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A Davis Boat and Atkin Flipper at Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA: A Traditional Small Craft Delight Outside Westrem Shop, Featuring a 12-Foot Double-Ended Boat on Grass and a New Dinghy on Ramp (IMG_4856)

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is a vocational school located in Port Hadlock, WA. Their mission is to teach and preserve the art of traditional and contemporary wooden boatbuilding and maritime crafts. The school builds both commissioned and speculative boats to US Coast Guard standards while teaching adult students the traditional wood and wood… Continue reading A Davis Boat and Atkin Flipper at Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA: A Traditional Small Craft Delight Outside Westrem Shop, Featuring a 12-Foot Double-Ended Boat on Grass and a New Dinghy on Ramp (IMG_4856)

IMG_8920 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – 14-foot Davis Boat

www.nwboatschool.org John Davis, a Tsimshian Indigenous dwelling on Metlakatla Island in Southeast Alaska, designed these rugged inshore fishing boats soon after returning from functioning in Seattle as a carpenter assisting to rebuild the town right after a disasterous fire in the 1880’s. Davis is reknowned for his two varieties of boats – square-sterned, demonstrated listed… Continue reading IMG_8920 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – 14-foot Davis Boat

IMG_3146 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – general view of the Westrem Shop – Rogue River Driver (left foreground), 12-foot Davis double-ender (right foreground), 9-foot Grandy Skiff (left background),

www.nwboatschool.org There are 4 boats below design in this photograph, taken Friday night, February 21st, 2014, from the back of the Westrem Boatshop. This is teacher Jeff Hammond’s Regular Tiny Craft course. 1 further boat, a 31-foot Italian ferry, referred to as a “batela”, is becoming lofted and is not seen in this photograph. The… Continue reading IMG_3146 – Port Hadlock WA – Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding – Traditional Small Craft – general view of the Westrem Shop – Rogue River Driver (left foreground), 12-foot Davis double-ender (right foreground), 9-foot Grandy Skiff (left background),