Hooked On Wooden Boats Podcast | Celebrating the Art, Craft, History & Tradition of Wooden Vessels Worldwide
Summary: GET IN THE WOODEN BOAT GAME with Dan Mattson on his weekly podcast exploring the world of wooden boats, wooden boat builders, instructors, enthusiasts, hobbyists, classic boats, tall ships, sail trainers, wooden boat festivals, maritime history, viking ships, and other fun stuff.
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Podcasts:
Today’s podcast is a Race to Alaska (R2AK) interview with Jake Beattie (Race Brainchild) of the NWMC in Port Towsend, WA. HOWB 141 is the first interview with Jake about the R2AK’s inaugural event scheduled for June 4, 2015. In today’s episode we get an update on the amazing boats and people that have officially entered […]
Today’s podcast is very special. I sat down and did a recording with my mother – Mary Mattson – of Kirkland, WA Mom grew up in Indiana, met my dad in Missouri and moved to Washington state in the 1950’s. During the recording, we talk about family, faith and boats (you see, my dad was kind […]
Today’s podcast is with Mark Reuten of Nomad Boat Building in Victoria, BC, Canada. Mark grew up in Toronto, studied at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, was a shipwright on the Pacific Grace SALTS project, and now has his own boat shop in Victoria. Reuten builds and repairs all types of wooden vessels, and specializes in canvas wood canoes […]
Today’s podcast is with Ed Sturgeon of Surrey, BC. The son of a carpenter, Ed took to boatbuilding after one year of college in Nova Scotia. Sturgeon worked in several boat yards and built homes (including wood framed homes constructed on the beach in Ireland) , before starting his own boat building and restoration business – EdSturgeon.ca. […]
Today’s podcast is with Dennis Davidson of Northwest Canoe (NWC) in St Paul, MN. NWC began building strip planked canoes in 1999 and has a large community of builders, followers, enthusiasts, and boat lovers. Since he youth Dennis has been involved with canoes – paddling them, admiring them, and working for companies building them. When his friend […]
Today’s podcast is with Lou Hoang of Bellevue, WA. Lou wanted a functional and seaworthy skiff that he could use for crabbing and fishing in northwest waters. Enter the Candlefish 16′ by Devlin Boats. Lou purchased the kit in 2014 and after an estimated 500-600 hours finished her up early this year. Lou has had her out a […]
Today’s podcast is with John Carinha of Burnaby, BC, Canada. John grew up boating at Point Roberts as a youth on his family’s 12″ aluminum Sears rowboat – this was his “yacht” at the time and he grew to love the water. John is also an adventurer (including mountain climber). Three years ago he was at […]
Today’s podcast is with Craig Barsky of Vancouver, BC, Canada. Craig is the founder and owner of Barsky Boards. Craig designs, builds and sells Stand Up Paddle boards (SUP’s) and surf boards. His boards are works of art and constructed using the strip built method. Click on the green player button below to listen to the […]
Today’s podcast is with Brian Chandler of Vancouver, BC. Brian is the founder and owner of Dreamcatcher Boats (listen to the podcast to find out more about this catchy name) and is dedicated to developing methods to build simple and highly functional small boats. Chandler’s three main designs are: 1.) 14 1/2′ Rushton rowboat; 2.) Big Lassie 2 […]
Today’s podcast is with Mike Bretner of Vancouver, BC. Mike is a self confessed wooden boat addict and also the communications director for the Vancouver BC Wooden Boat Society. Bretner owns and uses several really cool boats: 1.) A 1952 Turner lifeboat with the original 1 cylinder gas engine; 2.) a 1967 Mirror Dinghy he has owned since […]
Today’s podcast is with Dave Sharp of Sharp Marine Restoration & Joinery in Vancouver, BC. Dave grew up in Ontario and began to pursue an education in mechanical engineering. He soon realized it was not his cup of tea and traveled to England to attend IBTC (The International Boatbuilding & Training College) to learn traditional boatbuilding. […]
Today’s podcast is with Captain Dave Clark of Bremerton, WA. Clark traded a piece of property for the 117′ historic 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 boating […]
Today’s podcast is with Michael Durland, proprietor of Deer Harbor Boatworks and long time resident of Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of WA state. If you’ve never been to the San Juans, it’s high time you visit – this is one incredible place! Michael moved to the Island in the 70’s to work […]
Today’s podcast is an interview with Rob O’Dea, president of the Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club of Vancouver, BC. In the clubs own words: “The Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club is a club for people who enjoy building, repairing, sailing, talking about, thinking about, and simply messing about in small wooden boats. The […]
Today’s podcast is an interview with Rod Tait of Orca Canoes and Kayaks in Coquitlam, BC. Rod builds small strip 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 small fishing […]
