Experience the Craft
Following is a list of the boat builders, exhibitors and other crafts people who will be demonstrating their skills at the festival. Many of these individuals (designated with *) also lead CWB maritime skills workshops throughout the year.
The list will be updated as we add more. If you have a boat or skill to share, please complete and submit our application form or contact Lauren Kuehne at (206) 382-2628.
| Aeneas Originals - Plans for cedar-strip recreational shells and hollow shaft oars. Instructions manuals for above, without patterns ("for those who like my ideas, but don't want hoof-knives"). Boats are designed and built in the Northwest (Montana) and made mostly from NW wood (Western Red Cedar). |
| Dennis Armstrong* - Owner of the Knotted Line. Manufacturer of rope fenders and other things made of rope. A member of the Knot Tyers Guild. |
| Art on Sails - Promotional booth for one-of-a-kind inlaid light air sails. I will also be doing sail assessment demonstrations for the festival & promoting future workshops for sail repair - some sections at CWB, some at Northwest Sails loft at NWSWB campus in Port Hadlock. |
| BBHWRB - Geary 18 #1099. Built in 1959 by Ken McKee on Duwamish Waterway. Sails are by Felix Moitoret. The decks are 1/4" Phillipine Mahogany and sides are 5/8 single piece red cedar, full length (20'). The bottom is 4' planked cedar fore and aft, 3/4 ply in center. Single owner. Race record: Leschi & Laurelhurst. 1972 World's held at Sand Point. |
| Geoff Braden and Seattle Central Community College - Geoff is a graduate of Seattle Central's boatbuilding program (1970 - 1974) and has worked as a boatbuilder, shipwright and caulker since 1973. |
| Capt. Roy Chapman - President of the International Guild of Knot Tyers, Pacific Americas Branch and knotting enthusiast. |
| Discovery Modelers Education Center - Ships models of every kind, size and vintage will be on display, plus a kids' play area. |
| Firefly-18 and Jolly Rocker - Firefly - 18: Sliding seat wherry owner built in 1990. Refinished in 2005. Plans available through Wooden Boat magazine. Jolly Rocker: child's rocking boat. Designed by Warren Jordan of Jordan Wooden Boats, South Beach, OR. Owner built in 2005. |
| Corey Freedman* - One of the foremost proponents of traditional native skin boat construction. He has overseen the building of more than 800 boats. |
| Eric Harmon* - Eric builds and repairs wood canoes and boats. He has paddled canoes and kayaks extensively throughout the NW. He'll be demonstrating wood/canvas canoe building and restoration. |
| Eric Hvalsoe* - will be giving planking demonstrations. |
| Sam Johnson* - Sam has taught casting courses for the National Maritime Museum in San Francisco, Wooden boat School, and Rivers West Small Craft. He'll be demonstrating sand molding and bronze casting. |
| Rich Kolin* - Northwest boatbuilder with 35 years of experience. Author of Building Heidi and Building Catherine. Rich will be demonstrating nameboard carving. |
| Native Brightworks - Marine brightwork services |
| Lindsay Philpott - Licensed Captain, 2nd Mate on brig Pilgrim and author of Knots: A Complete Guide. |
| Redfish Kayak & Canoe Company - Boat plans, boat kits and hats! |
| Brad Rice - The Boatwright. Brad started building wooden boats as a teenager in Alaska. He has specialized in traditional and modern wooden construction since 1986. He'll be demonstrating lofting techniques. |
| Bud Ricketts - specializes in traditional rigging and knotwork. |
| Allen Rosenberg - Custom wooden oars. Display of several oars and boathooks, possibly some work in progress. Will take orders. |
| Seattle Outboard Association - Five 10' to 13' outboard racing hydroplanes and runabouts. The boats are made of spruce and mahogany plywood and vary in length. They range in speed from 45 mph to over 100 mph. Without motors the boats weigh between 100 and 180 lbs. |
| Swanney - This hand-made wooden boat started out as a pile of splintery old boards, unplaned 2x8's. It's built in a traditional way, largely with hand tools; hammer, saw and plane. Its inspiration came from the Wooden Boat Festivals of years past. |
| Bud Tretter - Restorer of the P-520 Air Force crash rescue boat. Bud was a skipper of these vessels during WWII. |
| White Salmon Boat Works - Kenosha (canoe), Shell Star (sea kayak), and the Columbia Star (sea kayak). |
| Williwaw - The S.F. Pelican was designed by a San Francisco Bay tugboat captain, William Short. Fred and Don Smith, two brothers living on Samish Island, WA, saw the boat in Rudder Magazine and built their first one in 1962; they've completed over 800 since. Western Washington has the largest, most active fleet in the world; the local club races twice a month in winter and cruises/camps all summer. The Pelican is a small, affordable, dry and safe Northwest boat. |
