Boattalk

 

Boattalk, Tuesday Feb. 12 10am Eastern, will have David Moses Bridges, a Passamaquoddy canoe builder. He will be talking about his craft(s) and will be available to talk with listeners also, since Boattalk is a call-in show. You could say it will be a hearing on sound bark canoes…your dogs may want to join in also. Listen live to the stream at www.weru.org or on air at 89.9fm Blue Hill and 99.9fm Bangor. David is a very fine craftsman as you can see by the pictures below. If you would like to see his work first-hand, the Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor has one of his boats. a.s.

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For those of you who enjoy wooden boat videos, here’s an excellent site. Put together in Brooklin, Maine by Steve Stone who will be a guest on the January, 2013 show, there are lots of great videos. Check it out at offcenterharbor.com a.s.

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We will probably be talking with Jeff Gold again as he is helping with the restoration of the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan. He says they still have ten strakes to go. a.s.

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Tuesday Nov. 13, 10am eastern, Boattalk will no doubt be talking about the recent sinking of HMS Bounty II. Attached are two of the many images connected with the recent demise. we will be referring to them occasionally. a.s.

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Personally I don’t think I would even consider going around the world in anything less than a hundred feet. But thanks to Boattalk listener Tom, here is a link to a video of a Swede who is preparing to sail around the world in a ten foot boat. I expect we will be talking about this and other small ventures on the next Boattalk Tuesday Nov. 6 Don’t forget to vote. The link is right below in tom’s comment. A.S.

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Producers/Hosts: Mike Joyce & Alan Sprague Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: several wet things Key Discussion Points: a) whales b) lobster boat effeciency c) bots and politics Call in show

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Host:mike joyce/alan sprague Engineer:amy browne Program Topic:windward passage/sonar Key Discussion Points: a)about windward passage b)lobsters c)marine life and navy sonar Guests: A)pam scott windward passage B)giffy full national treasure Call In Program: yes

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Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Studio Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic:boatstuff Key Discussion Points: a) fife class boats in castine b) sailing to cuba c) dogs on boats Guests: A) Taylor Allen B) Wally Moran Call In Program: yes

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Host:mike joyce and alan sprague Engineer:amy browne Program Topic: wooden boats Key Discussion Points: a)woodenboat school and show b)delivering boats without autopilot c)wooden boat show Guests by name and affiliation: A)rich hillsinger wooden boat magazine Call In Program:yes

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Here is the latest progress report on the rebuilding of Charles Morgan thanks to our friend Jeff Gold, one of the carpenters working on the boat at Mystic Seaport Museum. See also this month’s Woodenboat magazine. a.s.

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