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Learn how to plan for your wooden boat's future

by Wooden Boat Festival 12 Feb 2022 13:24 PST
Andy Stewart and Zach Simonson-Bond © Wooden Boat Festival

Feb 17 at 5 pm - Andy Stewart and Zach Simonson-Bond
Creating a Vessel Stewardship Plan

Plan for your boat's future! Andy and Zach will detail how to develop a "vessel stewardship plan" in order to manage competing interests of boat ownership, including age and condition of the vessel, intended uses, finances, insurance, regulations, availability of resources, and ownership succession.

Andy Stewart is a shipwright and the owner of Emerald Marine in Anacortes, WA. He has more than 35 years of experience building, repairing, and caring for wooden vessels. He is a licensed captain and sails Windsong a locally built Winslow-designed yawl.

Zach Simonson-Bond, NAMS-associate, is the owner and lead surveyor at Kingspoke Marine Surveying. He is a graduate of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, cut his teeth on the schooner Adventuress, and holds his 100-ton Inland Master's license.

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Mar 3 - Daniel Evans and Jesse Wiegel
Northwest Maritime Center Adventure Races: 2022 Is Not Going to Suck

The Race Boss and Race Marshal for the NWMC Adventure Races will be presenting the races, racers, defining failure, and setting the odds for the 2022 Race to Alaska and SEVENTY48 races.

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Mar 17 - Susan Brittain (Bonus! free access for all!)
LGBTQ+ and Finding My Way in the Maritime Industry

Susan Brittain, a transgender woman who has been in the maritime industry for over 40 years, moderates a panel of LGBTQ+ mariners as they share their stories.

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