Seaward Adventures

Hooked On Wooden Boats a Healthy Addiction

Chris Kleinfelter — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:08:06 +0000

There is a podcast for every passion. I regularly download more of them in a week than I have time to listen to. Among the ones I digest religiously is a new one: Hooked on Wooden Boats. Dan Mattson turns out a new show every Thursday in which he and various interviewees talk about “owning, [...]

Revisiting The Pinky Schooner Robert L.

Chris Kleinfelter — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:11:46 +0000

Certain things have a way of continually appearing on our radar screens. They circle continually outside of visual range, only ocassionally emerging into view. Such is the case with Robert L. I wrote a story about the William Garden designed Pinky schooner in August last year. Small schooners are sure-fire fodder for my [...]

Windjammers on the Bay, A Festival Under Full Sail

Chris Kleinfelter — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:21:18 +0000

There is no better place to be than on the water with a fresh breeze and the deck of a stout schooner beneath your feet. The solid way she moves in time with the waves matches the rhythm of life beating in a sailor’s bones. Saturday September 10, 2011 was a day filled with harmonic [...]

Coming Attractions From The Wooden Boat Festival

Chris Kleinfelter — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:14:07 +0000

I had hoped to post some stories from the recent Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend. Life has interfered lately but i am working on it and will having something soon. Up first and almost ready for prime time is an account of my day on board the schooner Windjammer. Also in the works is [...]

2011 Wooden Boat Festival, Port Townsend, Washington

Chris Kleinfelter — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 06:32:47 +0000

I am sending out the call to all hopelessly boat struck sailors. It is Wooden Boat Festival time once again. September 9 to 11 will see Port Townsend Washington awash in wood and the spirit of maritime history. Schooner watchers everywhere must come and see the gems of the Pacific Northwest. Small craft enthusiasts will [...]

Almost Afloat, A Sailboat Comes Home To Roost

Chris Kleinfelter — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:12:07 +0000

My long dry spell is soon to come to an end. In my backyard is an O’day Day Sailor 17 foot sailboat on a trailer. My wife gets credit for dragging me to a garage sale where the boat was waiting for a desperate soul like me to make an offer. The previous owner was [...]

Start At The Beginning

Chris Kleinfelter — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 06:59:19 +0000

Frugality is an art practiced with patience and a casual disregard for personal status. In a world where branding is practically a religion it is heretical to build in materials with no discernible commercial origin. Far beyond the green zeitgeist is a pragmatic ethic born of economy and nurtured by common sense. Originally the skin [...]

Coming Attractions: Kayak Building in Slow Motion

Chris Kleinfelter — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:33:05 +0000

The observant follower of this blog will have noticed the glacial pace of my postings over the last several month. Life is not coinciding with my personal schedule and my priorities have shifted like a southern California fault line. Nevertheless, I am persevering, in my own way, with new goals and a rough plan to [...]

The Log Of Dragonsong: Spring Milk Shake Cruise 1993 Day 2

Chris Kleinfelter — Wed, 11 May 2011 06:18:48 +0000

May 21 0300, Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, MD. There is something about a lighthouse that brings the mind to muse on directions, dangers, and the eternal search for havens of rest. I am lounging on the upper balcony of the Hooper’s Island screwpile lighthouse as I write. Below me is the grounds of [...]

The Log Of Dragonsong: Spring Milk Shake Cruise 1993 Day 1

Chris Kleinfelter — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 08:24:45 +0000

In the Spring of 1993 I took a Cruise of several days in my 23 foot sloop Dragonsong. It was a needed break in a heavy schedule of working full time and going to Community College part-time. In those days sleep was optional, as available. This entry was written in retrospective at the end of [...]