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Hooked On Wooden Boats

Dan Mattson
Hooked On Wooden Boats
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  • Hooked On Wooden Boats

    HOWB 189 – Interview | Rich Johanson of Philbrick Boats and NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding

    2026/2/16 | 31 mins.
    Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Rich Johanson at the Pocket Yacht Palooza in June 2016.
    Rich is a graduate and now employee of the NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding, and the proud owner of Philbrick Boats! Philbrick boats was founded in 1934 by Don Philbrick with the mission of building gorgeous wooden powerboats. And Rich is carrying on that tradition!
  • Hooked On Wooden Boats

    HOWB 188 – Interview | Pete Leenhouts on Restoration of Riptide – a 47ʹ Bridgedeck Cruiser Built 1927 by Schertzer of Seattle

    2026/2/09 | 39 mins.
    Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Pete Leenhouts at the 39th Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival in 2015.
    Pete is the proud owner of Riptide – his beloved 47ʹ x 11ʹ Bridgedeck Cruiser built in 1927 by Schertzer of Seattle. Pete is in the process of a complete restoration of Riptide and she is beautiful and stately!
  • Hooked On Wooden Boats

    HOWB 187 – Interview | Dale Simonson on Building His Beloved Microcruising SCAMP Luna!

    2026/2/02 | 40 mins.
    Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Dale Simonson at the 39th Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.
    Dale built his beloved SCAMP – Luna – with care and precision starting with the SCAMP Camp and finishing it at his home in British Columbia. Dale shares the details of how he selected the SCAMP as his build project, and the journey of actually building her over a 2 year period.
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    HOWB 186 – Wooden Boat Dan on Highlights of 2016 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

    2026/1/26 | 19 mins.
    Today’s podcast is a recording I did with myself on the highlights of the 40th Annual 2016 Port Townsend
    Wooden Boat Festival.
    I recorded 9 interviews for the podcast
    Gave a presentation on building a SCAMP sailboat
    Attended several presentations
    Watched the R2AK Blazer Presentation
    Had a blast for 72 hours straight – except for sleeping in the bed of my truck 😉
    Reconnected with a lot of friends
    Dropped my $150 camera lens into Puget Sound 🙁
    Check out HOWB 179 for highlights of last year’s festival.
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    HOWB 185 – Interview | Josh Colvin on R2AK, SCAMP & Other Fun Stuff!

    2026/1/19 | 25 mins.
    Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Small Craft Advisor Co-Editor and SCAMP brainchild Josh
    Colvin during the 2015 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. We talked about the R2AK, SCAMP sailboats,
    and lots of other fun stuff.
    Check our HOWB 040, HOWB 143, for previous interviews I have done with Josh.
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About Hooked On Wooden Boats

This podcast is 110% dedicated to celebrating the art, craft, history, tradition and romance of wooden boats around the world. Season 1 will include all 217 episodes I recorded (and previously published) between 2011 and 2018.
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