Author: Oarlock and Sail Wooden Boat Club

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After a whole bunch of minor projects that ended up taking 3 1/2 months, we’ve finally got Enke back in the water, and under sail! Feels great to get all that work done – the most obvious and time-consuming part was the floorboards, and in our excitement, we forgot to photograph the end result! Here you can see that they are removable, which makes it easier to bail and clean the boat.

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The Auk project is coming along well, with a couple more planks steamed, gains cut, and ready for riveting. Our next challenge is finding boards wide enough to allow for the curve of the next couple of planks. We may resort to scarfing to get the angle.

A couple of weeks North Star was dressed up in some of her sails – nice to see Sheila’s hard work paying off!

The third installment of Rob’s tale of adventure around Vancouver Island is available here, starting on page 20: https://www.fairwinds.ca/passions-magazine-summer-2020/

A reminder that the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival is happening next weekend, as a virtual event. Hopefully next year it will happen for real, and some of our members will be able to take their boats, as was the plan for this year.

Last week, 3 of the piles at the dock got replaced, as they were in bad shape. Thanks Duane for recording the action, and compiling this video!

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Last week a couple more planks got steamed and bent in place on the Auk project. This week they were further fitted and the gains were cut.

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Enke is getting closer to having her new floorboards in place – the black locust cleats are looking gorgeous with a coat of oil – too bad they’ll be out of sight!

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When the tide is low, and the breeze calls, we do what we need to to get the boats out! With some help, Arnt and his friend were able to get out to enjoy one more sail before he leaves town for a while.

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During the piling replacement, the boats were moved around to give the crew access, and North Star ended up next to Providence – they look so good together! At the museum, they’re using proper nautical measurements for physical distancing.

Due to the pandemic, the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival is going virtual – they’ll be showing a series of films, presentations and demos, including the premier of the Race to Alaska movie. Head over to https://virtualwbf.org/ for details and tickets. They’re also inviting submissions of boat or shop tours – hmm, do we show our stuff??

Hope you’re enjoying your summer – come on down to the dock on a Saturday to see what we’re up to!