HOWB 118 – Highlights of 2013 and Plans for the BEST YEAR EVER in 2014 - 01.02.14

Thanks to your support and the support of hundreds of other wooden boat lovers, HOWB has completed its second full year with flying colors. This Episode is dedicated to looking at the Great Happenings of 2013 a my Plans for 2014!

Highlights of 2013

I attended 5 Boat Festivals- Olympia, Port Townsend, Seattle, Bainbridge Island, Lake Chelan

Started phone interviews: Doug Hylan (087), Pat Lown (094) , Iain Oughtred (116, 117)

Started Interview the Expert Series

6 Const Methods, Epoxy, Glued Plywood Lapstrake

Finished building my 12ʹ canoe Chelan

Built and sold Foresail 1 (SCAMP)

Bought a partially assembled SCAMP to build in 2014

Taught classes at Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival and later at Northwest Maritime Center. HOWB has over 500 newsletter subscribers now.

Met more folks at WoodenBoat in Brooklin, ME

2 Extra Special interviews – Roy Jackson (072) 33 years building 43’ schooner; Henry LePage (100) 8 year old built Poor Boy Skiff

Had an article published about HOWB in Swedish Boating Magazine Båtnytt.

Met and connected with a ton of new people – very rewarding.

Thanks for being a part of the HOWB journey in 2013. I hope it has been as rewarding for you as it has been for me.