Blanchard Restoration: Planking
Blanchard Restoration Video Series Planking Now what everyone has been waiting for!! During the next stage of the restoration Joe Green returns to the exterior of the boat to replace a plank on “The...
View ArticleS/L Puffin Soon to be Back in Action!
By Jeff Deren and Kyle Hunter “Puffin” is one of the few boats at CWB maintained almost entirely by volunteers. Over the last five years, the core “Puffin” team of Ken Duvall, Jeff Deren, Max Schneider...
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Introducing CWB Champions Puffin, and Puffin Team
Today is GiveBIG, Day of Champions, and all donations to CWB through our profile on Seattle Foundation’s Website will be matched by an anonymous donor, dollar for dollar to $2,500, as well as stretched...
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Puffin Update: 6 More Weeks of Winter
Everyone’s favorite steamboat, Puffin, was taken to the boatyard today and put in the water! That’s when we discovered leaking around the prop shaft. Because of the nature and the level of care that a...
View ArticleJuly Livery Special
In July, sail the Pelican for an hour, get an extra half hour free!* The pelican is a small, light pram with a lug-rigged main and a jib that flies from a bow sprit. This centerboard boat was designed...
View ArticlePuffin Update: Splashed and on the Move
One of the most popular vessels in our entire fleet is Puffin, our Truscott Steam Launch. She’s always a fan favorite, and in the time that she’s been hauled out for maintenance, many have asked for...
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NMTA “Grow Boating” Grant Launches Katy
We’ve launched another boat from our Boatshop! Katy was built in 1950 by the Thornquist Marine Works, right here on Lake Union. She’s a 15’ lapstrake construction, originally used as a yacht tender for...
View ArticleBJK Launch: V. Velez
We launched a boat this week! V. Velez, one of our Blanchard Jr. Knockabouts, came into the Boatshop about a month and a half ago for her standard two-year maintenance. The team conducted a survey to...
View ArticleBristol Bay Gillnetter Joins Our Fleet
A new boat arrived today! This beauty is a Bristol Bay Gillnetter — just like our beloved Admirable — but you may not recognize it as such. That’s because this one was outfitted with a cabin, and what...
View ArticleR Class Sloop Pirate Turns 90: A History
The R Class racing yacht Pirate is likely the best known and most well-documented boat at CWB, and she’s turning 90 this year! The post below was written as a two-part series by CWB volunteer Shawn...
View ArticleCWB’s New Lead Boatwright
Great news: we’ve hired a new Lead Boatwright for our South Lake Union Boatshop! Please join us in welcoming Josh Anderson to our community. Josh is a carpenter from Owl’s Head, Maine. He’s an alumnus...
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March 3rd Friday: The Future of the CWB Boatshop
For more than four decades, each month CWB has presented 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...
View ArticleVIDEO: Shipyards & Boatyards
Our Boatwright, Josh Anderson, was just featured in a video about boatyards in the ship canal! You can catch him at the 13:17 mark, talking about the CWB Boatshop.
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Bill Garden Revisited | Scott Rohrer
For more than four decades, each month CWB has presented 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...
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Pilot Gig DAN comes home
The Pilot Gig DAN, being towed to CWB from the North Lake Union shop Photo: Shelby Allman The DAN is a 20′ pilot gig. She’s basically a long fast rowboat, with four rowing stations, each rower with...
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Bringing History to Life through Boatbuilding
In a few weeks’ time, The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) will be offering the first in an ongoing series of classes building the John Winslow 1920 designed Kitten Class Sloop. This class series is an...
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