Vol. 28, No. 1 - Traditional Small Craft Association

The 

Ash Breeze 

Journal of the Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc. 

Vol. 28 No. 1 

Spring 2007 – $4.00 

In This Issue: 

One-Hand Reef Points • California Boater Alert! 

Museum Small Craft Association Conference 

CABBS a New TSCA Chapter • Jackstaff 

Apprentices Report Fall 2006 Building Season 

Whitehall Rowing Introduces New Model 

Kayakers Saved in Upstate NY • News from About the Country 

Beautiful Boats in Florida • Electric Boat Chelsea

The Ash Breeze 

The Ash Breeze (ISSN 1554-5016) is the 

quarterly journal of the Traditional Small 

Craft Association, Inc. It is published at 

1557 Cattle Point Road, Friday Harbor, 

WA 98250. 

Communications concerning membership 

or mailings should be addressed to: 

P.O. Box 350, Mystic, CT 06355. 

www.tsca.net 

Volume 28 Number 1 

Editor 

Dan Drath 

drathmarine@rockisland.com 

Contributing Editor 

John Stratton 

Copy Editors 

Hobey DeStaebler 

Charles Judson 

Jim Lawson 

Editors Emeriti 

Richard S. Kolin 

Sam & Marty King 

David & Katherine Cockey 

Ralph Notaristefano 

Ken Steinmetz 

John Stratton 

Layout with the assistance of 

The Messing About Foundation 

The Traditional Small Craft Association, 

Inc. is a nonprofit, tax-exempt educational 

organization which works to preserve and 

continue the living traditions, skills, lore, 

and legends surrounding working and 

pleasure watercraft whose origins predate 

the marine gasoline engine. It encourages 

the design, construction, and use of these 

boats, and it embraces contemporary variants 

and adaptations of traditional designs. 

TSCA is an enjoyable yet practical link 

among users, designers, builders, restorers, 

historians, government, and maritime 

institutions. 

Copyright 2007 by The Traditional Small 

Craft Association, Inc. 

Editor’s Column 

I will squeeze in a few words of support 

for the four summer festivals/workshops 

that are mentioned in this issue. 

There are opportunities up and down the 

East Coast and West to California. 

It is time to mess about. 

My best to you all, Dan Drath 

38th Annual John Gardner 

SmallCraft 

Workshop 

It’s about sharing the boats. 

June 2-3, 2007 

For more information: 

860.572.0711 x 5210 

jgscw@mysticseaport.org 

www.mysticseaport.org 

MYSTIC SEAPORT 

THE MUSEUM OF AMERICA 

AND THE SEA 

Front Cover 

Lost Slough Row 2006, Photo and caption by Jim Lawson 

Three great things this row. Of course, the best part for Sunny and me was that we 

didn’t get lost this year—there’s no irony in the name “Lost Slough” for us—one year 

we rowed for six hours, and finally found our group as they were returning home. We 

just joined in (Remember Rosie Ruiz at the Boston Marathon? Like that.) But that’s not 

one of the great things—the first thing that I will recall is that the weather reminds us 

what we miss out on in the rushed life most of us lead—the soft breezes, the smells of 

the riverbank, the birds calling. And this year, the tide was with us both ways. 

But what will stay with me for a long time is drifting past Don Bybee playing beautiful 

melodies on his concertina, if that’s what that little accordion thing is. The notes went 

out into the silence, and faint echoes came back. Memories like this can go a long way 

when bad times come along. 

Once I went with Cricket Evans on Grunwald, to set some buoys or something for one 

of Pete and Cricket’s complicated events. While we were hanging out, waiting for 

whatever confusing but urgent business was going to take place, Cricket practiced her 

singing. Those pure, clear tones went out over the estuary, and it seemed into perfect 

silence. Even the moronic sea lions seemed to stop their braying for a time. 

These things don’t happen every time, of course, but something always does that 

makes me glad I didn’t stay home. After all, some football player is going to get his leg 

broken, suffer a concussion, or have his gizzard exploded on national TV all the time, 

but you have to actually be on the scene in order to be in a moment of grace, and there 

is no instant replay. • 

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Gardner Grants 

“To preserve, continue, and expand the achievements, vision and goals of John Gardner by enriching and disseminating 

our traditional small craft heritage.” In 1999, TSCA created the John Gardner Grant program to support projects for which 

sufficient funding would otherwise be unavailable. Eligible projects are those which research, document, preserve, and 

replicate traditional small craft, associated skills, and those who built and used them. Youth involvement is encouraged. 

Proposals for projects ranging from $200 to $2000 are invited for consideration. Grants are awarded competitively and 

reviewed semiannually by the John Gardner Memorial Fund Committee of TSCA, typically in May and October. The source 

of funding is the John Gardner Memorial Endowment Fund. Funding available for projects is determined annually. 

Eligible applicants include anyone who can demonstrate serious interest in, and knowledge of, traditional small craft. 

Affiliation with a museum or academic organization is not required. Projects must have tangible, enduring results which are 

published, exhibited, or otherwise made available to the interested public. Projects must be reported in the Ash Breeze. 

For program details, applications and additional information visit TSCA on the web at www.tsca.net 

Benefactors 

Life Members 

Samuel E. Johnson Sidney S. Whelan, Jr. Jean Gardner Bob Hicks Paul Reagan 

Generous Patrons 

Howard Benedict Willard A. Bradley Lee Caldwell Richard S. Kolin 

Michael S. Olson Gregg Shadduck Zach Stewart Richard B. Weir Capt C. S. Wetherell Joel Zackin 

...and Individual Sponsor Members 

Rodney & Julie Agar 

Doug Aikins 

Roger Allen 

Rob Barker 

C. Joseph Barnette 

Ellen & Gary Barrett 

Bruce Beglin 

Charles Benedict 

Gary Blackman 

Robert C. Briscoe 

John Burgess 

Richard A. Butz 

Charles Canniff 

Dick & Jean Anne Christie 

David Cockey 

James & Lloyd Crocket 

Thad Danielson 

Stanley R. Dickstein 

Dusty & Linda Dillion 

Terry & Erika Downes 

Dan & Eileen Drath 

Frank C. Durham 

Albert Eatock 

Michael Ellis 

John D. England 

David Epner 

Tom Etherington 

Friends of the NC Maritime Museum 

Ben Fuller 

Richard & Susan Geiger 

John M. Gerty 

Gerald W. Gibbs 

Jordan E. Gillman 

Les Gunther 

Mr. & Mrs. R. Bruce Hammatt, Jr. 

John A. Hawkinson 

Peter Healey 

Colin O. Hermans 

Steve Hirsch 

Stuart K. Hopkins 

K. E. Jones 

John M. Karbott 

Carl B. & Ruth W. Kaufmann 

Stephen Kessler 

Thomas E. King 

Arthur B. Lawrence, III 

Chelcie Liu 

Jon Lovell 

Pete & Susan Mathews 

The Mariners Museum, 

Newport News, VA 

Charles H. Meyer, Jr. 

Alfred P. Minnervini 

Howard Mittleman 

John S. Montague 

King Mud & Queen Tule 

Mason C. Myers 

Charles D. Nord 

David J. Pape 

W. Lee & Sibyl A. Pellum 

Stephan Perloff 

Ronald Pilling 

Robert Pitt 

Michael Porter 

Ron Render 

Don Rich 

Richard Schubert 

Paul A. Schwartz 

Karen Seo 

Michael O. Severance 

Gary & Diane Shirley 

Charles D. Siferd 

Walter J. Simmons 

Leslie Smith 

F. Russell Smith, II 

Stephen Smith 

John P. Stratton, III 

Robert E. (Bub) Sullivan 

Jackson P. Sumner 

George Surgent 

Benjamin B. Swan 

John E. Symons 

James Thorington 

Joel Tobias 

Ray E. Tucker 

Peter T. Vermilya 

John & Ellen Weiss 

Stephen M. Weld 

Michael D. Wick 

Chip Wilson 

Robert & Judith Yorke 

J. Myron Young 

The Ash Breeze – Spring 2007_________________________________________________________ 3

“Only if our children are introduced to boats at an early age and grow 

up using them on the water will what we are doing today have any 

relevance for the future.” 

– John Gardner (former counselor, Pine Island Camp) 

Founded in 1902, Pine Island remains true to the simple, island life-style established by 

the current director’s grandfather and committed to providing an adventurous, safe summer. 

No electricity, an absence of competitive sports and the island setting make Pine 

Island unique. Ten in-camp activities offered daily, include rowing, canoeing, sailing, 

kayaking, swimming, workshop, archery, riflery, and tennis. Over thirty camping trips 

each summer, include backpacking, canoeing, kayaking and trips to the camp’s 90-acre 

salt water island. Campfire every night. Write or call the director for more information. 

Ben Swan, P.O. Box 242, Brunswick, Maine 04011 

TSCA Chapters 

Join or start a chapter to enjoy the fellowship and skills which can be gained around traditional small craft 

Adirondack Chapter TSCA 

Mary Brown, 18 Hemlock Lane, Saranac 

Lake, New York 12983, 518 891-2709, 

mabrown214@hotmail.com 

Annapolis Chapter TSCA 

Sigrid Trumpy, P.O. Box 2054, Annapolis, 

MD 21404, hollace@crosslink.net 

Barnegat Bay TSCA 

Patricia H. Burke, Director, Toms River 

Seaport Society, PO Box 1111, Toms River, 

NJ 08754, 732-349-9209, 

www.tomsriverseaport.com 

Cleveland Amateur 

Boatbuilding and Boating 

Society (CABBS) 

Hank Vincenti, 7562 Brinmore Rd, 

Sagamore Hills, OH 44067, 330-467-6601, 

quest85@windstream.net 

Connecticut River 

Oar and Paddle Club 

Jon Persson, 17 Industrial Park Road Suite 

5, Centerbrook, CT 06409, 860-767-3303, 

jon.persson@snet.net 

Delaware River TSCA 

Tom Shephard, 482 Almond Rd, Pittsgrove, 

NJ 08318, tsshep41556@aol.com 

Down East Chapter 

John Silverio, 105 Proctor Rd, Lincolnville, 

ME 04849, work 207-763-3885, home 207- 

763-4652, camp: 207-763-4671, 

jsarch@midcoast.com 

Floating the Apple 

Mike Davis, 400 West 43rd St., 32R, New 

York, NY 10036, 212-564-5412, 

floapple@aol.com 

Florida Gulf Coast TSCA 

Roger B. Allen, Florida Maritime Museum, 

PO Box 100, 4415 119th St W, Cortez, FL 

34215, 

941-708-4935 or Cell 941-704-8598, 

Roger.Allen@ManateeClerk.com 

Friends of the North Carolina 

Maritime Museum TSCA 

Brent Creelman, 315 Front Street, Beaufort, 

NC 28516, 252-728-7317, 

maritime@ncmail.com 

John Gardner Chapter 

Russ Smith, Univ of Connecticut, Avery 

Point Campus, 1084 Shennecossett Road, 

Groton, CT 06340, 860-536-1113, 

fruzzy@hotmail.com 

Lone Star Chapter 

Howard Gmelch, The Scow Schooner 

Project, POBox 1509, Anahuac, TX 77514, 

409-267-4402, scowschooner@earthlink.net 

Long Island TSCA 

Myron Young, PO Box 635, Laurel, NY 

11948, 631-298-4512 

Lost Coast Chapter - Mendocino 

Stan Halvorsen, 31051 Gibney Lane, Fort 

Bragg, CA 95437, 707-964-8342, 

Krish@mcn.org 

North Shore TSCA 

Dave Morrow, 63 Lynnfield Str, Lynn, MA 

01904, 781-598-6163 

Patuxent Small Craft Guild 

William Lake, 11740 Asbury Circle, Apt 

1301, Solomons, MD 20688, 410-394-3382, 

wlake@comcast.net 

Pine Lake Small Craft Assoc. 

Sandy Bryson, Sec., 333 Whitehills Dr, East 

Lansing, MI 48823, 517-351-5976, 

sbryson@msu.edu 

Puget Sound TSCA 

Al Gunther, President, 34718 Pilot Point 

Road NE, Kingston, WA 98346, 

360-638-1088, a_gunther@mac.com 

Sacramento TSCA 

Todd Bloch, 122 Bemis Street 

San Francisco, CA 94131, 415-971-2844, 

todd.sb@comast.net 

Scajaquada TSCA 

Charles H. Meyer, 5405 East River, Grand 

Island, NY 14072, 716-773-2515, 

chmsails@aol.com 

SE Michigan 

John Van Slembrouck, Stoney Creek 

Wooden Boat Shop, 1058 East Tienken 

Road, Rochester Hills, MI 48306, 

stoneycreek@stoneycreekboatshop.com 

South Jersey TSCA 

George Loos, 53 Beaver Dam Rd, Cape 

May Courthouse, NJ 08210, 

609-861-0018, georgeloos@hotmail.com 

South Street Seaport Museum 

John B. Putnam, 207 Front Street, New 

York, NY 10038, 212-748-8600, Ext. 663 

days, www.southstseaport.org 

TSCA of Wisconsin 

James R. Kowall, c/o Door County 

Maritime Museum, 120 N Madison Ave, 

Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235, 920-743-4631 

Organizing 

Eastern Shore Chapter 

Mike Moore,5220 Wilson Road, Cambridge, 

MD 21613, estsca@mail.com 

Michigan Maritime 

Museum Chapter 

Pete Mathews, Secretary, PO Box 100, 

Gobles, MI 49055, 269-628-4396, 

cpcanoenut@cs.com 

ReOrganizing 

Oregon TSCA 


Sacramento 

Chapter to Host 

National Annual 

Meeting 

June 8–10, and 

Sacramento River 

Delta Gunkhole 

June 11–15, San Francisco 

The 2007 annual TSCA meeting will 

take place in San Francisco, the second 

weekend in June. No registration needed. 

Activities hosted by the Sacramento Chapter 

of TSCA and the San Francisco Maritime 

National Historic Park (SFMNHP) 

include: 

Friday, June 8 

• 1700 – Tour of the Alameda Warehouse 

– The SFMNHP’s storage facility on the 

island of Alameda on the East Bay. 

• 1800 – Cocktails and dinner at the 

Aeolian Yacht Club in Alameda. 

• An after dinner row. 

Saturday, June 9 

• 0900 – Morning row from Ballena Bay, 

Alameda, across the bay to the SFMNHP 

at Aquatic Park (9 miles). ETA Aquatic 

Park: 1200. 

• 1300 – Afternoon sail on the Museum’s 

historic schooner, the Alma. 

• 1800 – Reception and dinner in San 

Francisco at an historic site. 

Sunday, June 10 

• 1000–1200 – TSCA National Annual 

Meeting at the Maritime Education Center 

(The old Sea Scout Base) at Aquatic 

Park in San Francisco. 

• Council Meeting immediately following 

Annual Meeting. 

For further information contact Cricket 

Evans at emevans@calmail.berkeley.edu 

or 510-652-2034. 

The San Francisco Maritime National 

Historic Park’s annual gunkholing trip, 

will start immediately following the weekend. 

The trip includes five days of meals, 

unique water, good people, chances to try 

other people’s boats. 

This trip is a trip for small craft, accompanied 

by the scow schooner Alma. 

You camp on your own boat or on the deck 

of the Alma, or sometimes on the shore. 

Breakfast and dinner are on the Alma. 

Bill Doll is the Curator of the Small Boat 

Shop, and runs the trip. Email him right 

away if you are interested in more information: 

bill_doll@nps.gov, or call him at 

415-561-7120. 

Go to the NPS web site at www.nps.gov/ 

safr/local/alma.html to see more about the 

Alma. • 

From the President 

Cricket Evans 

We have a good slate of candidates for 

the June Council elections. The ballots and 

biographies appear in this issue. Please 

vote early. Be sure to mail your ballot by 

June first to allow time for it to get from 

Mystic to San Francisco. 

David Cockey modified the Gardner 

Grants application and approval process 

last year to match the receipt of grant 

money with the summer working season. 

Approved by the Council. 

The Bylaws amendment of last June 

(Article X) now protects the income from 

the TSCA John Gardner Fund from diversion 

from its intended 

use. 

Our national membership 

meeting will be 

in San Francisco this 

year, the second weekend 

in June. Look for 

Richard Geiger's calendar, 

with detailed information 

in this Ash 

Breeze. 

The location of the 

2008 general meeting 

needs to be decided by 

this June. Please bring 

or send ideas on where 

we should meet in June 

2008. Proximity to 

public transportation 

would be appreciated 

by anyone coming 

from a distance without 

a car. Good water 

would be nice. There’s 

lots of that. A sponsoring 

chapter would help. 

Looking ahead, we 

need legislative oversight. If there is 

something happening in your area that is 

of concern to us all, pass the word. 

May the wind be at your back, except 

when rowing! • 

National Council Members 

2004-2007 

Roger Allen, Florida, 

Gulf Coast Chapter 

Cricket Evans, 

Sacramento Chapter 

John Weiss, 

Puget Sound Chapter 

2005-2008 

Bill Covert, 

Delaware River Chapter 

Richard Geiger, 


Chauncy Rucker, 

John Gardner Chapter 

2006-2009 

Clifford Cain, 


David Cockey, 

Southeast Michigan Chapter 

Chuck Meyer, 

Scajaquada Chapter • 


One-Hand Reef 

Points 

By Stuart Hopkins 

“By your reefs ye shall be known” 

warned the old salts. Pernickety work on 

any vessel. Very, very pernickety work if 

semi-recumbent in a canoe, kayak, skiff, 

dinghy, or other very small boat, when 

everything must be done by reaching with 

one hand only, keeping the other for tiller 

or sheet. 

I encountered this problem vicariously 

while consorting at long distance with 

Hugh Horton, canoe builder and sailor, 

and Meade Gougeon, epoxy mogul and 

canoe sailor, who have for several years 

been developing a series of canoe sails with 

the goal of combining aerodynamic efficiency 

and safety. Hugh writes about their 

adventurous cruises, which involve 

daylong sails and overnight camping on 

granite boulders or subtropical sandbars, 

for the slick yachting press. Mead kept 

ordering revised sails to incorporate latest 

ideas. I participated from the comfort 

of my sail loft. 

We used up more brain cells solving 

reefing details than on any other aspect of 

these little sails. Hauling down the luff and 

leech reef grommets was no hurdle—a 

miniature version of the standard big-boat 

“slab” or “jiffy” reefing (new words for 

an old thing) with generous use of jam 

cleats. But tying up the resultant bunt, 

which if left hanging would obscure the 

canoeist’s vision and slow progress, had 

us stumped from the outset through Mark 

V. We started with ordinary points* of 

light line hanging at intervals along the 

reef, to be tied under the bunt with slipped 

square knots (reef knots). This proved 

impractical, because it required losing control 

of the canoe while finding and knotting 

the ties with both hands. Hugh 

experimented with hitching one hanging 

point into a loop opposite. Still too cumbersome. 

Meade suggested Velcro. Meade’s 

“points” were strips of femaleVelcro hanging 

from one side of the reef, to be grabbed 

one-handed and pasted on square targets 

of male Velcro sewed on the opposite side. 

I hate Velcro, have never handled or repaired 

a sail that incorporated 

Velcro 

(leech line 

attachments, 

batten 

pocket 

closures) 

but what 

the Velcro 

had perished 

in 

the sun and 

become 

just a dirt 

and mildew 

trap. 

But I made 

Mark IV 

and V sails 

with variations of this disfigurement. 

Reports from the field were 

not rave reviews. It was possible 

to get the bunt tamed one-handed, 

but not easy or elegant. Maybe 

with bigger targets, longer pieces 

of dangling Velcro? 

Just in time to incorporate into 

Trial in the loft, showing the fairlead side. Hooks and fairleads 

are sewn to a reinforced spot on the sail—in this case the edge 

of a full-batten pocket. 

Canvas worker’s fabric hook sewn 

on sail. Hooks come black or white. 

Actual width is 1.5". 

the Mark VI sail (featuring a broad 

America’s Cup type head supported with 

a batten-cum-strut) the following happy 

idea emerged, and reports from the field 

are glowing. I describe it here in case other 

small-boat sailors might profit from it. 

We are still with hook and loop, but it 

ain’t Velcro. Instead, it is a variation of 

the old mains’l furling idea: Little hooks 

mounted on one side of a boom, a length 

of shock cord stretched down the other 

side, through fairleads half-way between 

the hooks. The furled sail was held on 

the boom by reaching a bight of shockcord 

over the sail and dropping it under the 

hook opposite, etc. Worked great until the 

shockcord died. A variation of this particular 

hook/loop arrangement was the 

common closure on sailcovers of the ‘60s 

and ‘70s—hooks to port, a length of small 

cord to starboard through fairleads (or vice 

versa). This was a fiendish arrangement, 

because when the cover came out of the 

cockpit locker the line and hooks were 

all entangled. 

The Mark VI “points” consist of a very 

light line roved though little fairleads 

spaced along one side of the reef, which 

hooks over small plastic “fabric hooks” 

(used by boat canvas people for cover closures) 

sewn opposite. The flat, thin plas- 

Hugh Horton’s cruising canoe with one reef in, 

one waiting. 


tic base of fabric hooks machine sews easily 

to any fabric. The hook is about ½” 

proud of the fabric. The fairleads (folded 

up sailcloth) for the line are spaced about 

18" on these 48 sq ft sails. The hooks opposite 

are midway between the fairleads. 

The line is anchored near the luff, onetime 

adjustable through a grommet or 

other belay at the leech. 

The user pulls down the luff and leech 

reef grommets with the jiffy reef lines, then 

reaches the hanging bight of line nearest 

the luff, passes it under the bunt and drops 

it over the first hook, grabs the next bight 

aft, tugs it a little to snug up the first loop, 

drops it on its hook, and so on. When satisfied 

the bunt is rolled up just right and 

the looped lines have it trapped just snug 

enough, the reefing line is belayed in its 

grommet near the leech. (This adjustment 

is done the first time out, or even with the 

rig ashore, and never needs adjusting 

again.). Popping the line off the hooks to 

unreef is child’s play. The whole operation 

could be done one handed and blindfolded 

in a gale. 

When unreefed, the sail’s aerodynamics 

are barely affected by the idle reef hooks 

and slack line. The line, being on the opposite 

side of the sail from the hooks, can’t 

get into mischief with them. There are no 

holes (except needle holes) in the sail— 

everything is done with the sewing machine. 

* The language of reefing, like all nautical 

language, is eroding through slothful 

misuse. I recently got a commission to 

make a sail with “one reef point.” I knew 

what the guy meant, but I lectured him 

anyway. 

The whole affair is called a “reef.” Reef 

“pendants” are the lines that haul down 

and belay the luff and leech reef cringles 

(old fashioned) or grommets (in small 

sails) or hydraulic pressed rings (big sails). 

“Points” are the small lines stopper-knotted 

in the grommets in the (usually) diamond-shaped 

patches spaced along the 

line of the reef. These are longer for the 

second reef than for the first, because they 

have to encircle more bunt. Sometimes 

they are different types of cordage to identify 

the correct points in the dark—perhaps 

smooth stuff for the first reef, coarse 

stuff for the second reef (rough weather). 

In his l887 treatise Small Yachts C.P. 

Kunhardt calls them knittles (from 

“knit”?). Later they became nettles. (I wish 

I could tell you how they got to be 

“points.”) Now often, sadly, just “ties.” 

And “turn to port” is “hang a left.” 

Photos by the author and Hugh Horton. 

About the Author 

A former journalist and long-time liveaboard 

sailor, Stuart Hopkins operates a 

one-man loft in Virginia, specializing in 

traditional small-craft sails. He and his 

wife Dee Carstarphen sail the 22-ft cat 

yawl Muskrat on Chesapeake Bay. • 

California Boater 

Alert! 

By Lenora Clark 

Please clean all boats and trailers from 

Lake Mead! Zebra mussels have been 

confirmed by Wen Baldwin, Lake Mead 

Boat Owner’s Association at Lake Mead 

on January 6th, 2007. This is the first 

population of zebra mussels established 

west of the Rocky Mountains, which is 

over 1000 miles away from any other confirmed 

population. The zebra mussel is a 

fresh water mussel that has already invaded 

the Great Lakes and the Mississippi 

River basin causing billions of dollars of 

damage to power plants, public water facilities, 

and boaters. If the zebra mussel 

gets into California, it will have significant 

impacts on the water transport facilities, 

boating, and the environment. Zebra 

Mussels can spread on boat hulls, in water 

(as microscopic larvae), and on aquatic 

plants. 

Zebra Mussels are bad news for boaters. 

They can: 

1) Ruin your engine by blocking the 

cooling system—causing overheating. 

2) Increase drag on the bottom of your 

boat, reducing speed and wasting fuel. 

3) Jam steering equipment on boats. 

4) Require scraping and repainting of 

boat bottoms. 

Before Launching...Before Leaving: 

1) Remove aquatic plants from boat, 

motor and trailer. 

2) Drain lake or river water from your 

equipment including the motor, bilges, live 

wells, bait buckets, and coolers. 

3) Dispose of unwanted live bait on 

shore or in trash. 

4) Rinse boat and equipment with high 

pressure or hot water, especially if moored 

for more than a day, or dry everything for 

at least 5 days. 

To learn how to clean your boat to stop 

the spread of zebra mussels please read 

the following flyer: 

http://100thmeridian.org/Documents/ 

2004zapthezebra.pdf 

For more information about the zebra 

mussel please visit the following web sites: 

http://100thmeridian.org/ 

http://www.protectyourwaters.net/ 

California resource managers are currently 

working to increase boat inspections 

at agricultural inspection stations and to 

increase monitoring for zebra mussels at 

fresh water locations. 

Please help stop the spread of Zebra 

Mussels and other invasive species by 

checking and cleaning your boat and 

trailer! • 

Definitions 

Submitted by the Committee for 

Continuing Education 

Bay: an inlet of a body of water usually 

smaller than a gulf 

Gulf: a part of an ocean or sea partly or 

mostly surrounded by land 

Sound: a long passage of water wider 

than a strait often connecting two bodies 

of water 

Strait: a narrow channel connecting two 

bodies of water 

Gone for a Burton: The weak alibi of 

one who has vanished from work. Said of 

any article that cannot be found. 

Pledge: A roll of oakum ready for caulking. 

Sprog: A youngster, especially the child 

of a seafaring family. • 

Vote for TSCA Councilmen 


Museum Small 

Craft Association 

Conference 

Michigan Maritime Museum 

Pine Lake Chapter TSCA 

By David and Katherine Cockey 

and Sandy Bryson 

A mid-October winter storm did not 

keep the Museum Small Craft Association 

(MSCA) from holding its annual conference 

in South Haven, Michigan, October 

13 – 15, 2006. Twenty-four curators and 

small craft enthusiasts attended. The conference 

began with snow and fierce winds 

off Lake Michigan and finished with a 

lovely autumn day. This was only the second 

time the MSCA conference was held 

on the Great Lakes. The Padnos Boat Shed 

at the Michigan Maritime Museum proved 

to be a versatile location for the two-day 

conference. Presentations were made, 

boats displayed and the Saturday evening 

dinner was served in the facility, a half 

mile up stream from Lake Michigan on 

the Black River. The boat shed has a full 

view of the old turning basin, which is now 

dotted with yacht slips. 

TSCA members David and Katherine 

Cockey from the Southeast TSCA Chapter 

and Sandy Bryson and Tom Jarosch 

from the Pine Lake Chapter provided planning 

and on site support. In the evening, 

Tom and Sandy doubled as sommeliers, 

corkscrews at the ready. Local wines were 

served under the Friends Good Will 

(FGW) label, named for the 56 foot, 

square-rigged, top-sailed replica sloop that 

is owned and operated by the museum. 

During the War of 1812, Friends Good 

Will sailed the Great Lakes initially as an 

American cargo ship and later traded 

hands as a warship under American and 

British flags. The museum gets a contribution 

from each FGW bottle of wine sold. 

There’s a fund raiser for you! 

The conference program offered an excellent 

array of topics and speakers. Cobie 

Ball, Michigan Maritime Museum curator, 

led off with a presentation on maritime 

South Haven, some of which was in 

full view right outside the boat 

shed windows. Pete Mathews 

presented his research on the Au 

Sable River fly-fishing boat, 

which has origins in Grayling, 

Michigan. Geoffrey Reynolds 

from the Joint Archives at Hope 

College in Holland, Michigan 

told the story of boat builders on 

Lake Macatawa, which connects 

the City of Holland to Lake 

Michigan, followed by Bill Doll 

of the National Park Service in 

San Francisco, who documented 

the rescue of the Lake Superior 

fishing tug, Twilite, now at rest 

on one of the Apostle Islands. 

Scott Peters, archivist at the 

Michigan Historical Museum in 

Lansing, outlined his research 

on Michigan small boat builders 

and their locations at the end 

of the nineteenth century. Jeremy 

Ward, our international 

presenter from the Canadian 

Canoe Museum in 

Peterborough, talked about the 

challenges of building the 36- 

foot birch bark canoe, Canot du 

Maitre. John Summers, from the 

Antique Boat Museum in 

Clayton, New York, displayed a 

beautiful replica of a Nineteenth 

Century sliding-seat sailing canoe 

and led a discussion of when 

to restore and when to preserve 

small craft with follow up comments 

from Russ Hicks of the 

Michigan Wooden Canoe Heritage 

Association. Todd Croteau 

of the National Park Service in 

Washington provided a status 

report on the Lobster Boat 

(documentation) Project and 

demonstrated a “Total Station”, which is 

a twenty-first century surveying tool that 

can take the lines off a boat and produce a 

computer generated three-dimensional 

line drawing and a table of off sets in about 

an hour. He measured the museum’s fish 

tug, Evelyn S. Pete Lesher of the Chesapeake 

Bay Maritime Museum finished the 

conference presentations by talking about 

new directions in small craft interpretation. 

Todd Croteau explains the Total Station to Tom 

Jarosch and Michael Chiarappa. 

Todd Croteau and Pete Mathews take the lines 

off the Evelyn S. 

MSCA business meeting in the boat shed. 

A highlight of the conference was the 

presentation of the American Association 

of State and Local History (AASLH) 

Award of Merit to the Michigan Maritime 

Museum for the exemplary contributions 

that Friends Good Will has made to the 

educational work of the museum and the 

South Haven community. Jim Spurr, 

Michigan Maritime Museum Trustee and 

Friends Good Will crew member, accepted 

the award on behalf of the museum. Barbara 

Kreuzer, the museum’s executive di- 


doubled at the conference as a presenter 

and photographer. He is a long-time volunteer 

at the Museum and teaches wood/ 

canvas canoe restoration and repair for the 

Wooden Boat School. • 

David Cockey addresses the group. 

rector, followed with informative comments 

about the dedicated effort of volunteers 

and staff to obtain the ship and its 

value as an asset to the museum and the 

local community. 

The MSCA conference was a noteworthy 

example of collaboration between the 

TSCA and small craft museums. TSCA 

supported the conference, and the conference 

energized the new TSCA chapter at 

the Michigan Maritime Museum. For 

those interested, the web site for the Michigan 

Maritime Museum is 

www.MichiganMaritimeMuseum.org/, 

and the web site for the Museum Small 

Craft Association is www.maritime.org/ 

msca/. Both invite membership from persons 

interested in the history of small craft. 

About the Authors 

David and Katherine Cockey have had 

a long association with the TSCA, beginning 

with editorship of the Ash Breeze in 

1982–83. David currently serves on the 

national TSCA council and coordinates 

the John Gardner Grant Fund. Recently, 

he was elected to the board of the Museum 

Small Craft Association and served as 

Michigan chair for the 2006 MSCA conference 

in South Haven. Sandy Bryson 

assisted with conference arrangements and 

is the secretary of the Pine Lake TSCA 

chapter. He is also a small craft care volunteer 

at the Michigan Maritime Museum. 

Photo credits go to Pete Mathews, who 

CABBS 

a New TSCA 

Chapter 

By Hank Vincenti 

and Ric Altfather 

Every December, as the Christmas season 

approaches, the whirring sound of 

bandsaws fills the Northern Ohio air. 

What can this be? Outsourced work from 

Santa’s North Pole shop? Renegade Elves 

establishing an employee owned competitive 

industry? Not likely! 

The sound is coming from the workshops 

of the Cleveland Amateur 

Boatbuilders and Boating Society 

(CABBS) members preparing the parts 

for their annual CABBS KIDS toy boat 

building activity at the January Mid- 

America Boat Show. For more than thirty 

years, CABBS has had a booth displaying 

their members newly built small crafts at 

this Cleveland, Ohio show. 

Several years ago the CABBS KIDS toy 

boat building activity was introduced and 

has become so popular that families return 

every year just to make the boats. The 

activity is free to the children with a local 

building material company and sail maker 

donating the materials and CABBS members 

designing, cutting and assembling the 

kits. 

The toy boats are different every year, 

the result of a yearly contest within 

CABBS that stresses creativity, originality, 

efficient use of materials and ease of 

assembly by children. Entries are judged 

by the members with the winners having 

a choice of various tool prizes 

A minimum of 200 kits are produced 

every year and they are 

all gone after three days 

of the activity. The 

children, with their 

parents, have a work 

table and benches 

where they assemble 

their boats. The kits are 

not distributed to carry 

home only completed 

boats leave the show. 

Families will wait in 

line for 30-40 minutes 

to claim a place at the work table and often 

several children from the same family 

will participate. The smiles and “Thank 

You” from the children are wonderful and 

there is no lack of CABBS members who 

want to be involved. 

2007 marks the 40th year of CABBS 

activities in boat building, boating and 

community programs on Lake Erie and the 

many lakes and rivers of Ohio. We are 

delighted to become a part of TSCA and 

to continue our programs of spreading the 

word among a wider audience about the 

many pleasures of building, owning and 

using a small wooden water craft. • 


Jackstaff 

By Terry Ridings 

Chloe is listed on the British Columbia 

Vintage Vessel Registry and as part of the 

honour came a burgee ...but no rigging to 

fly it! Not to be outdone a jackstaff was 

added, something to be used for Festivals 

etc. but not all the time and so a temporary 

mount was needed. 

Chloe dressed for the special occasion. Chloe is 

a 14ft gig approximately 65 years old and built on 

moulds from a turn of the century boat (as in 1900) 

and now in her 18th season since relaunching. 

The jackstaff is secured with a single cord. 

The unit is free-standing and secured 

by a line through the bow eyebolt, the 

board extending at the bottom fits against 

the stem while the jack staff fits 

snugly against the breasthook, 

note the cut-outs that fit over the 

breasthook rivets this adds a little 

more stability (picture at right). 

Tying down—note the hole 

through the jackstaff is higher 

than the eyebolt, this keeps it 

snug on the breasthook 

and also pulls it down, 

it is secured with a cord 

that has an loop in the 

end (mine is spliced), to 

tye it simply pull down 

on the cord and lock it 

with a slipped half hitch 

(a variation on the 

Trucker’s Hitch, picture 

at lower right). 

My flag pole was an 

offcut from making the 

oars—Sitka spruce with 

the height above the 

breasthook being 22 

inches. I had the good 

fortune of being able to 

use a lathe, but if this 

isn’t available the spar 

making trick of cutting 

the pole square then 

knocking the corners off 

until it is octagonal is 

possible either with a spokeshave 

or a belt sander—from there take 

it to 16 sides and finish with a 

long length of sandpaper pulled 

round the diameter. The bright 

work is a marine oil finish. 

In closing a note on finishes— 

older traditional craft, like most 

of us, gain a few wrinkles with 

the passage of time, to paint one 

with a high gloss marine enamel 

is very unkind! Also such paints 

didn’t exist a few decades ago— 

Chloe is painted with a good 

quality oil base house paint, the 

original semi-gloss finish can be 

seen on the jackstaff and was perfect, 

sadly the more recent “semi-gloss” 

paints give a finish that is more like a gloss 

finish of a few years back. The next time 

I do a repaint it will be a semi-gloss mixed 

Note the cut-outs. 

with a bunch of flat paint to balance the 

change; the interior is finished with a flat 

paint. Should you wonder about durability, 

Chloe used to be moored out from 

Spring through to quite late in the year 

with no problems—since she has been living 

on a trailer painting is almost a thing 

of the past! 

TerryRidings/Ropework 

tridings@saltspring.com 

Sailor-knots ‘n ropework 

Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada • 

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Apprentices 

Report Fall 2006 

Building Season 

Submitted by Trisha Badger 

The Apprenticeshop of Atlantic Challenge 

launched the fall 2006 building season 

with commissions for two new builds 

and one restoration. Currently in production 

on the middle floor of the ‘Shop: a 

15-foot Matinicus Island Sailing Peapod 

and a Havilah Hawkins Peapod replica. 

Apprentices working on the Matinicus 

Peapod—Eric Stockinger of Dearborn, 

Michigan, and Michael Norgang of 

Damariscotta, Maine—are using plans 

from peapods of this type that were built 

by the Apprenticeshop when it was located 

in Bath, Maine back in the 1970s. This 

particular lapstrake peapod was used to 

demonstrate clinker boatbuilding techniques 

at the Bath ‘Shop. The boat so met 

everyone’s expectations that she became 

a stock model built by the ‘Shop for a number 

of years. This Matinicus Sailing 

Peapod was commissioned by a client in 

Ohio. 

Apprentices Adam Burke of Lee, New 

Hampshire and Ben Cooper of Kentfield, 

California are building the Havilah 

Hawkins Peapod Replica. The ‘Shop built 

and launched a peapod like this earlier in 

2006. The original, an early 19th century 

hull built on Vinalhaven, was brought to 

the ‘Shop to take lines and scantlings. The 

current crew is using lines from that original 

lofting to make molds and begin the 

set up process for this little carvel planked 

double-ender. 

On the lower level of the ‘Shop, apprentices 

Bella Pierson of Woodstock, Vermont; 

Ellery Brown of Northhampton, 

Massachusetts; and Evan de Bourguignon 

of Woodstock, Vermont are in the beginning 

stages of restoring a Wianno Junior. 

The boat in the ‘Shop, Hull #2 Oh Monah, 

has been in the DuPont family for many 

years. While this class of boat is somewhat 

obscure in Maine, they are very well 

known in Cape Cod where they were built 

by the Crosby Yacht Yard in Osterville, 

Massachusetts between 1919 and 1960. 

The crew will use as much of the original 

boat as they can, but will be 

rebuilding the majority of the 

boat from the iron keel up. 

The crew is planning a trip 

to the Osterville Museum and 

Historical Society with ‘Shop 

Instructor Kevin Carney 

where they will visit another 

Wianno Junior on display 

there. In addition to seeing 

the boat, the crew hopes to 

visit with Brad Crosby, now 

80 years old, the last remaining 

Crosby to build Wianno 

Juniors. Also in the ‘Shop are 

two restorations slated for 

December completion: a 22' 

Friendship Sloop is being restored 

by ‘Shop Journeyman 

Sarah Forristall of 

Newburyport, Massachusetts 

for clients from Belfast, 

Maine, and a 1946 Chris 

Craft Custom Deluxe Runabout 

is being finished up by 

apprentice Eric Stockinger. 

The Apprenticeshop, the 

largest program of Atlantic Challenge, is 

one of the oldest and finest traditional 

wooden boatbuilding schools in the country. 

Atlantic Challenge has been providing 

learning opportunities for 

people from around the state 

of Maine, the country, and 

the world for more than 34 

years. Programs both in the 

Apprenticeshop and on the 

water focus on maritime activities 

and center around traditional 

boatbuilding and 

seamanship in an experiential 

learning environment, 

fostering the belief that learning 

to do anything is best accomplished 

through direct 

experience. 

All projects are being constructed 

as part of the 2-year 

apprenticeship program, a 2- 

year, full-time commitment 

to experiential, hands-on 

learning. In contrast to 

mainstream academic education, 

apprenticing does not 

assign grades to participants, 

nor does it require them to 

Apprentice Evan de Bourguignon with the Wianno 

Jr. restoration in the Apprenticeshop. 

attend classes. Instead, apprentices spend 

workdays overcoming the challenges presented 

by their boat projects by cooperating 

with each other 

ċontinued on page 12 

Apprentice Bella Pierson of Woodstock, VT and 

Journeyman Sarah Forristall of Newburyport, MA with 

the Friendship sloop restoration in background. Tim 

Arruda photo. 


During the two years at Atlantic Challenge, 

each apprentice builds or restores 

between 2 and 5 traditional wooden boats. 

Because the ‘Shop is funded largely by 

commissions, specific projects are dependent 

on buyers. ‘Shop-built boats range 

from 7 ½ feet to 38-feet and range from 

small, open row boats to larger lobster 

boats and schooners. Most projects are 

built new, though some restorations are 

extensive enough to present apprentices 

with a thorough education and are taken 

on by the ‘Shop. Each boat starts with 

lofting and ends with finish work, developing 

skills in backbone construction, 

framing, planking, and joinery along the 

way. 

In addition to the 2-year apprenticeship, 

the ‘Shop offers custom internships, cooperative 

internships for college credit, 

boatbuilding for youth and adults, and 

other custom programs for institutions and 

individuals. Atlantic Challenge is a nonprofit 

educational organization dedicated 

to inspiring personal growth through 

craftsmanship, community, and traditions 

of the sea. 

For further information, contact Atlantic 

Challenge at 207-594-1800 or visit 

their website at 

www.atlanticchallenge.com. • 

Whitehall Rowing 

Introduces New 

Model 

The new Whitehall Spirit Solo 14 retains 

the beautiful lines plus the traditional 

and slide seat rowing performance of the 

Whitehall Spirit 14 classic. But it’s lighter 

and a much more affordable boat. Now 

many more people can enjoy the benefits 

of traditional and slide seat rowing in a 

safe and stable boat. 

The new model uses state of the art, 

computer aided design and manufacturing 

processes. The Whitehall Spirit Solo 

14 is thermoformed with co-extruded polymer 

that is ultra-tough and lightweight. It 

does not have the hand built copper riveted 

woodwork or the bronze fittings of 

the classic model and is virtually maintenance 

free for under half the cost complete 

with an exquisite high gloss finish. 

You can see more details at 

www.whitehallsolo.com. or call us on the 

toll free line at 1-800-663-7481 in North 

America or 001 250-361-2628 from elsewhere. 

We love to talk about these boats 

and there’s an introductory special price 

being offered for the Solo 14. 

Whitehall Rowing is a Sponsor member 

of TSCA. • 

Round Lake is about a half-mile 

from my sister’s house in 

Round Lake NY, north of Albany 

near Saratoga. The kayaker 

must have been just about in 

the middle of the lake, which is 

really a big pond. Indeed, it’s 

usually frozen over solidly at 

this time of the year; the water 

may be (only) about 35 F now! 

—jps 

Kayakers Saved 

in Upstate NY 

Submitted by John Stratton 

ROUND LAKE—Larry Vanderveen 

was unresponsive and about to slip beneath 

the surface when rescuers plucked him 

from Round Lake shortly after 4 PM Saturday. 

But it was a female kayaker—who 

paddled over and collared Vanderveen 

before he went under—who saved the 41- 

year-old Clifton Park man’s life, Round 

Lake Fire Department spokesman Joseph 

Plewinski said. He gave this account of 

the near tragedy: 

A squall on the lake, which is normally 

frozen in January, kicked up 2-foot waves 

and capsized at least one of the kayaks 

belonging to Vanderveen and his two 

young daughters. All three wound up in 

the water about half a mile from Route 9. 

A short time later, kayakers Victoria 

Ferrante and Martha Highland spotted the 

capsized boats. They’d seen the three earlier, 

cutting price tags off new paddles. 

They wondered if the family had enough 

experience to be on the water. They worried 

that they wouldn’t stay close enough 

to shore. 

“I had a bad feeling right from the beginning,” 

said Ferrante, 39, of Albany, 

who is an experienced paddler. 

An hour later, as the women came back 

to the lake from Anthony Kill, a creek that 

runs toward Mechanicville, Ferrante and 

Highland saw the capsized boats. 

Vanderveen, without a life preserver, was 

holding on. 

“I just jetted toward the guy, and it took 

awhile” in the rough water, about half a 

mile from shore, Ferrante said. A third 

paddler, Jeff Finkle, was also on the lake. 

He began to search for the girls. 

After she reached Vanderveen, Ferrante 

“was holding onto him” and dialing 911, 

Plewinski said. “He was a pretty big guy.” 

At one point, Vanderveen panicked and 

nearly capsized Ferrante’s kayak. I said, 

“Sir, don’t do that, or we’re both gonna 

flip,” Ferrante recalled Saturday evening. 

“I was just holding on to him the best I 

could and trying to talk to him.” But 

Vanderveen was turning white. “I can’t 

feel my legs,” he told her. “He had no 

grip,” Ferrante said. “I thought I was losing 

him. The water was really cold.” 

Meanwhile, Finkle had reached Anneka 

Vanderveen, 14, and her sister, Liesel, 10, 

and put one girl into his kayak. Within 

minutes of the call, Round Lake rescuers 

brought the girls to shore. Ballston Lake 

firefighters retrieved an unresponsive 

Vanderveen. 

Plewinski said the family was taken to 

Saratoga Hospital and treated for hypothermia. 

“Let me tell you, these (people) should 

get some sort of recognition,” Plewinski 

said of Ferrante, Highland and Finkle. 

“They saved the man’s life. All three of 

them turned a very bad situation into a 

very good one.” 

Round Lake, a popular fishing spot, is 

usually frozen by January and dotted with 

ice fishing huts. 

Ferrante said she was just so relieved 

that nobody drowned. “Just think about 

it. What if Jeff wasn’t there? What if we 

didn’t have our cellphones? It’s a miracle.” 

• 


News from About 

the Country 

The Buffalo State College Maritime 

Center and the Scajaquada chapter of 

TSCA recently moved into a new 18,000 

square foot facility. There is space for an 

exhibition section, a full shop and work 

space and storage for more than forty 

boats. Upcoming projects include the restoration 

of a 34' Elco and a Rhodes 38'. 

This spring we’ll be launching a 28' solar-electric 

boat. The boat will be leased 

to the Buffalo/Niagara riverkeeper for 

tours of the harbour and Buffalo River. 

Planning is underway for a professional 

boat builder residency program. 

Dick Butz, associate director 

butzra@yahoo.com 

Three Michigan Chapters —Paddle 

Making Workhop 

By Pete Mathews and Sandy Bryson 

Sixteen members of three Michigan 

TSCA chapters met at John Wilson’s 

Home Shop in early December for a paddle 

making and design workshop. John discussed 

selection of wood and use of hand 

tools, especially the draw knife and spoke 

shave, while carving a paddle in one hour 

from a pine blank. See the Summer 2005 

Ash Breeze for a detailed article and graphics 

by John on this subject. A group discussion 

followed regarding paddle design 

including the display of various single 

blade paddles. Highlights included Russ 

Hicks, our Michigan Wooden Canoes 

Heritage Association secretary, talking us 

through his historic collection, which included 

one paddle with a logger’s hook 

on the end of the blade, and Pete Mathews 

demonstrating the Northwoods stroke. In 

addition, Tom Jarosch, Pine Lake Chapter 

president, showed his paddles which 

ranged from a well-used boyhood paddle 

to a bent shaft Whiskeybender and a Sawyer 

cedar/carbon fiber model. The weight 

of each declined correspondingly with the 

paddler’s age. 

The meeting finished with a tour of 

John’s shop and collection of traditional 

craft, some made with roves and rivets and 

others with modern epoxy construction. 

They include a Skaneateles #5 rowing 

skiff, a Norwegian Pram, a Steve Redmond 

Whisp, a Tom Hill Wee Lassie and several 

versions of Sailor Girl, a rowing/sailing 

skiff of John’s design. Questions regarding 

John’s Paddle Making and Sailor 

Girl boat building classes can be directed 

to him at the Home Shop, 406 E. Broadway 

Hwy, Charlotte, Michigan 48813; 

Telephone: 517 543 5325. 

Pete Mathews is the newly elected secretary 

of the Michigan Maritime Museum 

TSCA Chapter in South Haven and can 

be reached at CPcanoenut@cs.com. Sandy 

Bryson is the secretary for life of the Pine 

Lake TSCA Chapter and can be reached 

at sbryson@msu.edu. Both can respond to 

inquiries regarding TSCA activities in 

Michigan. 

Down East Chapter 

The Down East Chapter and 

WoodenBoat magazine will be hosting the 

Small Reach Regatta. Ideas are still forming. 

I could put on the active group and 

you could receive messages as they come 

or I could just forward stuff that seems 

relevant to the event. Tom Jackson, David 

Wyman and Ben Fuller are working to 

organize the event. WoodenBoat has been 

a wonderful and generous host and resource. 

I have high hopes that this will 

evolve into something really wonderful. 

John Silverio, Chapter Coordinator, 

jsarch@midcoast.com 

The Home Port Learning Center in 

Bellinhgam, WA is working using a $900 

John Gardner Grant plus a contribution 

from Lost Coast TSCA Chapter. 

Sea Bright skiff project for the Lost 

Coast Chapter of the TSCA as of November 

10, 2006. 

Work done 

Removed 4" hog (negative rocker from 

sitting broken) 

Removed center board to have access 

to the keel plank 

Removed keel plank shoe 

Prepare and clean boat for all work 

Measure and build 3 of 5 frame stations 

To Do 

Measure and build 2 of 5 frame stations 

– November16 

Make strong back and mold frames stations 

– End of December 

Keel plank: replace or repair (cracked, 

will epoxy cracks closed) – End of January 

Planks: 7 out of 16 planks broken will 

be replaced – Winter 07 

Frames: 31 out of 42 broken will be replaced 

– Spring 07 

Interior fitting out (thwarts, knees, floorboards 

Etc.) 

Deck: replace deck beams 

Replace deck planks 

Sand blast center board 

Finish 

Replace hardware 

Peter Lamb has worked with all the students 

for 2 days a week over the last 

month. He has introduced methods of traditional 

boat repair but more importantly 

an attitude. Peter’s personality has been a 

calming effect on our squirrelly population. 

We have been moving towards our 

goals at a slow, but even pace. 

Budget: We have not spent any money 

as yet on materials. 

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From Italy 

Subject: The International Twelve Foot 

Dinghy Class 

Coplimenti Bravo! The Traditional 

Small Craft Association, is excellent 

website. I search the informations about 

The International Twelve Foot Dinghy 

designed by George Cockshott, built in 

Florida for Dorado Marine Incorporated, 

Ozona, FL 34660 

Although I have no knowledge of any 

present-day sailing of International 12 

Dinghies in the USA, the following reports 

prove that the class was active there 

sixty years ago. 

For more information visit The International 

12' Dinghy website http:// 

www.patrimoine-leman.ch/dinghy12/ 

default.htm 

Thank you 

Stefano Tolott • 

Lone Star Chapter 

Annual Meeting 

The Lone Star Chapter, TSCA will once 

again hold its annual meeting and get-together 

in conjunction with the Anahuac 

Small Craft Rendezvous at the Anahuac 

Harbor on Saturday, April 14th. In case 

of bad weather, we will meet at the Scow 

Schooner Project Shop at the Anahuac, 

Chambers County Airport. 

Contact: Howard Gmelch 

scowschooner@earthlink.net 

409-267-4402 or 

Pudge Willcox 

pudge@clcnd.com 

409-267-3541 • 

John Gardner 

Chapter 

Minutes for the January 4, 2007 

Chapter meeting 

The meeting was called to order by outgoing 

President Strode who immediately 

turned the gavel over to our new President 

George Spragg at 1:40PM. 

Nine members and officers were in attendance. 

A motion was proposed, seconded and 

passed to accept the Secretary’s Report 

from the December meeting, as distributed. 

Treasurer’s Reports for the month of 

December submitted by Russ Smith and 

accepted by a motion which was proposed 

and seconded. The following is a summary: 

November Balance $4,908.50 

December Expenses 

December Income 75.00 

December Balance $4,722.39 

Old Business: 

Boathouse upkeep and Activities: 

The new door for the boathouse has been 

delivered and is awaiting installation. 

Ceiling repairs have been completed for 

the winter with the addition of rigid insulation 

over the open areas. (Phil, Chuck 

and Rob) Further repairs will be accomplished 

in the spring. 

The Susan S. Holland has been repainted 

inside and out and is being stored 

in the back of the shop. (Lots of hands 

involved) 

New bearings have been installed in the 

bandsaw. (Phil) 

Swampscott dory repairs are coming 

along. A new transom is being fitted. 

(Chuck) 

One of the Clark Lane Dories is now 

being repaired and repainted. (group effort) 

Scarphed panels and strong back are 

ready for the construction of a stitch and 

tape double. (Bill) 

Hollow Mast assembly is being considered 

(George Spragg) 

Dues are payable. We are attempting to 

update our mailing list. Please include 

your home address, email address and 

phone number with your check in the 

amount of $15.00 made out to JGTSCA. 

Kindly use the following mailing address: 

John Gardner Chapter: TSCA 

University of Connecticut—Avery Point 

Campus 

1084 Shennecossett Road 

Groton, CT 06340 

On the water: 

There was a chapter row this morning 

which left Mystic Shipyard East at 10:00. 

The group of rowers went to Lords Point, 

west to Enders Island and then back to 

Mystic Shipyard East. Several seals were 

seen both in the water and basking on the 

rocks. 

Next month we will row the Narrow 

River in Rhode Island on the morning of 

February 4. Details to follow via email. 

New Business: 

A motion was made to purchase a new 

trailer for the gig. Following discussion, 

a vote approved the expenditure of up to 

$1,000 for the purchase of a new trailer 

which will have adequate tongue length 

to accommodate the gig but must be able 

to carry several dories. The trailer is to 

have 12" tires. Russ will coordinate this 

effort. 

Russ will also look into the possible 

benefits to the chapter if we join US Rowing 

and/or BoatU.S. The membership 

should be informed of the advantages 

which come with each organization prior 

to voting on this expense. 

There was discussion of establishing a 

cell phone account and using that number 

as our contact point for the chapter. Cost 

estimate will be investigated. 

Next meeting is scheduled for Sunday 

February 4, 2007 at 1:30 in the Avery Point 

Boathouse. 

Motion to Adjourn at 2:12. • 

Boat for Sale 

From the Lone Star Chapter 

12' 8" Catspaw Dinghy. A photo of this 

sailboat can be seen on page 95 of 

WoodenBoat # 110. This boat is now more 

than half way through a complete restoration. 

Complete with sailing gear and galvanized 

trailer. A classic that needs your 

attention. $2,200. 

Anahuac, TX 409-267-4402, 

scowschooner@earthlink.net • 


Instructions: Cut on the dashed line, fold and mail, or reproduce with a copy machine and mail. 

The 2007 Annual Meeting of The Traditional Small Craft Association (TSCA) will be held on 

Sunday, June 10, 2007, at 10:00 AM 

at the Maritime Education Center (The old Sea Scout Base) at Aquatic Park in San Francisco, CA 

2007 BALLOTS 

The Traditional Small Craft Association 

PO Box 350 

Mystic, CT 06355 

Please vote for THREE candidates for the TSCA National Council for terms June 2007 – June 2010. 

Deadline for receipt of mailed ballots is June 1, 2007; hand-carried ballots will be accepted at the TSCA Council 

table at the TSCA annual meeting venue until Noon, June 9. 

Mail to: TSCA BALLOTS, PO Box 350, Mystic, CT 06355 

TSCA National Council – vote for no more than THREE (3) candidates: 

TODD BLOCH, President, Sacramento Chapter TSCA — My boat life began about 13 years ago when I 

started volunteering at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. From a modest beginning — having 

no experience with boats — I have since participated on the restoration of about three boats and the construction of 

one replica, in addition to lots of scraping and painting. Away from the museum, I’ve owned a Folkboat, and built a 

small pram. I get out on the water pretty regularly with the Sacramento TSCA and have twice joined the museum 

crew that took boats to festivals in France. On a technical note, I have documented (Lines and Construction 

drawings) for several of the museum boats and five boats in the collection at the Grand Canyon. 

MAX GREENWOOD, Connecticut River Oar and Paddle Club (CROPC) — Max Greenwood of New 

York and Connecticut. Max is a long time small boat enthusiast, has worked on many unique small boat projects, 

and is a regular attendee of such events as the Mystic and Mid-Atlantic small craft rendezvous, and has even 

ventured as far as the Northwest Woodenboat Festival. Professionally, he was engineer and manager of large scale 

construction projects (including power plants and building projects in Manhattan); from this he has garnered much 

experience in organization and oversight of people and programs. 

BOB PITT, Florida, Gulf Coast Chapter — Bob is an award winning (MASCF for new building and 

restorations) boatbuilder and runs the Boatbuilding program for the Florida Maritime Museum. He is able to handle 

on-line communications and has a sense of organization. His shop regularly has a crew of over 25 individuals 

working on boatbuilding and restoration projects and he has been involved with youth boatbuilding programs for 

years. He has served for many years on the Manatee County Historic Commission and has a strong sense of the need 

for the preservation of historic watercraft. Bob has also done quite a bit of coastal cruising and has made a crossing 

of the Gulf of Mexico. He is a TSCA Member in good standing and is a TSCA Sponsor. 

JIM SWALLOW, Lost Coast Chapter — Jim Swallow moved to the Northern California Coast with his 

wife and young daughter in 1975. He didn’t start rowing the local rivers and estuaries until 1999. Jim is a 

physician who, after semi-retiring in 1998, found rowing through building his first rowboat. This was a lapstrake 

dory-skiff that he planned to get an electric motor for to cruise up and down the local estuaries and picnic with his 

wife. He put the boat in the water before he got the motor, rowed up the river, and has never been the same since 

(and never got the motor). His wife paddles her kayak and they meet up-river for the picnic. Subsequently, Jim built 

the 16' Gloucester light dory, the 18' Firefly designed by Ken Bassett and fitted with a Piantidosi row frame and 

spruce Piantidosi oars, then most recently, assisted by a friend, completed two copies of the Nahant dory from the 

Gardner Dory Book. He has taken two of his boats down Labrynth Canyon on the Green River in Utah, and the 

past two years went on a 5-day cruising and rowing expeditions on Prince William Sound in Alaska. 

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33rd Annual 

Wooden Boat 

Show 

Sunday, April 29 to 

Saturday, May 5, 2007 

North Carolina 

Maritime Museum, 

Beaufort, NC 

The North Carolina Maritime 

Museum’s Wooden Boat Show is one of 

the southeast’s premier opportunities for 

enthusiasts to both exhibit and experience 

a wide array of wooden boats. Since 1975, 

this show has provided a beautiful waterfront 

venue for owners and builders of 

wooden boats to come together to show 

and operate their boats. Workshops, demonstrations, 

races, and other educational 

programs have broadened public awareness 

of the very special properties of these 

craft. The tradition continues with this 

year’s show, where professional 

boatbuilders who work with traditional 

designs or materials reach a receptive audience 

for their products, amateur 

boatbuilders and traditional wooden boat 

enthusiasts share their boats and experiences, 

and owners of wooden boats and 

yachts attract the attention of appreciative, 

interested visitors. Come and celebrate 

North Carolina’s rich maritime heritage 

in Beaufort, April 29 – May 5, 2007! 

For more information please contact the 

North Carolina Maritime Museum, 315 

Front Street, Beaufort NC 28516. Phone: 

252-728-7317, 

email: maritime@ncmail.net 

www.ncmm-friends.org • 

Whilly Boat 

For Sale 

Iain Oughtred design. 14'6" x 4'7". 

Balanced Lug rig. With Loadrite trailer. 

Built 2003 by Rob Barker. $4500 obo. Will 

sell with or without sail rig and trailer. 

David Moreno 

Philadelphia, PA 

215-483-7147 (evening) 

dmoreno@pobox.upenn.edu • 

Long Island 

Maritime Museum 

Sunday Lecture Series 

All lectures will be held in the Elward 

Smith Library in the Museum’s Main 

Building from 2-4 PM. 

March 18: The Nature Conservancy 

“Making Great South Bay Great 

Again”. The Nature Conservancy’s 

efforts to restore hard clam populations 

to the Great South Bay. By Carl 

LoBue—Atlantic Ocean Beaches and 

Bays Site Director The Nature 

Conservancy on Long Island Sunday, 

April 15: South Shore Estuary Reserve 

“Life on the South Shore Estuary,” a 

discussion about the environment of the 

over 100 tributaries of the South Shore 

Estuary Reserve. Opportunities for 

“getting involved” and some interesting 

Bayway sites will be discussed. By Lou 

Siegel, Science Coordinator for SSER 

True Colors Art Show Saturday. 

Visit the Long Island Maritime Museum 

website at www.limaritime.org • 

Rules of the Road 

When all three lights I see ahead, 

I turn to Starboard and show my Red: 

Green to Green, Red to Red, 

Perfect Safety — Go Ahead. 

But if to Starboard Red appear, 

It is my duty to keep clear — 

To act as judgment says is proper: 

To Port or Starboard, Back or Stop her. 

And if upon my Port is seen 

A Steamer’s Starboard light of Green, 

I hold my course and watch to see 

That Green to Port keeps Clear of me. 

Both in safety and in doubt 

Always keep a good look out. 

In Danger, with no room to turn, 

Ease her, Stop her, Go Astern. • 

SEAL Training 

2007 

Sea Scout Advanced Leadership (SEAL) 

Training is a petty officer (youth) leadership 

training course offered by the National 

Sea Scouting Committee. This is a 

8-10 day leadership course that is conducted 

at sea. Participants who successfully 

complete the course will be awarded 

the SEAL Training Award, the silver twin 

dolphin pin, to be worn on the uniform. 

SEAL is a leadership course, not a seamanship 

course. Topics covered include 

preparing, goal setting, organizing, supervising, 

commanding, communicating, 

training, motivating, and other skills that 

will help the participant in functioning as 

a leader in your Ship and in life. 

To attend a SEAL class a participant 

must be registered Sea Scout and have 

earned Ordinary rank prior to the course. 

He/she must have a thorough, working 

knowledge of chapter four of the Sea Scout 

Manual. 

SEAL classes for summer 2007 are 

scheduled for Miami, Florida (June 17- 

24), Annapolis, Maryland (June 23-July 

1), Southport, Connecticut (June 23-July 

1), Galveston, Texas (July 7-15) and Newport 

Beach, California (July 27-August 5) 

. Course information and applications are 

available at: 

http://seascouts.ctyankee.org • 

Mast for Sale 

I have a 25 foot hollow spruce mast. 

Professional construction by highly qualified 

expert (WoodenBoat author and instructor, 

etc). Very strong and light 

“birdsmouth” construction. 6" diameter 

at the base and 3 inches at the top. Needs 

final planing and cetol or varnish finish. 

Never placed in the boat, has been in covered 

storage since built in 2005. 

Price this out with any mast builder and 

make a reasonable offer and it is yours. 

Located in Colorado 

Robert Peterson 

719-598-3130, or 

arrellpeterson@yahoo.com • 


Australian Wooden 

Boat Festival 

By Andy Gamlin 

The Australian Wooden Boat Festival 

brought a forest of tall masts and hundreds 

of smaller craft to the old port of Hobart 

in picturesque Tasmania in February 2007. 

It was even larger than the record breaking 

festival in 2005, and is the largest gathering 

of wooden boats held south of the 

equator. 

Over 40,000 patrons attended the three 

day event to see the 450 registered wooden 

boats filling all three docks on Hobart’s 

historic waterfront. 

Rich maritime culture 

Tasmania is Australia’s most southern 

state and separated by 200 miles of Bass 

Strait from the mainland. 

Being an island state lying in the path 

of the roaring forties, and for the first 150 

years of European settlement, a community 

dependent on the sea for survival, it 

is not surprising that the island has a 

strong maritime heritage. With it’s forests 

producing some of the world’s best boat 

building timbers such a huon, king billy 

and celery top pine, stringy bark and blue 

gum, it is no coincidence that generations 

of boat builders have passed on their skills 

and built boats that gained a reputation 

for their sea worthiness, their sailing ability 

and quality of workmanship. 

Boat building in Tasmania began in the 

early 1800s and by the 1830s Tasmanian 

boats had gained respect in other Australian 

state and internationally. With the 

arrival of traders and whalers from many 

parts of the world, including the USA, 

ideas were taken and refined for local conditions. 

Blue gum clippers and whalers from 

Tasmania sailed around the world and the 

unique, lightly constructed Tasmanian 

whaleboats built from huon pine were 

prized for their speed and seaworthiness. 

Larger double ended passage boats were 

developed from the whaleboat to service 

the farms and settlements before the construction 

of roads. Being of shallow draft 

with centreboards they were able to cross 

bars safely and venture into shallow bays 

for loading cargo. 

Larger again were the trading ketches, 

also often of shallow draft, some with flat 

bottoms and square chines and others the 

more handsome shoal draft with round 

bilges and counter stern. Equally beautiful 

were the fishing smacks, ketches and 

yawls and their tenders that worked the 

often wild and dangerous waters around 

the coast. Purpose built to handle the prevailing 

weather and sea conditions they 

were superb vessels that would bring a tear 

to the eye of any old salt and make many 

a younger heart skip a beat should they be 

seen again today. 

Those that survive 

The oldest vessel in the fleet was the 

140 year old trading ketch May Queen, 

Built in 1867 from stringy bark and blue 

gum her trunnel fastened hull is 66 ft on 

deck and draws just 5 feet fully loaded with 

the centre board up. This remarkable vessel 

had an active working life of 107 years 

the first 57 of which were under sail only, 

a motor being fitted in 1924. 

One of the early passage boats, the 42 ft 

Olive May built in 1890, survives largely 

in her original condition with huon pine 

hull and original gaff rig. A stalwart of 

previous festivals she was there again with 

her very personable owner and skipper 

Martin Wohlgemuth keen to engage visitors 

in a yarn about the old boat and maybe 

a little something to help it down. Only 

two other passage boats are know to survive: 

Matilda is on display—dry on a pontoon—and 

the 36-foot Fancy awaiting 

restoration in a shed at a local vineyard 

Another Tasmanian maritime treasure 

to be lusted over at the Festival was 

Casilda, an elegant 48 ft fishing yawl in 

original condition. Built in 1915 for 

crayfishing (lobsters), she is a fine example 

of the sailing fishing boats which 

evolved in Tasmania. 

Of a similar type but a pure yacht and a 

real beauty is Gypsy, a 36 ft on deck and 

52 ft overall gaff rigged yawl built in 1914 

and also very close to her original condition, 

plenty of beautiful wooden blocks and 

not a winch to be seen. Owned by Festival 

Chairman, Steve Knight, she has been in 

his family for four generations and he 

hopes one day to hand her over to a fifth. 

Among the smaller boats in the water 

at the Festival were a number of Tasmanian 

piners punts. These unique vessels 

were built for and by the rugged characters 

who between about the mid 1800s to 

the mid 1900s travelled far up the river 

valleys on Tasmania’s wild west coast to 

harvest huon pine logs from the steep 

slopes either side. 

The traditional piners punts were usually 

about 18 to 20 feet with a moderate 

beam, clinker (lapstrake) planked from 

huon or kingbilly pine. They were often 

roughly built in the bush, their simple but 

subtly important shape easy to form between 

the narrow pram bow and V shaped 

stern. Fair dinkum original working punts 

are rare, but give an insight into early Tasmanian 

boat building techniques. 

What was on the program 

The key to the success of the Australian 

Wooden Boat Festival in Hobart lies not 

only in the richness of local traditions but 

also in the varied program offered. Music 

and theatre meet forums and demonstrations 

with diversity and excitement both 

on and off the water. 

The 2007 program was loaded with new 

ideas and projects with the Festival program 

extending over four days. 

“Friday was the new day and featured 

an expanded Trade Exhibitors component,” 

Gamlin said. “During Friday hundreds 

of boats arrived in the Docks after 

the Parade of Sail up the Derwent.” 

“Food of the highest quality and widest 

range was offered and Tasmania’s famous 

seafood was the focus at the Seafood Taste 

on the dock on Saturday night.” 

“A boat design competition was begun 

and attracted the interest of 17 designers 

from across the nation and New Zealand. 

The designer is soon to be selected and 

the first boat was then be built and tested. 

Plans for the boat will be available after 

the Festival and visitors watched one being 

built. 

For further information visit: www. 

australianwoodenboatfestival.com.au 

• 

For up-to-the-minute 

Chapter schedules, visit 

TSCA on the web at 

www.tsca.net 


Florida Gulf Coast 

Florida Maritime Museum 

P.O. Box 100 

Cortez, FL 34215 

and they did. I can’t wait for Roger to finish his; it won’t be long, 

so he can show them up. Stan’s camper Melon. He plans to camp 

and sleep in his, that’s why he has a big cockpit. This cheap little 

hiker tent fits perfectly. Just don’t invite me to go along. I can’t 

wait for the weather to break so we can get all of these boats out in 

the water along with the rest of you. 

David Lucas 

Lucas Boatworks 

Skipjack@tampabay.rr.com 

941-704-6736 • 

Beautiful Boats in Florida 

By David Lucas 

Here are some really beautiful boats. Howard finished his 

#5 (waiting for a name) last week and we tried it out in the 

river. Piper and I went out with him as his trial horse. Really a 

slick boat, moves with no wind. I think it’s going to be a faster 

boat than Laylah. Sam’s orange #6 is coming along. What 

do Bob’s volunteers do when not at the museum? Here’s Howard 

in my shop repairing an old dory for the guys who dress up 

like Spanish conquistadors every year and invade Bradenton. 

They are really cheap, the budget for this job is less than zero 

(I do it for free and buy all of the materials). I’ve been drinking 

beer with Bill for 25 years, I buy the beer, so I’m used to it. 

An 18-ft Fenwick Williams catboat hull is at the museum waiting 

for a true sailor to come along and pay for the museum to 

finish it for him. This could be the deal of the century. Jose’s 

#4 (Arrow in Spanish) was finished today. After he finished 

rigging it, Jose couldn’t get the big grin off of his face, I can’t 

blame him; it’s a beauty. He’s like a proud new dad. From the 

saw mill to this in less than 6 months, quite an accomplishment 

for a man who didn’t know a plane from a level a year 

ago. This is what you can learn at the museum by being a 

dedicated volunteer under the tutelage of Bob Pitt and Roger 

Allen. I think Jose and Howard’s goal was to outshine me up, 


Electric Boat 

Chelsea 

By David Lucas 

It seemed big till four big guys got in it, 

about 900 pounds worth of manly men. 

The 40 pound inboard trolling motor 

pushed us along about 4 knots at full 

power. We ran it for about 7 miles with 

our two big batteries and still had power. 

We were hoping for a little better performance; 

will have to work on it. Howard 

Heimbrock is still working on the 

top and some other things. It’s a 

real beauty isn’t it? Speaking of 

Howard, he has developed a real 

bad sensitivity to epoxy. He can’t 

be anywhere near it. Even getting 

near where someone is using it 

gets to him. Dust, wet epoxy or 

fumes. His eye’s swell up and get 

red. Anyone have a suggestion for 

a cure? If you have a suggestion 

how about replying to “all” so everyone 

gets in on this with their 

two cents worth. Some of the rest 

of you probably have this problem, 

this is really bad for guys who uses 

epoxy for everything: kind of puts 

you out of business. 

For more information call 

Lucas Boatworks 

941-704-6736 • 

Dave Lucas at the bow, then Jose Avila, Howard 

Heimbrock and Stan Terryll driving. 

Chelsea is a 17 ft. Chappell Whitehall hull. I built it about 15 

years ago to be a boat the neighborhood kids could use in the 

river I live on, the Braden River. I wanted it to be indestructible 

so I built it strip planked with pressure treated yellow pine and 

glassed. 

Worlds End Rowing Club, Lost Coast TSCA 

Lost Coast TSCA 

March 17: Albion River Messabout. 

Launching at 11 AM Potluck and BBQ. 

April 14: Noyo River Row and back to 

Dolphin Isle for lunch. Launch 11 AM 

from dock at clubhouse. 

May 5: Safety Review and Open Ocean 

Row from Noyo clubhouse, 10 AM. 

May 26: Heritage Days Boat Show — 

Heritage House, Mendocino. 9 AM to 3 

PM. 

June 9-10: Mendocino Lake Row and 

Camp-out. Call Dusty Dillion, 707-459- 

1735 for details. 

June 23: Survival Training, Noyo 

clubhouse. Wetsuits suggested. Call 

Jim Swallow or Stan Halvorsen for 

details. 

July 7: Salmon BBQ and Row. Meet at 

Noyo clubhouse, 11 AM. 

July 21: Navarro River, Captain 

Fletcher House, Boat Show and 

Messabout 11 AM. 

August 12: Big River Messabout and 

BBQ at the Swallows. 11 AM launching 

September 15: Ocean and Noyo River 

Rows, 11 AM launch. 

October 20: Albion River Messabout. 

Launching at 11 AM. Potluck and BBQ. 

November 24: Annual meeting at 

Worlds End Boathouse. 

December 15: Lake Cleone Row, 11 AM 

launch. • 

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2007 TSCA Annual Meeting 

and Messabout—June 9–10 

and 

Sacramento River Delta 

Gunkhole—June 11–15, 2007, 

San Francisco, CA 

The 2007 Annual TSCA meeting will 

be held in San Francisco. No registration 

needed. Daytime meeting, 

opportunities to play in boats on the 

Bay. Specific activities to be hosted by 

the San Francisco Maritime National 

Historic Park. The annual meeting is 

scheduled to connect with the San 

Francisco Maritime National Historic 

Park’s annual five day gunkholing 

trip, starting immediately afterward. 

The gunkhole trip is a trip for small 

craft, accompanied by the scow 

schooner Alma. You camp on your 

own little boat or on the deck of the 

Alma, or sometimes on the shore. 

There is a trip fee. 

For more information contact Bill 

Doll, email: bill_doll@nps.gov, or 

call him at 415-859-6779, or surf over 

to www.nps.gov/safr/local/Alma.html 

to see more about the Alma. 

Center for Wooden Boats 

Third Friday Speaker Series Every 

3rd Friday, 7 PM. CWB Boathouse 

Each month CWB finds a speaker of 

wit and experience to talk about his or 

her special knowledge. It is also an 

opportunity for CWB members to 

meet one another and the staff. 

Admission is free and refreshments 

are served. 

Center for Wooden Boats 

1010 Valley Street 

Seattle, WA 98109-4468 

Tel: 206-382-2628 

Fax: 206-382-2699 

Email: cwb@cwb.org 

Small Craft Events 

Puget Sound Chapter 

March 17: Bowman Bay, Deception 

Pass — RSVP to Al Gunther, 360-638- 

1088. 

May 18-20 weekend: Hammersley 

Inlet, South Sound — Messabout and 

campout for families; dog friendly! 

RSVP to Jim Callea, 360-426-1012. 

June 9-10, TSCA NATIONAL Annual 

Meeting, San Francisco Maritime 

Museum 

June 23 (original date was a misprint), 

10 AM: Hope Island, South Sound — 

RSVP to Paul deRoos, 206-526-5361 

or pcderoos@yahoo.com. 

August 18: Jetty Island Circumnavigation 

— RSVP to Alan Hall, 425-774- 

9566 

Sep 29: Curry and Oars, Lake Forest 

Park Civic Club — John Weiss, 206- 

368-7354. See the maps. 

TBA: Annual Meeting, Center for 

Wooden Boats, 11 AM–12:30 PM— 

Contact Gary Powell, 425-255-5067 in 

The 9th annual Antique 

& Classic Boat Show 

Saturday, April 28, 2007 

Apalachicola, FL 

The show welcomes classic examples 

of a traditional wooden vessels, antique 

boats, fiberglass classics and antique 

outboard motors. The show consists of 

50-60 boats, antique automobiles, 

antique outboard motors, nautical 

antiques and parts. It generally draws 

4,000 people. For more information 

contact: 

Apalachicola Bay 

Chamber of Commerce 

122 Commerce Street 

Apalachicola, Florida 32320 

850-653-9419 

anita@apalachicolabay.org 

www.apalachicolabay.org 


Feb 17-18: Korth’s Marina/ Delta 

Row and Campout, Bill Doll 

Mar 31: Petaluma River Row, Don 

Rich 

Apr 14: Lake Natoma: Jim Lawson 

Apr 22: CircumAlamedan: Pete 

Evans 

May 5-6: Elkhorn Slough and 

Campout, Jake Roulstone 

May 12-13: Fall River Row and 

Fishing Trip, Bill Doll 

June 9-10: TSCA National Meeting 

at SF Maritime Museum ,Cricket 

Evans, Bill Doll 

June 11-15: SF Maritime Museum 

Gunkhole, Bill Doll and Al Lutz 

June 23-24: Master Mariner Meet/ 

Sausalito Row, Barbara Ohler and 

Alice Cochran 

July 7-8: Cosumnes River Row and 

Campout, Francisco Hernandez 

July 22: Drakes Estero Row, Tom 

Kremer 

August 11-12: Big River Row w. Lost 

Coast Chapter TSCA, Lee Caldwell 

August 25-26: China Camp Row and 

Campout with Master Mariners, Bill 

Doll, Al Lutz and Barbara Ohler 

September 15-16: Marshall Beach 

Row and Campout/Annual Meeting, 

Don Rich 

October 6-7: Bolinas Lagoon Row 

and Campout, Pete Evans 

October 27: Redwood City Row, Al 

Lutz 

November 3: Delta Meadows Row, 

Lynn Delapp 

November 24: Wet Turkey Row Jim 

Lawson 

January 1, 2008: Hair of the Dog: 

Tomales Bay, Lee Caldwell 

January 5: Annual Planning 

Meeting: Aeolian YC. Pete Evans 

For more information: 

dlagios@smace.org 

www.tsca.net/Sacramento 


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206-375-3907 

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1557 Cattle Point Road 

Friday Harbor, WA 98250 

Email: sjboats@gmail.com 

Mole got it right... 

Duck Soup Inn 

50 Duck Soup Lane 

Friday Harbor, WA 98250 

360-378-4878 

Fine Dining for Sailors 

Museum Quality 

Wherries, Canoes and Cabin Cruisers 

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Custom wooden traditional small craft 

designed and built 

Boatbuilding and maritime skills instruction 

Oars and marine carving 

360-659-5591 

kolin1@gte.net 

4107-77th Place NW 

Marysville, WA 98271 

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find the official builder of the Mathis/Trumpy Skiff at 

www.traditionalboatworks.com 

*see the skiff in the Collection of the Annapolis Maritime Museum* 

full set of numbered plans available for $40 

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will be named as sponsors of a TSCA 

related event and will be mentioned in 

the ad for that event. 

Members’ Exchange 

50 words or less. Free to members except 

$10 if photo is included. 

Back Issues 

Original or duplicated back issues are 

available for $4 each plus postage. 

Contact Flat Hammock Press for ordering 

details. 

Volume Year Issue 

Newsletter 1975-77 1,2,3,4 

1 1978 1,2,3,4 

2 1979 1 

3 1979,0,1 1-9 

4 1982 1,2,3,4 

5 1983 1,2,3,4 

6 1984 1,2,4 

7 1985 1,2,3,4 

8 1986 1,2,3,4 

9 1987 1,2,3,4 

10 1988 1,2,3,4 

11 1989 1,2,3,4 

12 1990 1,2,3,4 

13 1991 1,2,3,4 

14 1992 1,2,3,4 

15 1993 1,2,3,4 

16 1994 1,2,3,4 

17 1995 1,2,3,4 

18 1996 1,2,3,4 

19 1997 1,2,3,4 

20 1998/99 1,2,3 

21 1999/00 1,2,3,4 

22 2001 1,2,3 

23 2002 1,2,3 

24 2003 1,2,3,4 

25 2004 1,2,3,4 

26 2005 1,2,3,4 

27 2006 1,2,3,4 

Flat Hammock Press 

5 Church Street, Mystic, CT 06355 

860-572-2722 

steve@flathammockpress.com 

TSCA MEMBERSHIP FORM 

TSCA WARES 

Caps 

Pre-washed 100% cotton, slate blue with 

TSCA logo in yellow and white. Adjustable 

leather strap and snap/buckle. $15. 

($14 to members if purchased at TSCA 

meets.) 

T-shirts 

100% cotton, light gray with the TSCA 

logo. $15.00 postpaid for sizes M, L, and 

XL and $16.00 for XXL. 

Patches 

3 inches in diameter featuring our logo 

with a white sail and a golden spar and 

oar on a light-blue background. Black 

lettering and a dark-blue border. $3.00 

Please send a SASE with your order. 

Decals 

Mylar-surfaced weatherproof decals 

similar to the patches except the border 

is black. Self-sticking back. $1. Please 

send a SASE with your order. 

Burgees 

12" x 18" pennant with royal blue field 

and TSCA logo sewn in white and gold. 

Finest construction. $30 postpaid. 

Visit the TSCA web site for ordering 

information. 

www.tsca.net/wares.html 

I wish to: Join Renew Change my address 

Individual/Family ($20 annually) 

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Sponsor ($50 annually) 

Canadian with Airmail Mailing ($25 annually) 

Sponsor with 1/8 page ad ($60 annually) 

Other foreign with Airmail Mailing ($30 annually) 

Enclosed is my check for $____________________________________ made payable to TSCA. 

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Name ________________________________________________________________________ 

Address ________________________________________________________________________ 

Town ______________________________State_______ Zip Code________________________ 

Email _____________________________________________________________________________ 

Mail to: Secretary, Traditional Small Craft Association, Inc., P. O. Box 350, Mystic, CT 06355. 

Note: Individual and Family Memberships qualify for one vote and one copy of each TSCA mailing. Family Memberships 

qualify all members of the immediate family to participate in all other TSCA activities.

New Year’s Row on the Connecticut River. To the left, Carlos Fernandez and Ed Monahan in Solstice; middle, Ron 

Purinton and Dan Mutchler in a 13 foot Chamberlain Dory Skiff; right, Suzanne Howard and Jon Persson rowing the 

Equinox on her maiden voyage. Course was Old Saybrook to Essex, CT, around Thatchbed Island, through Middle and South 

Cove, return to Old Saybrook. Weather clear, winds calm, air warm. Photo by Geoff Conklin. 

The Traditional Small 

Craft Association 

The Ash Breeze 

PO Box 350 


Non-Profit Org. 

US Postage 

PAID 

Providence, RI 

Permit No. 1899 

Address Service Requested 

Time to Renew? Help us save postage by photocopying the membership form 

on the inside back cover and renewing before we send you a renewal request.

Vol. 28, No. 1 - Traditional Small Craft Association

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