Hooked On Wooden Boats Podcast | Celebrating the Art, Craft, History & Tradition of Wooden Vessels Worldwide

Today’s podcast episode is an interview with Buzz Scott, President and Founder of the Oceanswide.org research organization in Newcastle, Maine. Buzz’s maritime adventures began as a young fisherman growing up on Matinicus Island, Maine. His love for the ocean grew greater with time and his parents provided him with his first boat at the age […]

Today’s podcast episode is an interview with Terry Learned of Learned’s Boat Shop in Pacific City, Oregon. Terry grew up on the Oregon coast fishing and building boats with his grandfather and father. The Learned’s Boat Shop was officially launched in 1975 and has been building (mostly) 22′ surf launched, plywood dories (designed by Terry’s father) […]

Today’s podcast episode is an interview with Tom Jackson, senior editor of WoodenBoat Magazine in Brooklin, Maine. Tom built his first boat at the age of 10 while living in the mountains of British Columbia, and his interests then and since have included woodworking, boatbuilding, maritime history, nautical archaeology, sailing, and rowing. He worked as […]

Today’s podcast episode is an interview with small boat builder, adventurer, and author Tom Pamperin. Tom is originally from Wisconsin and currently on assignment teaching English in Kuwait City, Kuwait. Tom built his current boat – Jagular – a few years back and has experienced a series of adventures (or “(mis)adventures” as Tom calls them) […]

Today’s interview is with Chartered Engineer Russ Bulley of Northhampton, England. Russ contacted me by email to tell the restoration story of his 35′ LOA, 1954 double ended wooden sloop (convertible to cutter rig) Garnet. She was restored over a 3 year period ending in 2011. My email response to Russ went something like this: […]

Today’s interview is with Sam Johnson, Executive Director of the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, OR. Sam grew up on a ranch in California messing about on ponds, streams and creeks with his own raft and other small makeshift boats. In the summer his family would vacation at Capitola, CA by Soquel Creek where […]

Today’s interview is with Dennis Armstrong of The Knotted Line in Redmond, WA.  I met with Dennis at his home and got a tour of his shop/garage which is chock full of materials and products he has made over the years. How did he get started in the knot business? While visiting the east coast […]

Today’s interview is with Eric Hvalsoe of Hvalsoe Boats in Shoreline, WA. Eric grew up in a boating family, and has been involved with small wooden craft design and construction, marine carpentry and fine woodworking since 1981. Hvalsoe was trained as a professional boatwright at the Bates College in Tacoma, WA. He has been designing, […]

Today’s interview is with Gayle Brantuk , proprietor of Glen-L Marine in Bellflower, CA.  Gayle is the daughter of Glen L. Witt who started the business in 1953.  At the age of 95, Glen still visits the office to see how the company and employees are faring. During the interview, Gayle tells the fascinating story […]

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 and my Plans for 2014! Highlights of 2013 I attended 5 Boat Festivals- Olympia, Port Townsend, Seattle, Bainbridge Island, […]

This episode is an interview with renowned small boat designer Iain Oughtred of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.  To listen to a previous interview with Iain about his life journey to designing and building small wooden boats, listen to HOWB116. Iain has over 100 boat designs to his credit, most of which you can […]

This episode is an interview with renowned small boat designer Iain Oughtred of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Iain grew up in Australia and discovered sailing in his teens.  He began sailing on a wooden Vee Jay sailing dinghy, next he was onto an Australian Scow Moth, and then to a  Gwen 12 sloop. […]

This episode is an interview with myself on building the SCAMP micro-cruising sailboat.  I started the boat in June 2013 and completed the assembly of the kit in October 2013.  Go to Launch to see a video of launch day

This episode is an interview with Russell Brown on the ins and outs of marine epoxy – which most boat builders will use at some point in time. I drilled Russell with a plethora of questions that have come to my mind since I began using marine epoxy in the early 1990s. Russell and I […]

This episode is an interview with myself on building the 12′ Sassafras Canoe.  I started the canoe in January 2012 and completed it in May 2013.  Go to Launch to see a video of launch day