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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
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Christopher Stevens
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November 2024
Running Away to Sea
Spring in Seattle is a weary, lingering season.
Nov 27, 2024
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Christopher Stevens
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A Human Pace
A day in a boatyard is a lesson in the joy of work.
Nov 22, 2024
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Christopher Stevens
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In Defense of Our Neighbors
In the days following the presidential election, one prevailing sentiment from the right - that is, those people who have set themselves in opposition…
Nov 13, 2024
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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
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Christopher Stevens
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Skookum Maru
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
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Christopher Stevens
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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
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Christopher Stevens
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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
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Christopher Stevens
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Bringing Petrel Home
Herb Price was a indifferent teacher, having no time or patience for children.
Oct 10, 2024
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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
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Christopher Stevens
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Saving Petrel
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
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