Fantastic day so far! The Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival was really a blast- plus, I had a chance to meet quite a few wonderful people (Joel, I'm looking at you!).
There was one lovely lady in particular that caught my eye. She was hanging out by the beer garden.
I can't get over the fact that she's less than 12' long. It's insane how much room that little boat has.
She's beautiful. Not in the sexy, lithe, life-threatening, adrenaline-producing sort of way. But she looks trustworthy and strong and capable. She's jaunty. Everything I'd want in a life partner boat.
Arthur left a comment on my last post, saying that he just purchased the plans for SCAMP. Arthur, my friend, you've made a fantastic decision.
I can't wait until I'm standing next to a SCAMP of my own.
To those of you I met today, please, please, please leave a comment with your blog/build thread/whatever so I can stalk your boat building adventures. Happy building!
Hey Julie, it was a real treat meeting both of you at the festival. It was really fun. Later in the day I ran into Larry Cheek at the festival too (author of Year of the Boat). Larry and I were the two Zephyr builders in his book. Larry's blog is at lawrencewcheek.com. Also, the website with the tidal currents that we talked about is here: http://www.deepzoom.com/#/Views/Boat.xaml
ReplyDeleteWe're looking forward with great anticipation to watching your Scamp project unfold. I like that photo of you standing next to Scamp. I'm also enjoying your blogs on beer brewing, furniture making, urban chicken farming and gardening - all things that I've been wanting to try someday.
Hah, great that he was there too! Sounds like everyone had a good time. :)
DeleteThanks for the link, I'll check it out. I'm in shock that boats less than 25' can handle the San Juan Islands- this really motivates me even more to get this boat built. I have only ever sailed in the protected waters of Sequim Bay, so the San Juans were always a bit of a tease for me. Just reminds me how much I love this part of the world!
Thanks for reading the other parts of my blog, too. You should swing by someday and meet the chickens, try some homebrew (no guarantee on if it'll be good or not) and laugh at my DIY furniture. :)
That all sounds like a fun and inspirational day, and to see your dream up close. Hope you took lots of photos to help you through the building process. Great to see you own progressing well, keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Denis! It was good for the soul to see it in person- to know that's what I'll have someday. I didn't take as many photos as I had wanted (I think I was simply too busy staring at her!).
DeleteHappy building!
Hi Julie,
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to meet you yesterday. I was the one building my first boat outside and commenting on the challenges with you. Although not as substantial or robust as SCAMP, the West Mersea Duck Punt that I am building is providing me with plenty of challenges and opportunities for learning. Follow my blog here to see what I am doing- www.rustyknorr.com I am really looking forward to building my own scamp, once my first boat is done! Best of luck to you, I will be following along with your progress!
You have a great site, Rusty! And you're making great progress on your duck punt. I'm envious of your scarfing skills- I have yet to tackle that. When you get to building the SCAMP you'll be able to breeze right through the build!
DeleteJulie - Great to see you and SCAMP together. You both look delighted with the meet-up!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen your name on our SCAMP Facebook page. Check it out:
http://www.facebook.com/SmallCraftAdvisorMagazineProject?ref=ts
Hello Simeon!
DeleteIt was wonderful to see it in person. It obviously met my expectations and more!
Unfortunately I disagree with Facebook's privacy and copyright policies (specifically with photography) and thus have opted not to use their services.
I pulled this from their current privacy policy:
"For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos (IP content), you specifically give us the following permission, subject to your privacy and application settings: you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook (IP License)."
Google+ is much nicer about intellectual properties and copyright, hence why you'll find me on there. :)
Julie - it was GREAT meeting you Saturday at The Center For Wooden boats festival! We enjoyed the opportunity to meet you and talk SCAMP and boats in general - our staff is energized! (Shameless plug follows) - we are hosting the SCAMP-building class in partnership with the Northwest Maritime Center (NWMC) 6-17 Aug 2012, and are inviting everyone interested in SCAMPS to come up to Port Townsend to meet John Welsford (SCAMP's designer), Howard Rice and our SCAMP boatbuilding assistants Saturday, August 11th in the NWMC shop. With luck we can talk Julie into coming up as a special guest of the School, too! s/Pete Leenhouts Director,Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (www.nwboatschool.org)
ReplyDeleteIt was great to meet you too! I'm very much looking forward to the 11th, meeting more SCAMP enthusiasts, and to seeing all the great SCAMPs that will come out of this class. I hope to be able to sail with a few of them someday!
DeleteSO cute!! Is that all storage!?!
ReplyDeleteMost of it! There's a centerboard tucked away in one of the seats, and there's a compartment to fill with water as a ballast. The rest of it (especially in the front) is indeed all storage- perfect for sail-camping. :)
Deletegreat boat your building !!! sell it too me ..lol
ReplyDeleteI'm so in love with it, even in its rough, flat plywood form right now! :) I hope you have a chance to own one someday.
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