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2023 Live Wrap-Up
REPLAY: We recap the boat show highlights and what not to miss…
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We’d love to read your comments about the show below!
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What Makes Classic Boats So Damn Beautiful?
What Makes Classic Boats So Damn Beautiful?
A Conversation with Maynard Bray Using Drawings, Photos & Dreams
Presentation replay is now available.
What makes classic wooden boats so beautiful? And how are they so stunning and seaworthy at the same time? Few people have spent more time analyzing classic yacht designs and designers than Maynard Bray, and he joins boatbuilder Eric Blake and author Bill Mayher for a discussion of drawings and photos of some of the most beautiful and seaworthy boats from legendary designers of the golden age of yacht design draftsmanship.
Live Q&A to follow.
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Speakers:
- Maynard Bray – Historian, OCH & WCBS Co-founder
- Bill Mayher – Author, OCH & WCBS Co-founder
- Eric Blake – Boatbuilder, OCH & WCBS Co-founder
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Larry Pardey, “The Real Deal” Movie Night
The live intro and movie are now available as a replay below.
From the stormy seas of Cape Horn to the wilds of the Sahara Desert, few modern sailors have seen more adventures nor inspired more dreams than Larry Pardey. Sailing more than 200,000 miles and circumnavigating both east-about and west-about in engine-free boats he built himself, co-authoring 12 books and creating 5 videos, Larry has been called “the Enabler” and “the man who launched 50,000 dreams.” The Real Deal is an intimate profile created by Mike Anderson, video producer, boatbuilder, and a longtime friend of Larry Pardey. The crux of the tale is the Pardey’s voyage to and around Cape Horn, the so-called “Mt. Everest of Sailing.” Along with at-sea footage, interviews with a variety of friends and associates, and archival film clips and photographs, the story is narrated via quotes from sailing writer Herb McCormick’s critically acclaimed biography of the couple, As Long as It’s Fun.
Live intro with Lin Pardey
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Speakers:
- Lin Pardey – Author, Adventurer
- Moderator: Steve Stone – Co-founder of Off Center Harbor and the Worldwide Classic Boat Show Crew
Leave your questions and comments below!
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The Inside Passage Decarbonization Project
Enjoy this replay of the live presentation.
You can click here to flip through the full slideshow.
In 2016, Capt. Peter Wilcox and Bridget Bayer proposed the Inside Passage Decarbonization Project to tribes/bands, fuel dealers, ports, fishermen/women and commercial and recreational boaters from Washington to Alaska, throughout the Inside Passage. The goals of the IPDP are to make it easy for boaters who want to voyage petroleum-free in the Inside Passage, for marine dealers to gradually – beginning now – replace high carbon fossil fuels with renewable “green diesel” (which is 60-80% cleaner over its lifecycle) and renewable electricity – all in the next 20 years.
Inside Passage Decarbonization Project Website
IPDP Facebook Page with regular updates
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Speakers:
- Capt. Peter Wilcox – Co-Founder, Inside Passage Decarbonization Project
- Bridget Bayer – Co-Founder, Inside Passage Decarbonization Project
- Moderator: Nate Rooks, – Off Center Harbor and the Worldwide Classic Boat Show Crew
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Hidden Stories of the Herreshoffs
The Recording of the Live Presentation is Now Available Below
Here are the links from Evelyn’s slides:
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- Herreshoff Marine Museum Updates
- Herreshoff Catalogue Raisonné
- MIT Museum
- Library of Congress Historic Photo Collections
- Historic New England Nathaniel Stebbins Collection
- Boston Public Library Leslie Jones Photo Collection
- Mystic Seaport Museum’s Yachting Registers
- The Bristol Phoenix (especially for HMCo. stories)
The Pandemic may have stopped our in-person activities short, but it also gave us an unexpected opportunity to dig into the archives while on lockdown. Thanks in large part to extraordinary recent developments in the digitization and transcription of previously unpublished material from collections around the world, we have been putting together pieces of the historic puzzle in a manner that was not possible even five years ago. Join us as we explore recent discoveries from this new age of historic exploration: boats long forgotten or never built, photos that haven’t seen the light of day for a hundred years, previously unidentified models, and long forgotten Gilded Age tales of ocean-spanning cruises… whatever you’ve heard before, this is not the same-old, same-old Herreshoff!
Speakers:
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- Evelyn Ansel – Curator, Herreshoff Marine Museum
- Moderator: Maynard Bray – Co-founder, Off Center Harbor & the Worldwide Classic Boat Show
- Moderator: Nate Rooks – Off Center Harbor & the Worldwide Classic Boat Show
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Synthetic Standing Rigging on Classic Boats
The Recording of the Live Presentation is Now Available Below
These master riggers will explain the advantages of synthetic fiber over steel rigging systems and talk about its numerous benefits for modern and classic boats. They will explain how Brion Toss Rigging, being skilled in the traditional, is so well versed to adapt the traditional skills to the modern fiber.
“Wire rigging is, after all, the attempt of a previous generation to do with wire what they had previously done with rope. A couple of hundred years later, we are just running things the other way.” – Brion Toss.Visit Brion Toss Yacht Riggers in Port Townsend, WA.
Speakers:
- Ian Weedman – Co-owner, Rigger, Brion Toss Yacht Riggers
- Jen Bates – Rigger and Fiber Guru, Brion Ross Yacht Riggers
- Moderator: Eric Blake – VP, Brooklin Boat Yard and Co-Founder, OCH and the Worldwide Classic Boat Show
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Sunday, 2/19 — “The Race to Alaska” Movie Night
The Recording of the Live Presentation is Now Available Below
Note: We’ve separated the presentation and Q&A into two videos below.
Intro & Movie:
Q&A with Director, Race Boss, and Racers:
R2AK has been called “the best worst idea,” spurring all varieties of folks in boats ( as long as they don’t have a motor) to race unsupported from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. The Race to Alaska Movie mixes raw racer-shot footage with vast aerials and in-depth interviews to tell the story of the race’s improbable inception and the journey of the men and women who have answered the call to action. These everyday heroes challenge themselves to find their edge on an exhilarating, engineless charge through the Pacific Northwest, traversing one of the most complex and beautiful race courses on Earth.
Speakers:
- Daniel Evans – R2AK Founder/Race Boss Emeritus
- Zach Carver – R2AK Filmboss, Director
- Daniel Evans – R2AK Co-founder, Race Boss Emeritus
- Katy Stewart – R2AK Captain x5(!)
- Cooper Rooks – R2AK Captain, 2016
- Moderator: Nate Rooks – R2AK Racer, 2016, Q&A host
Leave your questions and comments below
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2/18 – Rowing Across the Pacific in a Wooden Boat Update with Tom Robinson
The Recording of the Live Presentation is Now Available Below
Note: We’ve separated the presentation and Q&A into two videos below.
Tom’s Presentation:
Q&A with Tom:
Last year, Tom gave a presentation looking forward to beginning the journey he’d been dreaming about since he was 13 years old – rowing across the Pacific Ocean in a beautiful wooden boat he designed and built. Last summer, Tom met his boat MAIWAR in Peru and cleared all kinds of international challenges before shoving off into the Pacific and rowing for 160 days before setting foot on land – weeks longer than planned when he missed his original destination. Now waiting out cyclone season on Tongareva AKA Penrhyn Island, Tom will join us to share stories, impressions, and photos from his journey so far.
Live Q&A to follow.
Speakers:
- Tom Robinson – Boatbuilder & Adventurer currently on Tongareva, South Pacific
- Moderator: Steve Stone – Co-Founder of Off Center Harbor and the Worldwide Classic Boat Show
Links:
Leave your questions and comments for Tom below!
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Friday, 2/17 | Opening Night Celebration & Tour of the Show
The Recording of the Live Presentation is Now Available Below
You can click here to see the Site Tour
Mix your favorite cocktail, or brew a good cuppa joe, and join the crew as we celebrate the opening of the 2023 Worldwide Classic Boat Show. We’ll have our traditional opening margarita in-hand to kick-off the Show, and we’ll give you an insider’s tour of the website and what’s happening at the Show this week.
Off Center Harborita Recipe*:
- Place four ice cubes into a Bonne Maman jam jar (or other jar with a lid).
- Pour a 50/50 blend of the following into the glass up to the rim:
- Hornitos Reposado or Sauza Conmemorativo tequila (NOT Jose Cuervo!)
- Simply Limeade (Newman’s Own Limeade is a good substitute)
- Close sealed lid and shake wildly 40 times (shaking is the key to smoothness)
- Sit back, open, sip and enjoy the Show (stronger than they taste so drink with care – 1.5 drinks is our max)
* We have Texas margarita-snob roots and this mix is as good as any complex, fussy, high-maintenance blend
Have something to say or ask? Post your comments or questions below:
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2023 Live Presentation Schedule
The 2024 Schedule Will Be Released Soon!
Friday, Feb. 17th at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
Opening Night
with the Worldwide Classic Boat Show Crew
Get the inside scoop of what’s happening at this year’s Worldwide Classic Boat Show from the full crew who’s put the show together. We’ll point out the not-to-miss highlights in this year’s show and give you a brief tour of the site and how to best navigate it all.
Saturday, Feb. 18th at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
Rowing Across the Pacific Ocean in a Wooden Boat, Part 2
with Tom Robinson – Boatbuilder & Adventurer
Last year, Tom gave a presentation looking forward to beginning the journey he’d been dreaming about since he was 13 years old – rowing across the Pacific Ocean in a beautiful wooden boat he designed and built. Last summer, Tom met his boat MAIWAR in Peru and cleared all kinds of international challenges before shoving off into the Pacific and rowing for 160 days before setting foot on land – weeks longer than planned when he missed his original destination. Now waiting out cyclone season on Tongareva AKA Penrhyn Island, Tom will join us to share stories, impressions, and photos from his journey so far. Live Q&A to follow.
Sunday, Feb. 19th at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
“The Race to Alaska” Movie Night
R2AK has been called “the best worst idea,” spurring all varieties of folks in boats ( as long as they don’t have a motor) to race unsupported from Port Townsend, WA to Ketchikan, AK. The Race to Alaska Movie mixes raw racer-shot footage with vast aerials and in-depth interviews to tell the story of the race’s improbable inception and the journey of the men and women who have answered the call to action. These everyday heroes challenge themselves to find their edge on an exhilarating, engineless charge through the Pacific Northwest, traversing one of the most complex and beautiful race courses on Earth. Live Q&A to follow.
Monday, Feb. 20th at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
Synthetic Standing Rigging on Classic Boats
with Ian Weedman and Jen Bates – Riggers, Brion Toss Yacht Rigging
These master riggers will explain the advantages of synthetic fiber over steel rigging systems and talk about its numerous benefits for modern and classic boats. They will explain how Brion Toss Rigging, being skilled in the traditional, is so well versed to adapt the traditional skills to the modern fiber. “Wire rigging is, after all, the attempt of a previous generation to do with wire what they had previously done with rope. A couple of hundred years later, we are just running things the other way.” – Brion Toss. Live Q&A to follow.
Tuesday, Feb 21st at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
Hidden Stories of the Herreshoffs
with Evelyn Ansel – Curator, Herreshoff Marine Museum
The Pandemic may have stopped our in-person activities short, but it also gave us an unexpected opportunity to dig into the archives while on lockdown. Thanks in large part to extraordinary recent developments in the digitization and transcription of previously unpublished material from collections around the world, we have been putting together pieces of the historic puzzle in a manner that was not possible even five years ago. Join us as we explore recent discoveries from this new age of historic exploration: boats long forgotten or never built, photos that haven’t seen the light of day for a hundred years, previously unidentified models, and long forgotten Gilded Age tales of ocean-spanning cruises… whatever you’ve heard before, this is not the same-old, same-old Herreshoff! Live Q&A to follow.
Wednesday Feb. 22nd at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
Off Center Harbor Movie Night
Enjoy a curated playlist of our favorite Off Center Harbor videos from around the world. OCH is the creator of the Worldwide Classic Boat Show, and has produced over 600 videos on great boats and how to build, use, and maintain them. Here’s a chance to see some of our favorites! These will go live on the 22nd and remain open to attendees through the end of the Show.
Thursday, Feb. 23rd at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
The Inside Passage Decarbonization Project
with Capt. Peter Wilcox and Bridget Bayer – Co-Founders, IPDP
In 2016, Capt. Peter and Bridget proposed the Inside Passage Decarbonization Project to tribes/bands, fuel dealers, ports, fishermen/women and commercial and recreational boaters from Washington to Alaska, throughout the Inside Passage. The goals of the IPDP are to make it easy for boaters who want to voyage petroleum-free in the Inside Passage, for marine dealers to gradually – beginning now – replace high carbon marine fuels with 90% or more locally made, clean and waste-based, job-creating green biofuels and renewable electricity, and for marinas and ports to shift to renewable shore power – all in the next 20 years. Live Q&A to follow.
Friday, Feb. 24th at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
Larry Pardey, “The Real Deal” Movie Night
Live intro with Lin Pardey
From the stormy seas of Cape Horn to the wilds of the Sahara Desert, few modern sailors have seen more adventures nor inspired more dreams than Larry Pardey. Sailing more than 200,000 miles and circumnavigating both east-about and west-about in engine-free boats he built himself, co-authoring 12 books and creating 5 videos, Larry has been called “the Enabler” and “the man who launched 50,000 dreams.” The Real Deal is an intimate profile created by Mike Anderson, video producer, boatbuilder, and a longtime friend of Larry Pardey. The crux of the tale is the Pardey’s voyage to and around Cape Horn, the so-called “Mt. Everest of Sailing.” Along with at-sea footage, interviews with a variety of friends and associates, and archival film clips and photographs, the story is narrated via quotes from sailing writer Herb McCormick’s critically acclaimed biography of the couple, As Long as It’s Fun.
Saturday, Feb. 25th at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
What Makes Classic Yachts So Damn Beautiful?
with Maynard Bray – Historian, Eric Blake – Boatbuilder, & Bill Mayher – Author
What makes classic wooden boats so beautiful? And how are they so stunning and seaworthy at the same time? Few people have spent more time analyzing classic yacht designs and designers than Maynard Bray, and he joins boatbuilder Eric Blake and author Bill Mayher for a discussion of drawings and photos of some of the most beautiful and seaworthy boats from legendary designers of the golden age of yacht design. Live Q&A to follow.
Sunday, Feb. 26th at 7:30pm EST in the U.S. (UTC 00:30)
Closing Ceremony
with the Worldwide Classic Boat Show Crew
Join us as we recap the boat show highlights and share what’s in store for next year.Watch the replay of 2022’s Closing Ceremony HERE.