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Apr 16, 2025
Award Winning Junk Rigged Micro Yacht
Award Winning Junk Rigged Micro Yacht: Nikos Daroukakis’ Nootka
Inspired by an aboriginal mix of styles and boatbuilding philosophies, Nootka is a self-built, own-design combination of materials and techniques stretching from British Columbia to Ancient Greece.
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Apr 16, 2025
Close to the Water
Close to the Water: Small Boats, Big Influence
Marty Loken may be an octogenarian, but it’s hard to keep up with the small craft maven.
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Apr 15, 2025
Free annual boating day at The Center for Wooden Boats
Free annual boating day at The Center for Wooden Boats
Looking for a free, fun-filled family outing this spring? Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 27, 2025, as The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) invites families from across the Puget Sound region to its 4th Annual Free Boating Day at the South Lake Union campus in Seattle.
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Feb 20, 2025
McKenzie River Drift Boat
See photos of the McKenzie River Drift Boat over the years
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Feb 19, 2025
How to Varnish Like a Pro
How to Varnish Like a Pro
Guide to Protecting Your Boat
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Feb 09, 2025
Australian Wooden Boat Festival
Crowds flock to Australian Wooden Boat Festival
The crowds heaved at Hobart's waterfront for day two of the 2025 Australian Wooden Boat Festival.
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Feb 06, 2025
Derwent-class yachts
Contingent of historic Derwent-class yachts to race in the Australian Wooden Boat Festival
From about 1927, a fleet of wooden yachts with whimsical names were built in Tasmania for young people to sail on the River Derwent.
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Feb 06, 2025
100 Year Old Victorious
100 Year Old Victorious: Coastal Exploration Company’s Yacht
Some boats are ornaments and designed to be so. But a 100-year-old working boat that is still working is truly a thing of beauty, Nigel Sharp tells us.
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Jan 31, 2025
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival: Snapshot of the 47th Year
In early September, tents and stages filled Washington State’s Point Hudson for the 47th Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.
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Jan 29, 2025
Vertue – A modest little cruising yacht
Used boat review: Vertue – A modest little cruising yacht
For a 25-footer, the Vertue has a huge reputation and has conquered every ocean. So what makes this little boat quite such an enduring success?
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Award Winning Junk Rigged Micro Yacht
Apr 16, 25 02:54 AM
By Nic Compton
Award Winning Junk Rigged Micro Yacht: Nikos Daroukakis’ Nootka
Inspired by an aboriginal mix of styles and boatbuilding philosophies, Nootka is a self-built, own-design combination of m…
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