Archive - Salt Water Journal

Mar 30 •

Christopher Stevens

December 2024

A New Stove For Skookum Maru

Our boat, Skookum Maru, has been well cared-for, but as with any boat there is always something that needs doing.

Dec 4, 2024 •

Christopher Stevens

November 2024

October 2024

Refastening Skookum Maru

A traditional wooden boat, meaning one built plank-on-frame, is formed from thousands of individual pieces, all with their own name and purpose.

Oct 24, 2024 •

Christopher Stevens

Skookum Maru’s original log book, which we have in our possession through a series of improbably serendipitous events, includes this first entry:

Oct 20, 2024 •

Christopher Stevens

The Devil to Pay

Wayne Tedder, the shipwright at Seaview Boat Yard, crouched under Petrel, jabbing a rigging knife into the garboard seam.

Oct 17, 2024 •

Christopher Stevens

Sinking in Gig Harbor

The first sign that all was not well aboard Petrel came as we passed Blakely Rock, heading south for Colvos Passage.

Oct 13, 2024 •

Christopher Stevens

Bringing Petrel Home

Herb Price was a indifferent teacher, having no time or patience for children.

Oct 10, 2024 •

Christopher Stevens

A Year On The Hard

A boat “on the hard”, hauled out for storage or repairs, is in a state of suspended animation.

Oct 4, 2024 •

Christopher Stevens

When I was a boy in the early 1980s, living aboard my parents’ boat in Seattle, the shores of Lake Union and Portage Bay provided endless opportunities…

Oct 3, 2024 •

Christopher Stevens

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