On the Hard: Sea Lass
Requiem for a Brown Owl
By Joel Rogers and Peter Bruckner
Sea Lass - what a wonderful name for a boat. It combines the classic ship's...
Diana Talley: Shavings in my Brassiere #3
We bring you another week of stories from Port Townsend's shipwright Diana Talley.
The Leak
“If you can keep a boat afloat for 24 hours, you...
WA360: The Race to Alaska Comes Home
By Ross Anderson
Try this for a business plan: Invite people to pay $550 each to enter a race that requires them to row, paddle...
Kelley Watson’s PT Crew Is Outward Bound
Like countless graduates everywhere, Port Townsend’s commencement this week is liable to be laced with maritime clichés. They will be setting sail, charting a...
Boys – and Girls – In the Boat
Port Townsend’s Legacy of Wooden Rowing Shells
In 1998 the phone rang at the Cupola House, then home of the Wooden Boat Foundation, and was...
Brion Toss: Once in Ten Thousand Years
It started late last week when my husband and I saw the news about a young graduate student who had solved a decades-old mathematical...
On the hard: Chichagof
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
The Power Scow Chichagof.
Chichagof is a power scow, a salmon scow, a fish tender. The U.S....
On the Hard: Catalyst
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
Catalyst and the Beautiful Wild Country
Catalyst departed Port Townsend on May 5th to begin her mid-May...
On the Hard: Pelican
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
Pelican: In the World of Wooden Boats
The one-time research vessel Pelican was hauled out at Port Townsend's...
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The lost commencement address by Tom Robbins
Photo of Tom Robbins by Dan Wallen. Used with permission of University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections MPH1272
When I was the editor of the...
On the Hard: Catalyst
From Classic Yachts to Fish Packers: Their Stories
Catalyst and the Beautiful Wild Country
Catalyst departed Port Townsend on May 5th to begin her mid-May...
River Otters
Was that a sea otter or a river otter you just saw swimming offshore? People often think they see sea otters foraging on our...
So Long, Pygmy Kayaks
More than three decades ago, when guys like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were building technology companies that would change the world, another Ivy...
Diana Talley – Shavings in my brassiere
I met the unsinkable Diana Talley many years ago. It was at a party of wooden boat people. Diana has been a foundational person...
