HOWB 061 – Interview Part 2 of 2: John Lockwood, Self Confessed “Wilderness Freak”, Wooden Boat Guru, Founder Pygmy Boats.
Summary: PODCAST SHOW NOTES Today’s podcast is Part 2 of my interview with John Lockwood, founder and owner of Pygmy Boats in Port Townsend, WA. If you haven't listened to Part 1 of the interview, I recommend you start there first by clicking on HookedOnWoodenBoats.com/060. In Part 2 of the interview, John talks about how he excelled as a computer programmer for 12 years (although it drove him crazy to be indoors all that time), and programmed the first commercially available Plate Expansion Software for "developable surfaces". He also got the bug big-time to blend his passions and skills together to start a business where he was in control. The result was the 1986 birth of Pygmy Kayaks (now Pygmy Boats) - a stitch and glue boat kit business in Port Townsend. Pygmy Boats offers a large selection of kayaks kits to choose from in addition to a canoe and WineGlass Wherry kit. To listen to Part 2 of the interview, click on green player button above. Here's some pics to enjoy (click to enlarge): Thanks John for taking time for the interview. Your story is fascinating! Best to you and your Boat Business! HOWB Produces First Video Interview I have produced the first ever HOWB video interview. The interview is with Lloyd Shugart of Seattle, WA and he owns and is restoring a Ed Monk Sr. designed bridgedeck beauty. Check out the video here: HookedOnWoodenBoats.com/Video1 Welcome to our new HOWB eNewsletter Subscribers: Jonathan, Tony, Jonathan, Peter, Jonathan T., Mike, Dan, Randy, Bjorn! Welcome aboard the good ship HOWB! WANT TO HELP? PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK! I want to build a community of people from all over the world who want to connect, learn, share stories and photos, and have fun with wooden boats. I would REALLY appreciate you sending me wooden boats pics, stories, or projects you are working on. You can also write comments on this blog, email me at Dan@Hookedonwoodenboats.com, or call my feedback hotline at 424 261-2360. Click HERE to subscribe to my email news list for the latest and greatest fun stuff and click on one of the buttons below to subscribe to my show. Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan "over and out"! Subscribe to the Hooked On Wooden Boats Podcast here:
