waterside buildings. Urban centers change at their own peril.

South Lake Union wasn’t born a thousand years ago, nor was any urban center of North America except the Aztec and Mayan cities of Mexico – SLU was born late as a provincial gathering of modest cottages and shops and faded early as a manufacturing and warehouse center. It was never in the running for the urban beautiful award, although it has contrib-uted measurably to Seattle’s economy through its many business enterprises. SLU has always been bustling, at least.

Th e good news is that the makeover of SLU is giving it the elements of a real little city within a city. Its parks are being rehabilitated. A new park at the waterside with throbbing maritime heritage educational programs is

happening and there is a commercial and housing renaissance that makes it a place to live, work, play, shop and stop.

Th e recent changes are the fl agship store of REI, the corporate headquarters of Shurgard Storage and Tommy Bahama, Bio tech research operations of Merck and the University of Washington, educational resources of Spruce Street School, Morningside Academy and Cornish College of the Arts, restaurants, pubs, a full spectrum of housing, human scale ambi-ence and ecologically sound developments.

A lot more potential facilities are on the drawing board including a streetcar line be-tween SLU and downtown, a 2-way Mercer Street and two lane Valley Avenue, a water taxi connection to North Lake Union and Lake Washington, preservation and rehabilitation of historic buildings, mixed residential and com-mercial zoning, low rent housing, a retirement center and a Whole Foods grocery.

SLU was not an urban center before, but its on its way to becoming one now. Th e bull-dozer can be a city’s friend if it is used to help create an active, balanced and attractive new environment. If maritime heritage is included, all the better

A Changing NeighborhoodCWB Shares Stage at Press

Conference

Vulcan’s Ada Healey, Seattle Parks Foundation’s Carol Lewis, and Mayor Greg Nichols all join Spruce Street students in pond boat sailing at South Lake Union Park. CWB’s maritime programs are a vital ingredient in the development of the new park.

CWB Founder Dick Wagner thanks Vulcan for their support of South Lake Union Park while city council members and Mayor Nichols look on.

Mayor Nichols addresses the crowd at the press conference with the sail of one of CWB’s El Toro’s fl apping in the background.

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N e w s f r o m C a m a B e a c h

B Y D I C K W A G N E R

Upcoming Events at

Camano IslandTh ere are regular volunteer meetings at Cama Beach on the last Saturday of each month. If you would like information about our activi-ties at Cama Beach State Park, or if you’d like to volutneer at one of these events, please contact ???????????????????? at ????????????????.

May 87th Annual Mother’s Day Sail. Besides the opportunities for rides in varied classic boats there will be toy boatbuilding and other kid crafts, guided beach walks and guided bird walks. At Camano Island State Park, 1 mile south of Cama Beach State Park. Free parking and everything else.

Th e pace of planning Cama Beach State Park has kept right up with the movement of gla-ciers. It’s been 14 years since I submitted a report to State Parks Commission that Cama Beach Resort could become a living museum. But let’s not quibble about time. It’s a credo of life that everything you want takes longer than imaginable. After all, as my parents often reminded me when I suggested they were over-analyzing my request to borrow the car, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” And it took hundreds of years to build the Gothic Cathedrals which still don’t have heating and air conditioning. Actually, the gestation period of the park is not unique in government projects. What is unique is the planning process, in which the former owners, State Parks and CWB col-laborated to create the design.

On Saturday, April 2, this year, CWB held a meeting on Camano Island about plans for our boats in the park. Th e attendees were CWB

volunteers from the Camano Island area, the Seattle area, staff and Board members. It was a typical CWB planning event: freely given opinions from everyone.

Th e former owners of Cama Beach are two sisters – the sisters and their husbands contributed four visions of the Park which they whisked around in their minds and hearts to become one blended resolve.

Th e State Department of Parks are seven Commissioners, one Director, a cabinet of of-fi cers and division of administrators who plan from the top down, as do all good government agencies.

Th e April meeting, managed by Executive Director Betsy Davis and volunteers, Sharon Paul and Suzy Brunzell, asked our thoughts on the potential on water programs which we may off er at Cama Beach based on varied resources. It was CWB’s congenital style of planning. Th at’s how we began: gathering on our houseboat around the kitchen table or on the deck, airing out all ideas.

Today our means of planning is the same except we have an ever-widening constituency contributing their diverse viewpoints. Th e Cama Beach planning process added even more to our experiences in collaboration. Now we have the know-how to work with both the landed gentry and the departmentally organized to create a special environment of recreation and education that meets or exceeds everyone’s dreams.

Actually, there are itinerant silent partners in the park scheme. It’s spring time and the Gray Whales are back again around Cama Beach. Th ey forage on the beaches for ghost shrimp. Th ey gulp mouthfuls of sand and pebbles and fi lter the water and solids back through their baleen plates. In the fall, the Orca Whales arrive, chasing the herring. Th e Gray Whales and Orcas didn’t participate in the planning, but their spirit was with us. . Th is may be a case study in future land use planning handbooks.

Caption here for this photo. Photo by Cama volunteer Jacky King.

June 11Volunteer Summit, organized by Camano Island State Parks staff . Th is is a gathering for information sharing of the many volunteer groups that are contributing their skills and services to Cama Beach State Park. Th e theme is “Looking to the Future.”

August 5-7Stanwood/Camano Fair. A glorious roundup of all the potential prize winning pigs, goats, sheep, horses, fl owers, vegetables, pets and educational organizations. CWB has won the “Best of Show – Education Exhibit” for several years.



U p c o m i n g E v e n t sMay 203rd Friday Speaker: Chuck Fowler and Tad Lahmon will give a slide talk on their ancestor’s experience in square rig sailing in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Free.

June 17th3rd Friday Speaker: Knick and Lyn Pyles will give a slide-talk on traditional boatbuilding in Chile. Free.

July 2-4CWB’s 29th Annual Wooden Boat Festival combined with the 17th Annual Speedboat Show of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, at CWB and South Lake Union Park.

August 51st Friday Speaker: In conjunction with the Th underbird Regatta and Rendezvous we’ll have a speaker illustrating what makes these boats special. Free.

August 6-7Th underbird Regatta and Rendezvous. Th is is a gathering of the 26’ sloop class designed by the prestige Seattle naval architect Ben Seaborn. Seaborn was a classmate of L. Francis Herreshoff at MIT. Friday evening speaker open to the public free of charge.

August 13-14Sailing regatta for physically disabled sailors. Organized by Footloose.

September 16-18Wooden Canoe Heritage Association meet. Many types of canoes will be on display. Free rides, instruction in free style (like water bal-let) paddling, talks and demonstrations will be given. Free.

September 23-25Norm Blanchard Regatta. Th is is our wooden one-design racing event. It is named after Master Boatwright Norm Blanchard, who will likely attend. Th e Saturday dinner speaker will be round-world single-handed sailor Nancy Earley.

Th e Diesel engine Th eory and Valve repair class starts June 4, lasts fi ve Saturdays 9-5 the last class we will run the engine and attend the wooden boat show.

Engine theory, valve engineering and en-gine history lectures will be in the mornings and engine repair the rest of the day. lunches, wooden boat show tickets and project end party will be included in tuition. the class costs $100 each student and class size is limited to 8. Cash or Check to North West Seaport

Questions call or writeAdrian LippOLD TACOMA MARINE (206) 898-7012318 N. 36th Seattle WA 9810-8632 USAwww.oldtacomamarine.com [email protected]

Northwest Seaport offers Diesel class aboard Arthur

Th is issue we are pleased to announce the partnership between the Center for Wooden Boats and the Schooner Martha. Owned by the non-profi t Schooner Martha Foundation, Martha, a 68’ staysail schooner was built in 1907 at W.F. Stone Boat Yard in San Fran-cisco. She’s operated by husband and wife team Robert d’Arcy and Holly Kays, and their daughter Mary. D’Arcy holds a 100 ton Masters License.

Students on Martha’s sail training program are immersed in the life of a crew on board a working sailing vessel. Th is is not a sum-mer camp but rather an opportunity to learn, practice and test skills to be able to experience sailing at some of its fi nest moments. We are off ering longer trips this year to allow for a greater sense of familiarity on board.

With Robert and Holly’s guidance, you’ll learn navigation, sail trim and theory, marlin-

spike seamanship, the proper care of a ship and have time at the helm. In addition to sail training, your time in the program will include swim-ming, hiking, and other opportunities available amongst the San Juan Islands.

Certain trips continue into the Canadian Gulf Islands and further north.

Youth programs are geared for ages 12-18, and partial and full scholarships are available. Please feel free to call the Schooner Martha Foundation (206) 310-8573, or visit their website at www.schoonermartha.org. Say you heard about it through the CWB and Martha will give CWB a portion of your tuition.

June 13th- June 18th, open enrollment, family, or school group. 6 days, $750.

June 26th-July 9th, Youth, 13 days $1625July 13th -August 2nd, Youth, 20 days, cost $ 2500 Captain Raynoud International Schooner RaceAugust 7th- August 20th , Youth, 13 Days cost $1625August 21st - August 27th, Youth, or family, 6 Days cost $750September 12th - September 25th, Adult,. 14 Days cost $ 2100, Desolation Sound

Trips aboard MarthaB Y J A K E B E A T T I E



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SailNOW!Session 1: April 9 - May 14Session 2: May 14 - June 18*Session 3: June 18 - July 23*Cost: $270 members / $300 nonmembers

Sail The Museum PiecesInstructor: CWB StaffDate: May 21 & June 18 (third Saturday of every month, May – September)Time: 2 PM to 4 PM, SaturdaysCost: $25 per session for members / $30 for nonmembers

Docking IntensiveInstructor: CWB StaffSession 1: April 10 Session 2: May 15 Time: All sessions meet 4 PM to 6 PM, SundayCost: $30 members and nonmembers / $15 SailNOW! Graduates

Family Boat BuildingInstructor: CWB Staff and VolunteersSession 2: 10 AM to 6 PM, Thursday thru SundayJune 2 – June 5 at the Edmonds Waterfront Festival (www.edmondswaterfrontfestival.com) Cost: $1100 members / $1325 nonmembers

Building A Carvel Planked Sailing Boat

Instructor: Rich KolinDate: May 2 – 6 & 9 – 13 Time: 9:30 AM to 5 PM, Mondays thru FridaysLocation: At The Marysville BoatshopCost: $900 members / $1100 nonmembers

Women’s Woodworking: An Introduction To The Basics

Instructor: Hannah BrowneDate: May 4, 11, 18 & 25 Time: 6 PM to 9 PM, WednesdaysCost: $200 members / $240 nonmembers

Conceptual NavigationInstructor: Seaton GrasDate: May 7Time: 11 AM to 1 PM, SaturdayCost: $45 members / $55 nonmembers

Historic Navigation: Building A Quadrant

Instructor: Seaton Gras

Date: May 7 Time: 2 PM to 5 PM, SaturdayCost: $55 members / $65 nonmembers

Aleut Ikyak (Baidarka) Instructor: Corey Freedman (www.skinboats.com)

Session 1: May 7 – 15 Session 2: June 11 – 19 Time: All sessions meet 9 AM to 5 PM, Saturday thru Sunday (9 day workshop)Cost: $1100 members / $1300 nonmembers

Sharpening, As You Like It!Instructor: Jan ZoltowskiDate: May 7 & 14 Time: 10 AM to 2 PM, SaturdaysCost: $85 members / $100 nonmembers

Boat PhotographyInstructor: Phil WebberDate: May 7Time: 9 AM to 6 PM, SaturdayCost: $80 members / $95 nonmembers

Canoe Canvasing Instructor: Eric HarmanDate: May 14Time: 10 AM to 6 PM, SaturdayCost: $85 members / $100 nonmembers

Knots 3: Ocean Plat MatInstructor: Dennis ArmstrongDate: May 14Time: 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM, SaturdayCost: $40 members / $50 nonmembers

Building A Sail Rig For A Carvel Planked Sailing Boat

Instructor: Rich KolinDate: May 21 – 23 Time: 9:30 AM to 5 PM, Saturday thru MondayLocation: At The Marysville BoatshopCost: $275 members / $330 nonmembers

This is a listing of programs scheduled in the next few months. We are constantly adding new programs. Please check our website at www.cwb.org for the latest listings and information, or call us at 206.382.2628 to request a printed copy. NOTE: For courses costing more than $500 we ask you to deposit one half of your total costs and pay the remainder by day of course start at the latest. For all other programs, pre-payment in full reserves your place. Programs may be cancelled or postponed due to low enrollment.

Half Model WorkshopInstructor: Rich KolinDate: June 4 & 5 Time: 9:30 AM to 5 PM, Saturday & SundayCost: $175 members / $210 nonmembers

Basic Power Boating: Safe Powerboat Handling

Instructor: Patrick GouldDate: June 10, 11 &12 Time: 6 PM to 8 PM Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM Saturday & SundayCost: $205 members / $225 nonmembers

Introduction To Steam PowerInstructor: Doug WeeksDate: June 11 Time: 12 PM to 4 PM, SaturdayCost: $40 members / $50 nonmembers

Knots 4: Hitchings (Coverings)Instructor: Dennis ArmstrongDate: June 11Time: 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Saturday Cost: $50 members / $60 nonmembers

Half Day Sailing CampsMorning Session: 10 AM to 1 PMAfternoon Session: 2 PM to 5 PMCost: $150 Beginning Sailing / $140 Intermediate/Advanced SailingAges: Beginning - separate sessions for 9-11 and 12+; Intermediate & Advanced - ages 9+.

Beginning Sailing June 27 – July 1 (morning or afternoon) July 11 – 15 (morning or afternoon)July 18 – 22 (morning only)July 25 – 29 (morning or afternoon)August 1 – 5 (morning or afternoon)August 8 – 12 (morning only)August 15 – 19 (morning or afternoon)August 22 – 26 (morning or afternoon)August 29 – September 2 (morning only)

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T h e C o l l e c t i o n

Update from the Boatshop

B Y H E R O N S C O T T

Spring is here and we’re moving into our busy season, which means boats are coming in for repairs as fast as we’re pushing them out for service. Th anks to all the volunteers who have helped out with these projects and who con-tinue to show up even when it’s raining. Here are the things we’ve been working on.

• El Toro’s, we’re getting in to the last of them and the whole fl eet should be done soon.

• New paddles are being constructed for the Umiaks.

• Major repair on the deckhouse of the Longboat Discovery got her annual paint job plus a coast guard inspection. Thanks to all who helped row her back from Seaview Boatyard.

CWB Boatshop volunteer Will Moon shapes a paddle for the Umiak.

• The Beetle Cat has her topsides done and is ready to be fl ipped over and have her decks painted.

• The Thunderbird has gotten her annual haul out and paint job. Good job T-Bird crew.

• The Blanchard JR Knockabout (BJK) is getting her deck structure and her fl oor timbers framed up.

Upcoming ProjectsPlease contact CWB Lead Boatwright Heron Scott is you are interested in participating in any of these upcoming projects.

• Constructing a new skeg for BJK Lucky Seven.

• Hauling Rowboats and performing an-nual maintenance tasks

• Hauling powerboats this summer• Starting back up on the Herreshoff

121/2’s restorations this fall• Hauling Betsy D at seaview

CWB’s Collection Committee

Which boats are the priority for CWB to keep in their collection? What are our goals for preserving and maintaining our fl eet? Which boat design do we pick for our next new con-struction project? What process should we use for making these decisions?

Part of CWB Collection of wooden boats which are currently in temporary storage.

In 2001, CWB’s Board of Trustees adopted a comprehensive Boat Collection Policy which describes the following:

• The Boat Collection – Purpose; criteria for inclusion

• The Collection Committee• Accessions• Deaccessions• Management of the Collection• Incoming Loans• Outgoing Loans• Ethical Considerations

Th e Collection Committee has 10 voting members, although the meetings are open to anyone to attend and participate in the dis-cussions. In January 2005 the membership of the committee changed as old terms ended and new terms began. Th e new voting mem-bers represent a great cross-section of CWB. Boatwrights and Workshop Instructors Eric Hvalsoe and Rich Kolin, and Sailing Instruc-

tor volunteer Kemp Jones were nominated for 2-year terms; local maritime historian Paul Marlow accepted a permanent position and Board Members Stephen Kinnaman and David Kennedy continue in their positions. Staff Member Jake Beattie joins other staff members Dick, Betsy and Heron on the Committee.

Th ank you to outgoing Committee mem-bers Scott Rohrer, Dan Firor and Nick Carey for their time and commitment to a high level of stewardship for boats in the CWB Collection!

Trustee David Kennedy chairs this commit-tee which meets the fourth Tuesday of every month. Anyone is welcome to attend. If you have questions regarding the collection or collection policy, or would like to attend the meetings, please contact David at [email protected].



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Flotsam and JetsamCWB could use donations of quality used & new nautical items for our Maritime Treasure sale over 4th of July weekend. We cannot accept books or magazines, but other boatey stuff in good condition would be welcome, especially tools! Spring cleaning, anyone? Please call Tina Renteria at 206.440.3223 or Lauren Kuehne at 206.382.2628 to organize donation of any items.

An Old Servant passes away

B Y D A V E E R S K I N E

Th e middle of march we saw the last of a old faithful servant. Th e Ford Pickup Truck used by the Center for almost a dozen years fi nally gave up the ghost. Th e extent of the damage to the engine and the high mileage doomed it to the scrap yard. Donated to us by US West telephone in December 1993, over 70,000 miles were added to the odometer, towing boat trailers, carrying lumber, and running the errands by staff and volunteers.

Farewell to ole’ F-150, may your reincarnation be as useful as your life with us.

OK, so, what to do? Yes, CWB must look for another rig and the best place to start is among the members of CWB. Vehicle owners, the CWB needs a good running 1/2 to 3/4 ton pickup truck. Full sized and with towing capacity to match; Automatic Transmission and power steering and brakes and a wheelbase in a standard length. We have a lumber rack and tow hitch and volunteers (count me in) to make minor mechanical repairs and service.

A donation is allowed as we are a 501c organization. Th is is an appeal from folks you know. I won’t be shy --- money gifts also help, for tires, tools, supplies and a nice CWB logo sign painted on the side of the door. Th ese take the green stuff to make happen.

Keep Rolling On, Yours in the Mechanical Arts,

As the clouds roll back following consecutive spring storms, sunshine spreads itself out across the fl anks of Seattle with increasing in-tensity. A bit more blue wedges itself between towering cumulous monsters, and the bug inside sinks its in teeth again.

“Want. To be. Near the water,” aches a heart familiar with the bite of boating’s per-sistent urge.

“But you don’t have a way to access it,” re-sponds the conscious, forever logical. “And even if you did, you surely don’t know how to sail.”

Th e pining of our soul becomes madden-ing at times.

Th e Center for Wooden Boats understands this confl ict and this yearning. We’d like to think we even feed it. But we stifl e it, too, help-ing it to curl up benevolently in your chest. By compensating volunteers with boat use hours, we get members of the community on the water in return for their labors of love.

Starting this spring, the livery is taking things another step farther, providing twelve hours of training and free SailNow! classes to a dedicated core of volunteers.

Livery leads are working twenty hours pr month on CWB docks, renting boats and helping to maintain our museum fl eet. A three-pronged training was developed over the

winter to teach livery leads about the Center’s boats and their construction, histories and rigs. As icing on the cake, fi ve current livery leads are enrolled in SailNow! to improve their sailing skills.

Limited space in SailNow! restricts free sail-ing lessons to livery lead volunteers, however, similar, scaled-down trainings are underway for livery assistants and youth livery volunteers as well. Th e idea is to help educate volunteers more deeply about the boats they are working around, to enrich their experience at CWB and create a more solid foundation of knowledge to interact with the public on our docks.

Th e livery lead schedule is a bit more rigid than livery schedules of the past, with vol-unteers assigned weekly, fi ve hour shifts. But rather than replicating stresses of the offi ce, the livery still exists as a haven where people come in order to get away.

“I love hanging around boats and the wa-ter,” said Tom Vincent, a livery lead who came through the fi rst batch of trainings.

Witnessed whistling through his shifts renting boats, he is clearly affl icted by the aforementioned bug.

For more information about enrolling as a livery volunteer, contact livery manager, Greg Reed, or volunteer coordinator, Lauren Kuehne.

Winter Gives Birth to New Livery Lead ProgramB Y G R E G R E E D



March/April Shavings Contributors:Jake Beattie • Lauren Kuehne

• Scott RohrerGreg Reed • Heron Scott

Dick Wagner

CWB Wish ListThank you for your recent donations!

4 Adobe InDesign and Acrobat4 Digital Camera

However we still need :q Wooden Boat Magazine Issues # 1-12q Sheets of plywood for the festivalq 1/8 inch pegboardq Portable or clip on microphoneq A generator? (check in with edel or jake

about this)q Laminating machineq Used nautical items for festival treasure

saleq A Truck!q Small boombox

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Appreciating Volunteers

B Y L A U R E N K U E H N E

March 19th saw the passing of a CWB holiday, the Equinoxial Ides of St. Patrick, to usher in the spring season. And, who are we kidding, it’s a great excuse to throw a sailboat race! Th is year, it was also a great opportunity to recog-nize our many amazing volunteers, and with the help of sponsors Outback Steakhouse, Touchstone Bakery, and Costco Wholesale we were able to host at least one appreciation event the whole year in which volunteers didn’t have to potluck, and special recognition gifts for volunteers were provided by Starbucks Coff ee and Taco del Mar.

In addition to the volunteers specially recognized below, CWB is fortunate to be the recipient of more than 25,000 hours of precious and hard-earned donated hours each year.

It was also a pleasure to recognize CWB’s Volunteer of the Year for 2004, Paula Weir. Our Volunteer of the Year is nominated by fellow volunteers and staff each year “In rec-ognition of the highest qualities of volunteer-ism: Dedication, enthusiasm, leadership and commitment to the goals of Th e Center for Wooden Boats.”

In Paula’s own words, she started volunteer-ing here about fi ve years ago because “after I retired from the working world, I was looking for something worthwhile to fi ll some of my time and since I was a “boatie”, CWB fi lled the bill quite nicely! I stay because of the great people (and the cool environment.)”

Th e ‘something’ that Paula has fi lled her time with includes an enormous range of projects at CWB including maintaining our

website, sewing sail covers, auction leadership, business plan work, and impeccably covering the front desk for a regular shift each week.

Nominations for Paula included phrases like:

“… continues to amaze me with her list of skills and contributions…”

“she’s reliable, warm, sharp, humble, mo-tivated and resourceful…”

“She’s amazing…what would we do with-out her?...if there is any good argument in favor of human cloning, it is Paula.”

CWB also has far more than one star in its sky, and we are blessed with people like those named below who are so generous with their waking hours and keep the boats work-ing, get folks out on the water, and keep the CWB beacon shining for the present, and lit for the future.

1000 – 2000 Hours in 2004Vern Velez • Sarah Howell

• Scott Rohrer

500 – 1000 Hours in 2004Paul Marlow • Steve Cochran

Dave Erskine • David Kennedy

300 – 500 Hours in 2004Martin Feldman • Alex Bennett

Steve Pepple • Jeff Scott • Jim Feltrup

200 – 300 Hours in 2004Paula Weir • Laurie Leak

Suzy Brunzell • Daniel Firor • John Vargo • Bob Hayward • John Dean

100 – 200 Hours in 2004Bob Forman • Catherine Hall

Dan Padgett • Tina Renteria Tish Korbly • Max Denise

Steve Kinnaman • John McCartney Trip Zabriskie • Brandt Faatz Dave Kremers • Lori O’Tool

Rich Sheets • David Griso • Bryan Rust Adam Dunn

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Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival 2005With The Antique and Classic Runabout Society

Save the Dates: July 2, 3, 4

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