We’re often asked, “How does a museum that doesn’t charge admission pay the bills.”  A recent photo shoot on our docs is a pretty good illustration of how the Center for Wooden Boats tries to be as creative as possible when raising funds. Mondetta Sportswear of Winnipeg, Manitoba called us one day over the winter [...]

We’re so thrilled to learn today that the state’s Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation in Olympia has given a special historic preservation achievement award to the Maritime Documentation Society (MDS). Those are the volunteer divers helping The Center for Wooden Boats, The Burke Museum, and the state DNR explore and document the remains of sunken [...]

Seems there are a lot of these in Shavings, editorials on sailing terminology. since this one’s a wee lengthy, I’ll keep the intro words brief. From Volume 3, Number 3, 1981. In the late 1870s, a self-taught Scottish scholar, James A. H. Murray, assumed editorship of what would become the OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, subtitled, “A [...]

First Annual Cama Beach Spaghetti Social In Support of The Center for Wooden Boats Saturday, March 24, 2012 4-7pm $7/person, $20/family of four Purchase tickets online or in person at either CWB location. Ticket includes dinner and non-alcoholic beverages. Beer and wine will be for sale. Music! Games! Raffle! Silent Auction! All-you-can-eat! At the Cama [...]

Last Saturday CWB threw it’s 36th Annual Fundraising Auction and Dinner Celebration at the Seattle Design Center in South Seattle. The event drew over 170 guests and 40 volunteers out for a great night of food, drinks, fierce bidding and great conversation all in the name of wooden and water. The event raised a total [...]

Boating Calcs provides over 200 topics and calculators.  I for one have never committed to memory that hull speed = 1.34 * (LWL)1/2.  This $5 app has a plethora of information including: * Area, Angles & Volume * Communications References * Unit Conversions * Finance Calculations * Fuel Calculations * Glossary / Acronyms * Line [...]

First, I will tell you that this info is available for free via pdf here.  That being said, this searchable and bookmark-able version from DoubleDog Studios is far more usable for $5.  You may well also want the print version if you have space. (I have both versions) Here’s the info via Maritime and Coastguard [...]