This years travel.
I wasn’t able to make it to the USA early this year, in fact
I even missed out on some local events.
But living on board the ship here on the river must be doing me good and I’m really
looking forward to later this year when I’m off to SCAMP Camp in Port Townsend.
I even missed out on some local events.
But living on board the ship here on the river must be doing me good and I’m really
looking forward to later this year when I’m off to SCAMP Camp in Port Townsend.
For those who don’t know about this event, it’s a kit
building class for SCAMPs, buy your kit, its delivered to the classroom, you
come in on Monday to find the building jig all set up, the kit ready to go, an
instructor to student ratio that means you’ve got lots of time with someone who
can show you all the tricks and help you when you need.
building class for SCAMPs, buy your kit, its delivered to the classroom, you
come in on Monday to find the building jig all set up, the kit ready to go, an
instructor to student ratio that means you’ve got lots of time with someone who
can show you all the tricks and help you when you need.
It is an exceptionally social event, family teams are
encouraged as well as singles, the
participants form long term relationships with instructors and other students,
the event includes time out on the water in SCAMP #1 and the Small Craft Skills
Academy is running sailing skills courses just before and just after that.
encouraged as well as singles, the
participants form long term relationships with instructors and other students,
the event includes time out on the water in SCAMP #1 and the Small Craft Skills
Academy is running sailing skills courses just before and just after that.
Those skills courses are seriously good fun, involve
classroom learning as well as on the water with instructors on board, and then
time away overnighting to put it all into practice.
classroom learning as well as on the water with instructors on board, and then
time away overnighting to put it all into practice.
For me, having attended several of both events they have
become very special memories, as instructors Howard and I find that we make a
considerable difference to peoples lives and it’s a wonderful thing to watch
our new friends enjoying their new skills.
Really rewarding stuff for us.
become very special memories, as instructors Howard and I find that we make a
considerable difference to peoples lives and it’s a wonderful thing to watch
our new friends enjoying their new skills.
Really rewarding stuff for us.
After all that, it’s the Port Townsend Wooden Boat
Festival which is an amazing celebration
of wooden boats both classic and modern.
Restorations, rebuilds, veterans, modern and new, professional and
amateur, this event is a must do for anyone who loves boats.
Festival which is an amazing celebration
of wooden boats both classic and modern.
Restorations, rebuilds, veterans, modern and new, professional and
amateur, this event is a must do for anyone who loves boats.
Its going to be on Sept 5 6 and 7 this year, and “here” is a
link to a you tube video that shows you around the 2012 show, you’ll see the
inside of the Maritime Center workshop where SCAMP Camp is held as well as a
couple of partly built SCAMPs which went to the show after the SCAMP Camp.
link to a you tube video that shows you around the 2012 show, you’ll see the
inside of the Maritime Center workshop where SCAMP Camp is held as well as a
couple of partly built SCAMPs which went to the show after the SCAMP Camp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erTXobKbcaY
I’ll be there, again, wouldn’t miss it.
But that’s not all, I’ll be home for a few weeks to catch up
with things , then back on the big silver bird again heading for Sail Oklahoma
on Lake Eufaula Oklahoma where Mike and Jackie Monies host what has to be one
of the best small boat messabouts anywhere.
I’ll be running a workshop course the day before the event, covering (
so to speak) the fiberglassing of plywood and associated skills such as taped
seams, filleting, wet on wet glass cloth buildups, fairing and finishing
fiberglass skin. Sponsored by www.duckworksmagazine.com
this promises to be a really fun weekend.
with things , then back on the big silver bird again heading for Sail Oklahoma
on Lake Eufaula Oklahoma where Mike and Jackie Monies host what has to be one
of the best small boat messabouts anywhere.
I’ll be running a workshop course the day before the event, covering (
so to speak) the fiberglassing of plywood and associated skills such as taped
seams, filleting, wet on wet glass cloth buildups, fairing and finishing
fiberglass skin. Sponsored by www.duckworksmagazine.com
this promises to be a really fun weekend.
From there I’m off
with Chuck Leinweber of Duckworksmagazine back to his house in Harper TX, then
on a couple of days later to Port
Aransas for the inaugural Port Aransas PlyWooden Boat Show. I’ll be running a course there as well, this
one a two day one called “Essential Skills for the Beginner Boatbuilder. The
course covers use of epoxy glues and coatings including fiberglass, sharpening
and use of hand and power tools, setting up woodworking machinery including
sawbench, bandsaw and jointer. Scaling plans up to full size, drawing fair
curves, scarfing plywood, making several joints common in plywood boatbuilding
and a question time where you can get advice and often demonstrations about how
to do things that puzzle you.
with Chuck Leinweber of Duckworksmagazine back to his house in Harper TX, then
on a couple of days later to Port
Aransas for the inaugural Port Aransas PlyWooden Boat Show. I’ll be running a course there as well, this
one a two day one called “Essential Skills for the Beginner Boatbuilder. The
course covers use of epoxy glues and coatings including fiberglass, sharpening
and use of hand and power tools, setting up woodworking machinery including
sawbench, bandsaw and jointer. Scaling plans up to full size, drawing fair
curves, scarfing plywood, making several joints common in plywood boatbuilding
and a question time where you can get advice and often demonstrations about how
to do things that puzzle you.
Here’s the show website, not completed yet but the details
on venue and dates etc are there.
on venue and dates etc are there.
Oh yes, there will be SCAMPs there too. If you are a SCAMPer
and live within driving range, do bring your boat. In fact, even if you haven’t got a SCAMP, come along anyway.
and live within driving range, do bring your boat. In fact, even if you haven’t got a SCAMP, come along anyway.
Just a thought, I fly back and forth from my home in New
Zealand a lot, we Kiwis are the most isolated country in the world and flights
across the Pacific can vary from 11 to 15 hours depending upon the start and
finish points then I have to take more flights to get where I’m going. At the time it feels like the ordeal will
never end, it does of course, eventually but it’s a cramped and uncomfortable
experience every time. This time though I’m flying both ways on an Airbus A380
superjumbo, I’ve not been on one of those before. I’m looking forward to it.
Zealand a lot, we Kiwis are the most isolated country in the world and flights
across the Pacific can vary from 11 to 15 hours depending upon the start and
finish points then I have to take more flights to get where I’m going. At the time it feels like the ordeal will
never end, it does of course, eventually but it’s a cramped and uncomfortable
experience every time. This time though I’m flying both ways on an Airbus A380
superjumbo, I’ve not been on one of those before. I’m looking forward to it.
Hopefully I”ll see some of you at one of these events.
