Shavings Volume 25 Number 5 (December 2004)

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SHAVINGST h e C e n t e r f o r W O O D E N B O A T S

NovemberDecember 2004 Shavings 1

Inside This IssueF O U N D E R rsquo S R E P O R T 2 A U C T I O N 2 N E W S F R O M S O U T H L A K E U N I O N 3N E W S F R O M C A M A B E A C H 4Y O U T H P R O G R A M 5M A R I T I M E S K I L L S W O R K S H O P S 6B O A T S B O O K S amp G I F T S 8 - 11 U P C O M I N G E V E N T S 1 2

With smiling faces the graduates of our after school middle school sailing program received the testament to their graduation the coveted ldquoCerti-fied Bull Riderrdquo t-shirt

Over the six week course these middle-schoolers had braved the cold and rain milling crowds of motor craft and landing sea planes in their seven-and-a-half foot El Toro sailing dinghies Plus in the middle of all of that mayhem they turned into some pretty good sailors From showing up with no knowledge of sailing in six lessons they learned the language of sailing how to rig their boats and how to sail them on and off of the dock Congratulations

School Year Partner ProgramsAfter School Sailing Program

Students from TOPS Middle School came down for after school sailing classes this Fall

Youth Maritime CampusFor the past 5 years CWB volunteers and the students of Alternative School 1 have constructed sailing pond boat models of the classic racing sailboat Pirate The actual boat is currently under restoration at the CWB This year we are integrating CWB into the class-room as part of a larger effort to use maritime experiences as the vehicle for academic lessons including mathematics science social studies history and physical education

Following AS1rsquos mantra ldquothrough adven-ture to the mindrdquo this program uses real life activities to reinforce the need and usefulness of existing curriculum requirements The ubiquitous protest ldquowhy do we have to do thisrdquo will have self-evident answers

One full class day a week is spent at The Center for Wooden Boats involving the stu-dents in the following program areas

bull Longboat Seamanshipbull Small Boat Sailingbull Pond Boat Constructionbull Community Service

See Page 5 for more information

B Y J A K E B E A T T I E

2 Shavings NovemberDecember 2004

T h e C e n t e r f o r W O O D E N B O A T S

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The Center for Wooden BoatsShavings is published bimonthly by The Center for Wooden Boats1010 Valley Street Seattle WA 98109phone 2063822628 fax 2063822699To learn more about CWB please visit our Web site at wwwcwborg

O u r M i s s i o nTo provide a community center where maritime history comes alive and our small craft heritage is preserved and passed along to future generations

C W B S t a f fBetsy Davis Executive Director Dick Wagner Founding Director Jake Beattie Waterfront Program Director Nita Chambers Facility Rental Coordinator Patrick Gould Instructor and Boat Sales Manager Lauren Kuehne Volunteer Coordinator amp Offi ce Manager Laurie Leak Bookkeeper Edel OrsquoConnor Boatwright amp Workshop Coordinator Jean Scarboro Visitor Services Manager amp Registrar Heron Scott Lead Boatwright Doug Weeks Steamboat Program

B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e sAlex Bennett Mindy KoblenzerCaren Crandell Lori OrsquoToolDavid Dolson Pike PowersBrandt Faatz Barbara SacerdoteGeorge Galpin Denise SnowKen Greff Eric SorensenGary Hammons Bill Van VlackDavid Kennedy Trip ZabriskieAndrea Kinnaman Joe Spengler InternStephen Kinnaman

Design and production of Shavings by CWB volunteer Heidi Hackler of Dolphin Design wwwdolphindesignstudiocom Printed by Olympus Press wwwolypresscom

F o u n d e rrsquos R e p o r t

Th ere are almost 200 historical organizations in King County Washington and 90 in Seattle Amongst them are several maritime heritage organizations

Almost all the historical organizations in King County and absolutely all those involved with maritime history began as community eff orts Private donations of funds artifacts archives and squadrons of volunteers were freely given Within our communities was an unquenchable urge to establish places to preserve our maritime past for future genera-tions

Many vessels of historic signifi cance both large and small have been acquired restored and maintained Th ey provide outings dock-side tours onboard educational activities talks concerts publications and videos Many have produced oral histories Th ey are basic sources for academic research Most of the National Historic Structures in King County (the last of their kind) are vessels

Historic museums are now having either tough times or tougher Itrsquos especially true for those with vessels to maintain Our maritime organizations have contributed greatly to the quality of life of our community Th ey have been visited by thousands of children on school tours Th ey add fi nancial support (we do pay for our overhead including salaries materials utilities and taxes) Th ey attract tourists who rate historical museums and sites as second only to wilderness parks in importance

It is time for members of the boat and water cult to work together to show that we have earned the right for sustained support

B o a r d N o t e s

CWB Trustee Denise Snow going through locks in France this September

Nearly a year ago as I was starting my stint as a CWB Board member I was rapidly drawn into the spirit of the 2004 auction As it turned out it was a great time to become involved as a board member especially with such a successful auction and with so many exciting changes as the center grows and looks to new horizons

Th e success of the 2004 auction spurred continued energy toward the 2004 Auction Pearls of Puget Sound and the planning phases were off to a quick start with the confi dence that we will cross the fi nish line with even greater success than last year

Recently as the auction committee planned for the gala event attention was drawn to the lunar eclipse that evening Th e plan to shoot for the moon took shape with inspiration from this celestial event

Mark your calendars now for the auction which will outshine and eclipse all auctions that have come before February 26 2005 at the Armory will be the place to be Reserve your seats today

Procurement is underway for fabulous vacation packages tickets to exciting events outstanding din-ner arrangements and so much more If you have a donation or a lead on a great donation please let us know Call or e-mail our auction coordinator Nita Chambers (nitacwborg) and reserve your seats today Your contribution and participation in this yearrsquos auction will help make CWB shine even brighter on Lake Union

Denise SnowBoard of Trustees Member



N e w s f r o m S o u t h L a k e U n i o n

B Y D I C K W A G N E R

We are in the midst of an urban design rumble Issues are being dissected and tossed around including street widths streetcars street character water taxis wharf activities cultural interpretation and a power station These are the final (from the view point of an eternal op-timist) details of our neighborhood makeover It will involve new zoning new businesses new residences and a waterfront park that will be the icon our neighborhood never had and a park with more cultural emphasis than any other in our mid-sound region

Mithun Architects designer of the REI flagship building in South Lake Union and partners of Hargreaves on the South Lake Union Park design have contracted with CWB Together we will create a master plan for added facilities and expanded programs Mithun and CWB are gathering the informa-tion needed on our functional and site needs through field trips workshops and charettes Our goal is to complete this plan by yearrsquos end The master plan will be our springboard to design and fund our new structures which we need to implement our future programs

On October 19th there was a blow-out event in the parksrsquo Armory called Experience South Lake Union It was a gathering of the old and new stakeholders a combination class reunion and freshman mixer The new class has several bio-med research institutions including Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Merck and University of Washington a new bank a dentist 3 elementary schools one

Houseboats amp Boat Houses


Houseboats Seattle style are floating homes built traditionally on cedar log floats Our Boatshop has cedar logs as its foundation (eas-ily seen by peering over the north end of the float) Our Boathouse is floating on Styrofoam logs tied together with timber stringers These Styrofoam logs are historic They supported the moorage floats at Apple Tree Cove built in the early 1960rsquos

Houseboats are a metaphor of Seattle They have been here since the first lumber mills came They were cheap homes for the laborers on Lake Union and summer homes on Lake Washington for the business owners and managers

In the late 1800rsquos and early 1900rsquos several boat liveries appeared in Seattle They were larger and more fancifully detailed house boats where the boats were rented restored and built They were called Boat Houses Typically there was a band stand on shore for Sunday afternoon concerts People could lounge and listen to the oompa music in the shore-side park or in an elegant little rowboat canoe or sailboat they had rented

Our architecture landscaping and layout are reminiscent of a 1900rsquos Seattle Boat House or livery

Liveries were popular for the working class in every city at that time It was a golden age for classic small boats Builders were flooded with orders for the gem-like little rowing paddling or sailing boats that could be rented for affordable prices The boats and the boat liveries were means of escaping the drab liv-ing and working conditions of urban centers CWB tries to capture those magic moments of fun and fantasy in its layout landscaping architecture and of course the elegant af-fordable small boats

The Center for Wooden Boats has hired Mithun Architects to lead staff volunteers and the Board in developing a Master Plan for our facilities in the South Lake Union Park Photo by Mithun

preschool an art school a Russian bath a construction company an architectural firm the United Indians of All Tribes an Irish pub new residential buildings Surguard Storage headquarters several stylish restaurants and about ten maritime heritage organizations The old guard included the Seattle Times and South Lake Unionrsquos own international airport- the seaplane base of Kenmore Air

Seven of the nine city council members Richard Conlin David Della Jan Drago Jean Gooden Richard McIver Tom Rasmussen and Peter Steinbrueck came to talk to the gathering as well as Deputy Mayor Tim Ceis and State Representative Ed Murray None promised a turkey on every table and a new Lexus in every garage but they all strongly supported completing the park and drastically improving the means to get to it

Barring a pyroclastic geologic or economic eruption we should expect the South Lake Union dream we share with our neighbors to be implemented in the next 3 years If it includes a classic soup and sandwich shop and a hardware store all the better

Charettes (French for little cart or wagon) were used in the old days of architecture ap-prenticeships when the students were given a few hours or a day to design a site plan or struc-ture as a test of intuitive design At the end of the design period a bell would ring and a cart would be pushed past all the drawing boards so the students could turn in their work It was still the same procedure when I took the State Architecture Boards in 1968



N e w s f r o m C a m a B e a c hB Y D I C K W A G N E RI arrived a bit early in the morning of our monthly Cama Beach Volunteers meeting The gate was kindly left open by the rangers or park hosts I drove down the original dirt and rock one lane road to the meadow above high tide Irsquove driven or walked that road more than a hundred times since my first visit to Cama Beach in 1991 and it is still breath-taking Especially today with bits of mist clinging to the trees

The forest was muted by the mist into in-finite shades of gray giving a sense of primal wilderness without a frame of time or space

Then the last tight turn and a glimpse through the thinning trees of the white flecked Saratoga Passage Another sharp turn and Irsquom on the meadow with the water and wind right in my face There was no sound but the wash of gravel on the beach The camp hostsrsquo dog must still be asleep The only company I had were two bald eagles swooping and soaring above the ridge line to the east

Construction workers will begin the rehabilitation and new construction on the meadow in a few months Cama will never again be a lost paradise It will ring with voices lively involved in maritime skills workshops seminars conferences retreats reunions field trips campfire storytelling The visitors to Cama Beach State Park will find an environ-ment of natural beauty and cultural education It will be popular because of its wonderful resources But it will never be like it was on October 30 2004

F a m i l y B o a t b u i l d i n g at Camano Island State Park

B Y E D E L O rsquo C O N N O R

Camano Island State Park was the site for Family Boatbuilding (FBB) the last two week-ends in October It took place in a picnic shelter just steps away from the beach with spectacular views of Saratoga Passage Whidbey Island and the Olympic mountains gleaming in the dis-tance Nice boatshop We warmed up around the woodstove and talked about the strategy for the upcoming days The three teams had heard about the program at the Stanwood fair and eagerly started laying out the panels and stitching the hulls together including a crew of volunteers from Cama Beach who wanted their very own Union Bay Skiff to take to the fair next year Alastair Stone a participant in the very first FBB brought along his boat as a demo of the finished model and spent time helping out with the building and answering the endless questions of eight year old Andrew Thanks Alastair

All three boats were stitched and glued together after the first weekend skegs and seats installed and fiberglass tape applied to the seams on the outside

The second weekend was sunny and stormy white caps on the passage called for an alter-nate launching plan at a sheltered lake on the island Families finished up the boats on

schedule eagerly sealed them with teak oil and assembled the sailing rigs Volunteer Tom Eisenberg organized a barbeque to celebrate the launching-very much appreciated after a hard days work Mother and son duo Betsy and Andrew Christianson were the first to set sail much encouraged by granddad Bill dad Mark and little sister Grace

A visiting reporter from the Skagit Valley Herald had this to sayhellipwwwskagitvalley-heraldcomarticles20041104recreationrec01txt

The Christianson Family stands with their finished boatPhoto by CWB at Camano Island State Park a mile south of Cama Beach

Photo from Cama Beach State Park archives



C W B Y o u t h P r o g r a m s

Youth Maritime Campus

On Fridays at The Center for Wooden Boats you will find a classroom of middle schoolers from Alternative School 1 participating in a variety of maritime activites

Longboat Seamanship _________The first European boats to chart the waters

of the Puget sound were longboats Since then these 26 foot rowing and sailing boats have been used by sail training organizations such as Outward Bound to teach the rudimentary skills of the sea In the program with AS1 the longboat will be used to exercise the minds and bodies of these future seamen in the fol-lowing activities

bull Marlinspike seamanshipbull Navigationbull Boat handlingbull Teamwork bull Leadership amp shipboard commandbull Rules of the roadbull Rowingbull Sailing

Small Boat Sailing ____________Many peoplersquos first taste of the sea comes

in small boats This summer the Center for Wooden Boats began a dinghy sailing program to help promote youth on the water experi-ences Our proven curriculum developed along US Sailing guidelines includes the following

bull The language of sailingbull Weather awarenessbull TackingJibingbull Sail trimbull Points of sailbull Docking under sailbull Right of wayWhile the curriculum revolves around sail-

ing CWB believes that more important than learning how to sail an 8 foot boat around

buoys is the character development that oc-curs while sailing Most of our students start the program with no sailing knowledge and a little bit of fear of the water When they leave they are able to move their boat around the lake with confidence and without instruction Their first command

Pond Boat Construction _______Building on the successes of previous years

this element mentors the students through the process of construction a functioning sailing pond boat model of the classic racer Pirate Throughout the process the students practice vocational skills such as

bull Basic woodworkingbull Power and hand tool usebull Lay up and clampingbull Boat design

The completion of the boat is a source of pride in personal accomplishment Because the boats will be used in the new boat pond slated for construction in the South Lake Union Park students will be contributing to the vibrant new culture of the South Lake Union neighborhood

When taught in a coordinated effort these three program elements put students inside of the mathematical explanations of navigation the forces on sails and boat design as well as teaching the nautical history of the area and showing new eyes the path to a life on the sea

Community Service ____________Between other activities students help

with tasks around CWB including pumping rainwater out of boats sanding refinishing or working with staff to help on boat repairs

This program is being funded through some of CWBrsquos best friends We received grants from the Enersen Foundation and Cape Flattery Foundation who have been supporting the Pirate pond program since it began five years ago Edensaw is contributing the pond model wood and Youth Maritime Training Association (YMTA) has provided a grant to help pay for the pond model and sailing instructors Part of the letter sent by YMTA President Nom Manley says

ldquoThe partnership between The Center for Wooden Boats and Seattle Alternative School 1 offers students an opportunity to learn about the sea and the maritime indus-try The Executive Board of YMTA has voted unanimously to enter into this partnership by providing the requested funding

The YMTA seek sources of funding for not only Alternative 1 but for additional schools that wish to partner with The Center for Wooden Boats in similar projects

Over the past eight years the Youth Maritime Training Association has grown from a dream into a viable force promoting maritime industry in a positive light in the Puget Sound region We have opened doors for many students to consider the maritime industry as a possible career and then provided the students with a pathway to that career We feel your efforts at The Center for Wooden Boats parallel ours in many ways We enter this partnership with optimism and look forward to working with The Center for Wooden Boats for years to comerdquo

Middle school students spending Fridays at CWB building pond boat Photos by CWB



M a r i t i m e S k i l l s W o r k s h o p sThis is a listing of workshops scheduled in the next few months We are constantly adding new workshops to our program Please check our website at wwwcwborg for the latest workshop listings and information or call us at 2063822628 to request a printed copy NOTE A $200 non-refundable deposit is required to register for all boatbuilding workshops the balance is due no later than two weeks prior to the workshop For all other workshops pre-payment in full reserves your place Classes may be cancelled or postponed due to low enrollment

Nameboard Carving (Nameboards Banners amp Nautical Details)CWB South Lake UnionDecember 4 - 6 2004 (Saturday - Monday)or January 15-17 2005900 am ndash 500 pmFee $210 members $235 nonmembersInstructor Rich Kolin

Students will learn to design layout and carve name-boards banners or seat rests for a boat or home Limit 8 students

KNOT 8 Chest BecketsCWB South Lake UnionDecember 11 2004 (Saturday)1030 am ndash 230 pmFee If not pre paid for the series of 7 $40 mem-ber $50 nonmembersInstructor Dennis Armstrong

Students will make a pair of traditional chest beckets The class will be 4 hours but the beckets will be completed in added sessions as needed Limited to 5

Family Boatbuilding Build a Boat and Sail Away

Qwest Field Event Center Seattle Boat ShowJanuary 14-18 2005 or January 19-23 200512 pm- 6 pm everydayFee $1100 per family for members $1325 nonmembers

There will be two Family Boat Building workshops during the January Seattle Boat Show at the Qwest Field Event Center Free admission and parking are included in the price of the workshop Under the guidance of a boatwright and CWBrsquos volunteers families will build the Union Bay Skiff a great plywood sail boat designed by local boatwright Brad Rice Wersquoll launch all the boats at the end of the event The boat is capable of carrying two people Families will take their boats home for painting and miscellaneous finish work Each session limited to 2 families

We will be offering 4 more Family Boat Building courses during 2005

Oar Making WorkshopCWB South Lake UnionJanuary 22 23 amp 25 (Saturday - Monday)900 am - 500 pmFee $275 members $330 nonmembersInstructor Rich Kolin

Students will learn the design elements of good oars and will lay out and build oars for our new Cama Beach campus on Camano Island This course teaches the sharpening and use of planes spokeshaves and draw knives The skills used here are basic to all boat building and this is the recom-mended course for those considering taking a boat building class Limit 6 students

Tool Making WorkshopCWB South Lake UnionFebruary 5 amp 6 2005 (Saturday amp Sunday) 900 am ndash 500 pmFee $175 members $210 nonmembersInstructor Rich Kolin

Students will build their own smoothing plane and a carving knife that will provide a lifetime of use Students will shape amp heat-treat a piece of tool steel into a blade that will hold a razor edge They also will learn to sharpen use and maintain their masterpieces Limit 6 students

Half Model WorkshopCWB South Lake UnionFebruary 12 amp 13 2005 (Saturday amp Sunday)900 am - 500 pmFee $175 members $210 nonmembersInstructor Rich Kolin

The old way of designing a boat or ship was to shape a half model of a hull and from those lines scale up and build a boat Countless schooners skiffs smacks and others were thus crafted For this class the students will take the lines off of a plan and carve a half model which will be mounted on a board ready to hang on your wall This class is important to new boat builders as it teaches how a two dimensional plan can be converted into a three dimensional boat Students will learn how to read a boat plan In addition the students will learn to sharpen and use chisels knives spokeshaves and small planes This is a good introduction to the loft-ing and marine carving classes Limit 6 students

Discovery ModelersAll classes are held at Discovery Modelers Education Center Room 239 Armory Bldg South Lake Union Maritime Heritage Center (860 Terry Ave N Seattle 98109) Reservations are suggested for all classes For more info or to register call Colleen Wagner 206 282-0985 or e-mail discoverymodelersyahoocom

Holiday Ship Ornaments December 4 (Saturday) 10 am ndash Noon

Whether they ldquosailrdquo from your Christmas tree anchor a wreath or moor on your mantle these ship ornaments will be a welcome addition to your holiday deacutecor We supply the pre-cut hulls and masts you supply the imagination that makes your ornaments uniquely your own Fee of $20 includes all materials Limited to 12 Note This class may be scheduled for groups of 6-12 on other days in December with four days notice

Models for Kids of All AgesDecember 18 (Saturday) 9 am ndash noon

Chose your model from a great selection of kits including a tugboat fishing boats sailboats and more Then build and paint your boat (kids under 7 should be accompanied by an adult to assist them) and take it home Fee including model kit and all supplies is $15 Limited to 10

Building Plastic Models January 8 and 22 (Saturdays) 9 am ndash noon

Instructor Dave Clute will present the unique assembly tricks that make plastic models fun and interesting to build Bring your own plastic model kit or pick out one of ours Our collection has both simple and complex kits including a tugboat submarine steamship and a lightship Bring your own tools if you have some Fee $25 if you bring your own kit $45 if you build one of ours (which then becomes yours) Limited to 10

Chesapeake Bay FlattieSwift Pilot Boat WorkshopJanuary 22 (Saturday) 1230 ndash 330 pm

The Swift and Flattie modelers meet monthly to share problems and solutions and show off their progress on Chesapeake Bay Flatties and Swift Virginia Pilot Boats Instructor Harvey Nobe welcomes newcomers to the workshop at any time Flattie model kits are available for purchase or we can help you find a Swift



H A I D A C A N O ECarving Cultural Connections at CWB and Alternative School 1

Making Cultural Connections In New York City In October 2004

Steaming the Spirit of Peace open on Labor Day at CWB Photo by Lori OrsquoTool

Saaduuts stands with the canoe carved by his family which stands in the Museum of Natural History in New York City Photo by Melissa Koch

B Y S U S A N H O Y T

Four years ago Ron Snyder then principal of Alternate School 1 (AS 1) met Saaduuts at CWB He invited Saaduuts to carve a canoe with the students at AS 1 The canoe-carving journey began with the arrival of a 700 year-old red cedar log With the guidance and dedication

of Saaduuts the school community worked in harmony and cooperation to raise funds for the project then to carve steam and decorate the 40 foot-long Haida canoe In April 2004 the canoe was gifted to the Haida people on Prince of Wales Island Alaska It had been decades since the village had a traditional Haida canoe A great celebration and Potlatch was held in Hydaburg and was attended by 35 members of the AS 1 community

It was the goal of the project to build bridges of understanding between the children of Seattlersquos Alternative School 1 and the native children and people of the village of Hydaburg AK The connections between the two communities continue to grow The spring of 2005 marks the beginning of an exchange program between Seattle students and students from Hydaburg During the month of April AS 1 families will host several Haida students The students will attend school at AS 1 In

May AS 1 students will travel north to attend school in Hydaburg

The canoe journey continues with the 35 foot Haida canoe Spirit of Peace which Saaduuts is currently working on in a log post and beam carving house built by Seattle Parks adjacent to CWB With the help of CWB volunteers and AS 1 volunteers the canoe is near completion The canoe has been spread 12rdquo through steaming Final preparations are being made for steaming the canoe about 8rdquo more Then the canoe will be sealed and painted and the carving and woodworking will be finished It is projected that during the spring of 2005 the canoe will be delivered to a Tlingit Village on Prince of Wales Island This gift will further strengthen the Seattle Klawock Prince of Wales Island connection Preparations are underway for the carving of two more canoes at CWB One will remain on site for public use and teaching

B Y M E L I S S A K O C H

In 1879 a magnificent 65 foot long 12 foot wide ocean going Haida canoe was purchased by the Museum of Natural History in New York City where it has been on display ever since It was carved in the village of Massett on the Queen Charlotte Islands The carver was a member of Saaduutsrsquo family

125 years later Saaduuts and I had the opportu-nity to visit New York City and see this canoe

We were greeted by the information clerk with great enthusiasm He could not believe his luck meeting a descendent of the canoe carver ldquoThis is why I work in the museumrdquo he proclaimed ldquoso I might one day have an op-portunity such as this onerdquo We were not only gifted with two complimentary entry tickets but he arranged for Saaduuts to be Tour Guide for the afternoon

We entered the hall of Northwest Coastal carv-ings filled with masks house posts fish hooks regalia baskets and other beautiful artifacts all

familiar to Saaduuts many of them coming from his homeland and carrying Haida family crests Saaduuts explained their significance and uses and talked about the importance of cedar to his people The Cedar tree to the Northwestrsquos natives is consid-ered ldquothe tree of liferdquo ldquoWe did not abandon these objects they were taken from us and it is important for all to hear our side of the storyrdquo

Off in the distance was the canoe which got bigger and bigger as we got closer Saaduutsrsquo silence said it all PURE AMAZEMENT

The vastness of the canoe the ancientness of the tree the details of the carvings and his direct link to this canoe were very powerful As he burst out singing Haida songs of his people the room filled with more and more visitors many moved to tears

Our entire trip to New York was filled with wonderful encounters of people all touched by the canoe projects being created here in Seattle at The Center for Wooden Boats We made sure to bring postcards flyers and other information about the Carving Cultural

Connections project which we handed out to everyone we met including cab drivers museum guides and school children

Before returning to Seattle we made sure to take a handful of cedar shavings from the Spirit of Peace canoe to Ground 0 where we left them in Saint Paulrsquos Church where many firmen police and other rescue workers sought refuge on September 11th



B Y R I C H A R D S K O L I N

One of the most interesting and dynamic movements taking place in the Northwest is the revival of traditional canoe building among the Native American tribes and the yearly ca-noe journeys they take These voyages some covering hundreds of miles help recreate the ancient cultural contacts between the many tribes of this region They build a newfound feeling of power pride and connectedness within the people This helps to fill a void in cultures long decimated by the larger cultures of the United States and Canada The tribes who join these voyages range from the Puyal-lups of south Puget Sound to the Tlingits of the Alaskan panhandle

The revival of interest in the canoe and its accompanying culture was supported by the Washington State Centennial (1889-1989) Native Canoe Project which was originated to recognize the part that native cultures play in the history of the State and the surrounding region With State sponsorship over 17 tribes started canoe carving projects The canoes became the focal points of tribal efforts to re-vive the traditional rituals dances and songs associated with the tribal canoe voyages

The Washington State Centennial celebration culminated in the ldquoPaddle to Seattlerdquo in 1989 Seattle hosted the first gathering of all of the tribes in many years This celebration gave birth to a yearly canoe journey by a growing number of canoes and sponsoring tribes Each year a dif-ferent village hosts the event and welcomes each canoe and tribe in a centuries old ceremony

In 2003 over 60 canoes and 600 paddlers watched by an estimated 10000 people came to Tulalip Washington They came to celebrate the new power of the canoe as a cultural icon and its ability to bring the people of many tribes together to celebrate their common heritage I have the good fortune to live on the reservation of the Tulalip Tribes The Tulalip Tribes were formed from six local tribes and assigned a reservation just north of the city of Everett Washington by the Treaty of Point El-liot of 1855 Like the other tribes of the area they were subjected to a government policy of neglect and cultural suppression This led to a loss of linguistic and cultural knowledge by many members of the tribe by the middle of the 20th Century In the revival of ethnic

pride of the 1960s this cultural desert began to bloom Tribal governments and cultural organizations began to listen to the ldquoold onesrdquo who had clung to their culture and language and encouraged cultural education for their youth Scholars and artists from the larger community began to show an increasing inter-est in researching and recreating the history and arts of lost culture Some made connec-tions with native leaders and shared their information and their access to the resources of the academic community

In response to the invitation of the Wash-ington State Centennial Native Canoe Proj-ect The Tulalip Tribes commissioned boat builder Jerry Jones to carve their first canoe Jerry carved the 38 foot Big Sister from an old growth cedar log in time for the ldquoPaddle

to Seattlerdquo Within a few years Jerry carved a second canoe which he called Little Sister Jerryrsquos boat building background was gained by working in a local shipyard building steel fish-ing vessels His new responsibility demanded a dedicated search for traditional skills that had long vanished from this region Jerry created one of the most interesting canoes of this new Puget Sound fleet with the help of local artists with experience with traditional tools and the growing community of Indian canoe carvers Bill Holm of the University of Washington a leading expert in Northwest Indian canoes mentored the project Jerryrsquos craftsmanship and attention to detail including the carefully laid out adzed finish make his canoes stand out from the others

Jerry chose the Nootka Canoe model for the design of his canoe as this was the most common design used in the Puget Sound in the late 19th and early 20th Century It was a valued trade item and was traded throughout the Puget Sound region The design is char-acterized by a flat bottom and flaring sides A concave hollow runs along the sheer and up the soaring stem which culminates in a generic animal head shaped prow A small protuber-ance below the head is called the gullet

A cove is carved at the top of the stem end-ing in a wedge shaped angle (see the drawing for these details) The stern ends in a short tower capped by a forward raked square In an era when the most practical transporta-tion was by water the canoes were as much a part of the Native American family as the automobile is today

The design of all of Jerryrsquos canoes were de-rived from a set of lines that were published in Coast Salish Canoes by the Center for Wooden Boats in 1991 The lines were of a 25 foot

Two Nootka Canoes for Jerry JonesMaster Canoe Carver of the Tulalip Tribes

Additional reading Leslie Lincoln Coast Salish Canoes The Center for Wooden Boats 1991 Bill Durham Canoes and Kayaks of Western America Copper Canoe Press 1960



of Magellan in a thirty-six foot yawl with only a handspike windlass to handle his ground tackle and of course no engine He had a long sweep to get around in a harbor in a calm Having sailed for a number of years aboard the Spray replica Joshua (Bill Harpster OwnerMas-ter) I can vouch for the sailing qualities of the Spray Slocum did not exaggerate In addition to seamanship you get a picture of a now lost world before Club Med the ubiquitous cruise ships and international airports on every island Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling is one of the first books I ever read and the one which gave me my unquenchable thirst for the sea It is a simple tale of a rather spoiled rich boy washed off the stern of an ocean liner and picked up by Manuel a doryman from the Grand Banks fishing schooner Wersquore Here of Gloucester Harvey is put to work and gradually the spoiled brat becomes a competent and useful hand The schooner continues her quest for the codfish of the Grand Banks until her hold is full of salt cod and she sails to the market at Gloucester Every detail in the book is perfect right down to the fine details of handling a dory and underrun-ning a trawl Having both commercial fished in my youth and sailed aboard a number of schooners not to mention seeing many photos of Gloucestermen at work I have never found a mistake In later years as Kipling became more than just a name to me I assumed that he had made a voyage on a banker or at least a day trip When reading a biography of Kipling I found that he had written the story after spending a day on the docks in Gloucester looking at the schooners and listening to their crews Irsquove read Captains Courageous probably a hundred or more times and I still find myself transported to the Grand Banks and read the story with the same catch in my throat that I did as a youngster So shipmates those are my three recommen-dations for the books that ought to be in every marinerrsquos bookshelf Riddle of the Sands and Sailing Alone are available in many printings and bindings including Dover reprints which are softback and well bound Theyrsquoll stand a bit of wetting Captains Courageous is a bit harder to find nowadays but worth the search I just finished rereading Captains Courageous yesterday but as it is my watch below I think Irsquoll read myself to sleep with Riddle tonight

copy Stephen M Osborn 2004

Over the past thirty or so years many people who were thinking about sailing or had just bought their first boat or were beginning to do a bit of cruising have asked me ldquoSteve what books should I read to really understand what this is all aboutrdquo My answer has always been Rudyard Kiplingrsquos Captains Courageous Joshua Slocumrsquos Sail-ing Alone Around the World and Erskine Childersrsquo Riddle of the Sands In my library are hundreds of volumes on sailing rigging and boatbuilding cruising stories etc Many are of inestimable value such as Claude Worthrsquos Yacht Cruising but when you get to the nub of it these three titles should be in the bookshelves of every boat You never get tired of them and you always learn a new insight every time you open them Also after they have become old friends you can open one up at any place and be instantly transported to well known seas Riddle of the Sands is a mystery that will keep you guessing right up to the end but it is also the finest treatise on shoal water sailing that has ever been written Childers sailed every foot of the waters he describes In his biography there are photographs of some of the characters met by Davies and Carruthers as they navigate the little yawl Dulcibella from Flensburg in the Baltic through the Kaiser Wilhelm Ship Canal and then west inside the German Frisian Islands Amongst other things you learn that running aground is no big thing if you keep your wits about you and how to use shoals to protect you from a gale in an otherwise open road-stead and the theory and practice of kedging Sailing Alone Around the World was Joshua Slocumrsquos story of his circumnavigation in the Spray Slocum was a master mariner who had spent most of his life at sea and owned his own ship His fortunes reversed when he lost his clipper Northern Light in South America He built and rigged a canoe and brought his family home to New England in it He wrote a book about it The Voyage of the Aquidneck He was in his sixties and on the beach for a while when a friend gave him an old oyster sloop that ldquoneeded some repairsrdquo as a joke Spray was close to a century old and sitting abandoned in an apple orchard Slocum went to work and restored her launched her and decided to take up fishing That didnrsquot work out so well so he decided to go for a long cruise He tied up at the same post he cast off from three years to the day after completing the first single-handed circumnavigation This was by way of the Straits

sealing canoe that historian and boat builder Bill Durham had measured in 1965 When I met Jerry in 2003 he was beginning to build the strip built canoe Big Brother in his shop on the Tulalip reservation Jerry showed me how he expanded the lines for his canoes by projecting them on screen and then tracing the image after he had developed the dimensions he desired I observed that when he set up the molds for this canoe that they were not fair

(an even curve without lumps) and required a lot of effort to get them right I suggested that lofting might help the project and a set of fair lines to begin with might also help as well The original Durham lines were probably distorted by copying cutting and pasting over the years until they had lost their fair I offered to draw up some lines of a few of the sizes of canoes and we had long discussions on the virtues of various design elements

In early 2004 Jerry was tragically killed in an auto accident The whole tribe mourned his loss in a memorable ceremony highlighted by traditional songs and dances performed by the Tulalip Canoe Family Jerryrsquos canoes were prominently displayed At about the same time I received a Gardner grant from the Traditional Small Craft Association (TSCA) to draw up the lines for two canoes that would be suitable for strip planking One is a 40 foot voyaging canoe and the other a 25 footer that could be built by the Center for Wooden Boats to use in their youth education programs The timing of the award of the grant could not have been better as an additional memorial to Jerry In that spirit I offer these designs in the memory of Jerry Jones (1940 - 2004) who left a living legacy for his people

For further information about the plans contact Dick Wagner the Center for Wooden Boats 1010 Valley Street Seattle WA 98109 206-382-BOAT cwborg

My Three ChoicesB Y S T E V E O S B O R N



T h e F e e d a n d C a r i n g o f2543 Miles


Every wooden boat is a story A wooden boat is a bunch of sticks and fasteners put together with archaic technology and an eye for esthetic perfection for someone with strong emotional attachment to heritage Thus within every wooden boat is a book waiting to be written who designed it built it where it was used what it was used for what characters were involved The building of a Northwest Native Canoe begins by the carver asking an ancient red cedar tree for permission to remake it as a canoe Is that not a good beginning for a book about northwest native canoes whose spiritual integrity is on par with their structural integrity

At CWB we have about 150 stories on hold in our little cove on Lake Union and even more in the Cama Beach Boathouse on Camano Island Most of the stories begin with the many boats that came from generous donors Many others are products of our boatbuilding work-shops where we can testify we sometimes had to pry the boatbuilding students away from the shop when their project was launched Some are about boats in the temporary custody of CWB awaiting a purchaser that will become their new stewards The following are brief outlines of potential best sellers TV series or featured films

Brad Rice recently gave us a Point Defi-ance skiff and a Rayrsquos Boathouse skiff both northwest classics both from the Golden Age of Boathouse liveries The Point Defiance boat was among the best of the Puget Sound row-ing boats Renters would actually fist fight for the last remaining Point Defiance boat in the Boathouse during a salmon run The customer wanted the easiest rowing fastest and most seaworthy boat at the livery for a trolling ses-sion on the Tacoma Narrows

The boats at Rayrsquos Boathouse in Seattle were superb rowing and outboard skiffs built by Adams amp Reinell Boat Works in Marysville They were so beloved by the Elliot Bay fisher-man they were offered as first prize for Salmon Derbies The many skiffs launches canoes and

sailboats of Puget Soundsrsquo Boathouses could be the key element in a multivolume set a Patrick OrsquoBrien type series about the life and times of Northwest Boathouses

Robert Lamson recently donated his 36rsquo sloop Shamrock We will sell it because it doesnrsquot fit our programs but it certainly has a story Robert retired after a 50 year career in aviation in the Air Corps as a Boeing test pilot and Boeing technologist (later consul-tant) in high altitude flights and composite construction

Lamson was deeply involved in building and racing small craft in the 1930s He built and raced a Flattie (an 18rsquo centerboard sloop designed by Ted Geary in 1928) and a Star (a 23rsquo keel sloop) Lamson and his north-west friends including Bill Boeing looked for a larger cruisingracing one design class In 1946 they commissioned Philip Rhodes who designed the group a 36rsquo sloop with lots of sail area to suit Puget Soundsrsquo relatively light summer winds Rhodes called it the Evergreen class Eleven were built in Seattle and Vancouver BC They raced regularly for 20 years Robert won 3 fleet championships in Shamrock

When his passion for racing cooled off Lamson indulged his ldquowhy notrdquo brain and in 1972 designed and built the innovative sailplane Alcor made of foam sandwiched between Sitka spruce veneers Alcor has a 66rsquo wingspan weights 600 pounds empty has a top speed of 140 mph and a ceiling limit of 25000 feet It has a pressurized cockpit the first for a sailplane solar heating and flexible wings Alcor is on display at the Museum of Flight after a 17 year career of collecting en-vironmental data

Never to be caught being bored Bob Lamsonrsquos next project was to cruiser-ize Shamrock Using his composite construction expertise he increased the beam 18rdquo and raised the freeboard These changes gave both more stability and living space without increasing the weight Put that in your ldquocreations made by mad engineersrdquo book

We recently received a ruggedly handsome vessel that is another donation that doesnrsquot fit our programs It is a 24rsquo St Pierre sailing dory The islands of St Pierre and Miquelon off

Newfoundland Canada are the last remnants of French Territory in North America Flat bottom dories were developed for fishing off the islands with the boats launched from the beaches as the islands have no harbors The boat has a great pedigree for its seaworthiness toughness and beachability The French settlers of what is now the Newfoundland and Nova Scotia region were called Arcadians Many fled south when the British took over in the 18th century and settled in the bayous of what was French Louisiana where now due to accent Francais we call the bayou people ldquoCajunsrdquo

We had a recent visitor from Louisiana Judging from his drawl his ancestors may well have been Arcadians He came because he fell in love with another donated boat a 24rsquo carvel plank gaff sloop with a deep keel saucy sheer and graceful contour We listed it on E-bay because it was not suited for our sailing activities Our Louisiana visitor is a woodworking hobbyist looking for a project worthy of his skills and this little ship Cecilia Ann fit his dream perfectly He drove up to CWB hooked his truck to Cecilia Annrsquos trailer and took it home 2532 miles Imagine a book on how far boat dreams can carry you

CWB Wish List

Thank you for your recent donations

Filing cabinets Clamps Copies of Microsoft Office El Toro Dinghies Assorted boatbuilding lumber Donated boats

However we still need Wooden Boat Magazine Issues 1-12 Cordless hand drills Hand tools Silicon bronze fasteners Auction Donations Winter annuals (plants)



T h e C e n t e r f o r W o o d e n B o a t sAnnual AppealFundraising is an intimidating word It is

laden with hope trepidation and guilt Most people are uncomfortable asking friends and neighbors for charity Most assume the thing to do is ask governments and foundations Actually 95 of charitable contributions come in relatively small amounts from folks friends and neighbors America is a nation of charitable donors who give spontaneously and generously to good causes

You recently received our Annual Appeal It is our humble request to help support CWB We do good things for a rainbow of people Every dollar counts

Holiday Gifts

The clock is fast ticking towards that time when we all celebrate peace and goodwill with get-togethers and gift sharing

CWB has a fair stock of great stocking stuffers and more including

bull Note Cardsbull Holiday Cardsbull 2005 Tall Ship Calendarsbull CWB Capsbull CWB Fleece Jacketsbull New stock of CWB Gillnetter

T-shirtsbull CWB Embroidered and

Denim Shirtsbull Festival 2004 T-shirtsbull A variety of Youth amp Adult T-shirtsbull CWB Burgeesbull CWB Mugsbull Maritime jewelrybull Knot Playing Cardsbull Knot Tying Kitsbull CWB Videosbull And lots of Maritime books

for adults and children

Salute Our Volunteers

ldquoIn recognition of the highest quality of volunteers dedication enthusiasm leadership and commitment to the goals of The Center for Wooden Boatsrdquo

These are the words on our Volunteer of the Year permanent trophy in our library We couldnrsquot survive without our volunteers They contribute to every level of our multidimen-sional operation They teach adult and youth sailing assist in boat restoration and livery procure auction donations write and design publications clean up fix up and paint up are top rate ambassadors

Annually we give the Volunteer of the Year award through nominations by volunteers and staff The volunteer who has received the most nominations and all the other nominees will be announced at our Annual Meeting on Tues-day January 11th 5 ndash 630 pm room 217 in the Armory building Nomination forms can be found at our Front Desk or on our website at wwwcwborg Those who wish to vote via postal mail should ask for a form

CWB Boat for Sale

1946 36 Rhodes designed sloop Updated in the 1980s $10000 Clean well kept classic 1940s boat that has been updated to a more modern appearance It has a huge cockpit full headroom marine toilet and galley with sink and stove It also includes VHF radio and depth sounder Surveyed in September Contact CWB at 2063822628

Have a boat to donate Contact Patrick Gould at CWB

2063822628

Farewell TripWilliam Zabriskie III (aka Trip) is off to the Sunny Sandwich Islands (aka Hawaii) Trip has become a synonym at CWB for dedica-tion ingenuity caring geniality and the finest kind of carpentry He has been an at-risk youth instructor adult sailing instructor volunteer leader (2001 Volunteer of the Year) Trustee and barbeque chef

Trip has been coordinating CWBrsquos Cama Beach volunteers for 10 years He hopes to be at the Cama Beach opening in the spring of 2006 Wherever he goes Triprsquos spirit will always be at both Lake Union and Cama Beach

He wrote the following to our TrusteesldquoWith both great joy and some sadness I

have decided to relocate with Phoebe to the seaside town of Kailua Hawaii on the island of Oahu I have accepted a position as head foreman of the restoration of Phoebersquos 1940rsquos Hawaiian home a position I suspect will last me into the next decade at least

I am very proud to have been a part of CWB for the past twelve years I look forward to watching its continued growth and success Both Dick and Colleen have inspired and mo-tivated me to give back to the Center as much as the Center has given to me This spirit of giving IS the Center for Wooden Boats

Mahalo nui to everyone for everything and I call first dibs on bungalow 3 on opening day

Love to all mdash Triprdquo

In MemoriamA great fan of CWB Captain Robert Cook passed away this past May Captain Cook was born in 1906 and spent his career in commer-cial sail and steam working his way from deck hand to quartermaster to mate to captain His favorite vessels were the steam tug Tacoma and the steam tug Sioux

A donation in memory of Robert Cook and his wife Louise was given by their son Robert Cook to be used for preservation of our working fleet

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Quarterly Activity Report available on CWB Website

If yoursquore interested in knowing more about the many activities wersquove been up to at CWB you can go to the CWB website (wwwcwborg) and follow the link to the Quarterly Activity Report (Listed on the right side of the Home Page)

Third Friday Speaker SeriesEvery 3rd Friday7 pm CWB Boathouse

Each month excepting July and August CWB finds a speaker of wit and experience to talk about his or her special knowledge It is also an opportunity for CWB members to meet one another and the staff Admission is free and refreshments are served (donations to cover costs are appreciated)

November 19 2004The Boats amp Other Fascinating Stuff of Indonesia7 pm CWB Boathouse

Dr Albert and Dr Eve Van Rennen will condense over 6 years of experience in Indonesia as consultants in research and technology into 90 minutes of slides and stories They will address the varied and colorful sailing vessels the natural and cultural resources and the geopolitical importance of Indonesia

January 17 2005The Pirate Queen In Search of Grace OrsquoMalley amp Other Legendary Women of the Sea7 pm CWB Boathouse

Join Seattle author Barbara Sjoholm for a reading and slide show from her newly published travel-his-tory book The Pirate Queen Sjoholm spent several months traveling from Ireland to Iceland collecting stories of sailors sea witches fishers whaling agents Viking explorers pirates and herring lassies She weaves the unknown tales in with her own journeys by sea to many off-the-beaten-track maritime com-munities in the North Atlantic

Northwest Seaport ConcertWilliam Pint and Felicia Dale November 20 20048 pm CWB BoathouseTickets $10 general $7 seniors youth and members

William Pint and Felicia Dale hailing from the Pacific Northwest coast are outstanding performers of sea songs -- centuries old and modern Enjoy music along with coffee tea baked goods and more All proceeds support Northwest Seaport and Northwest musicians celebrating our maritime heritage in song

Throwbacks To A Golden Age Of Northwest Boats

December 7 2005 (Tuesday)Naval Reserve Building South Lake Union Park7 pm Social Hour8 pm Feature Presentation915 pm Panel Discussion$5 admissionFree Parking in South Lake Union Parking Lot with voucher available at door

Throwbacks is a documentary film by John Sabella and Cary Swasand that profiles the great naval architects of Seattlersquos early years and the famous boatyards and shipwrights that applied world-renowned craftsmanship to their nautical visions It follows the classic boats and yachts through the decades the rowdy 1920s when every man dreamed of owning a boat the grim Depression years when Hollywood wealth was all that sustained Seattle boatyards the War-era when even the most lavish pleasure craft were pressed into hard military ser-vice the decades of neglect when signature vessels languished in obscurity and the contemporary fascination with the restoration of these stylish relics of the bygone age

Auction 2005 Pearls Of Puget Sound

February 26 2005 (Saturday)6pm Naval Reserve Building South Lake Union Park

Get your tickets today Come to The CWB Annual Celebration and Fundraising Auction and bring your friends Our goal is to raise $100K that will help fund our many exciting and growing programs including those that serve at-risk youth This year the event will be held at the Naval Reserve Building right in the heard of South Lake Union Itrsquos going to be a night of great food music and the best auction items in town Tickets are $75 per person which includes dinner Donrsquot miss this chance to enjoy an evening of fun in support of CWBrsquos community programs To reserve your table call Nita Chambers at 382-2628 or email her at nitacwborg

The Legendary Vessles of a Maritime Genius

LE ldquoTedrdquo Geary Naval ArchitectApril 22nd - May 1CWB and South Lake Union Park

A first-ever exhibit of the life times and work of the Northwestrsquos premiere Naval Architect Ted Geary

NovDec Shavings ContributorsJake Beattie bull Susan HoytMelissa Koch bull Rich Kolin

Edel OrsquoConnor bull Steve OsbornDenise Snow bull Dick Wagner



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The Center for Wooden BoatsShavings is published bimonthly by The Center for Wooden Boats1010 Valley Street Seattle WA 98109phone 2063822628 fax 2063822699To learn more about CWB please visit our Web site at wwwcwborg

O u r M i s s i o nTo provide a community center where maritime history comes alive and our small craft heritage is preserved and passed along to future generations

C W B S t a f fBetsy Davis Executive Director Dick Wagner Founding Director Jake Beattie Waterfront Program Director Nita Chambers Facility Rental Coordinator Patrick Gould Instructor and Boat Sales Manager Lauren Kuehne Volunteer Coordinator amp Offi ce Manager Laurie Leak Bookkeeper Edel OrsquoConnor Boatwright amp Workshop Coordinator Jean Scarboro Visitor Services Manager amp Registrar Heron Scott Lead Boatwright Doug Weeks Steamboat Program

B o a r d o f Tr u s t e e sAlex Bennett Mindy KoblenzerCaren Crandell Lori OrsquoToolDavid Dolson Pike PowersBrandt Faatz Barbara SacerdoteGeorge Galpin Denise SnowKen Greff Eric SorensenGary Hammons Bill Van VlackDavid Kennedy Trip ZabriskieAndrea Kinnaman Joe Spengler InternStephen Kinnaman

Design and production of Shavings by CWB volunteer Heidi Hackler of Dolphin Design wwwdolphindesignstudiocom Printed by Olympus Press wwwolypresscom

F o u n d e rrsquos R e p o r t

Th ere are almost 200 historical organizations in King County Washington and 90 in Seattle Amongst them are several maritime heritage organizations

Almost all the historical organizations in King County and absolutely all those involved with maritime history began as community eff orts Private donations of funds artifacts archives and squadrons of volunteers were freely given Within our communities was an unquenchable urge to establish places to preserve our maritime past for future genera-tions

Many vessels of historic signifi cance both large and small have been acquired restored and maintained Th ey provide outings dock-side tours onboard educational activities talks concerts publications and videos Many have produced oral histories Th ey are basic sources for academic research Most of the National Historic Structures in King County (the last of their kind) are vessels

Historic museums are now having either tough times or tougher Itrsquos especially true for those with vessels to maintain Our maritime organizations have contributed greatly to the quality of life of our community Th ey have been visited by thousands of children on school tours Th ey add fi nancial support (we do pay for our overhead including salaries materials utilities and taxes) Th ey attract tourists who rate historical museums and sites as second only to wilderness parks in importance

It is time for members of the boat and water cult to work together to show that we have earned the right for sustained support

B o a r d N o t e s

CWB Trustee Denise Snow going through locks in France this September

Nearly a year ago as I was starting my stint as a CWB Board member I was rapidly drawn into the spirit of the 2004 auction As it turned out it was a great time to become involved as a board member especially with such a successful auction and with so many exciting changes as the center grows and looks to new horizons

Th e success of the 2004 auction spurred continued energy toward the 2004 Auction Pearls of Puget Sound and the planning phases were off to a quick start with the confi dence that we will cross the fi nish line with even greater success than last year

Recently as the auction committee planned for the gala event attention was drawn to the lunar eclipse that evening Th e plan to shoot for the moon took shape with inspiration from this celestial event

Mark your calendars now for the auction which will outshine and eclipse all auctions that have come before February 26 2005 at the Armory will be the place to be Reserve your seats today

Procurement is underway for fabulous vacation packages tickets to exciting events outstanding din-ner arrangements and so much more If you have a donation or a lead on a great donation please let us know Call or e-mail our auction coordinator Nita Chambers (nitacwborg) and reserve your seats today Your contribution and participation in this yearrsquos auction will help make CWB shine even brighter on Lake Union

Denise SnowBoard of Trustees Member






















































































































































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Holiday Gifts











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2063822628











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CWB Wish List









Holiday Gifts











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2063822628











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Holiday Gifts











CWB Boat for Sale



2063822628











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Documents

Shavings Volume 25 Number 5 (December 2004)