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These are various photos that I shot while driving around Port Townsend. The city has incredible seaside views and many beautiful homes and buildings. |
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This was the view from my hotel. |
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| Landfall Restaurant in Port Townsend. They advertise having the world's greatest fish taco. They may be right. It was world class. |
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But, I came to see boats. There was no shortage of wooden boats to be found. Between Point Hudson and the Port of Port Townsend, eye candy was everywhere. |
 A view of Point Hudson Harbor |
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Neil Young's 101' Topsail schooner W.N. Ragland (built in Denmark, 1913, and named after Young's grandfather)
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68' staysail schooner Martha (built in 1907 in San Francisco)
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 85' topsail schooner Adventuress (1913), undergoing replanking. |
I've finally found a boat lift large enough to lift my boat. |
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I was fortunate enough to receive a tour of Sam Devlin's boat shop in Olympia. They were building the hull of a 45' Sockeye Trawler when I visited. You can't really appreciate the size of this boat unless you see it in person. Thanks for John Wentz and Joel Mill for the tour. |
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The Godzilli Tug |
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Sam Devlin wrote the book (literally) on stitch and glue construction. I used his book and methods when building my Two Paw 8 nesting pram in 2005. |
 Another layer of meranti plywood being laminated in place. |
Rolling out epoxy. |
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This view gives you an idea of the size of this boat. |
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Port Townsend is full of marine businesses. Most of these cater to the wooden boat and fishing industries. |
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Paul Stohlman, of Point Hudson Boat Shop, took time to give me a tour of his boat shop. |
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 A birdsmouth spar about to go into a jig. |
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Pete and Cathy Langley gave me a nice tour of Port
Townsend Foundry. If you're a bronze junkie like me, this place is
dangerous.
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Sand molds are made in this part of the shop. |
 Molded forms waiting for some molten bronze. |
 The furnace and tools. |
 Bronze ingots and cooling pieces. |
 Some oar locks--just out of their molds |
 After some polishing. |
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Like marine lumberyards?
Edensaw Marine Woods is your kind of place. I could have browsed
here for hours. As with the foundry, this place could be dangerous
to your credit card.
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A must stop, if you're in the area, is the Center for
Wooden Boats in Seattle. They have a floating display, lots of
events and classes, and a nice reading room. Be sure to drop off a
donation for this excellent organization.
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 I was told to visit Dunato's if ever in Seattle. Boy was that great advice. If you like rummaging through recycled boat parts, you'll like this place. They have a little of everything. |
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 Another great Seattle destination is Hardwicks' hardware store. This is an old fashioned hardware store that seems stuck in time. They have anything that you might ever want. And more. |
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