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199 episodes
Language
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Dan MattsonExplicit
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Date created
2011/09/23
Latest episode
2026/04/20
Average duration
35 min.
Release period
7 days
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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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HOWB 198 – Interview | Colin Angus on R2AK, RowCruisers, Adventuring
2026/04/20
Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Colin Angus during the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington.
HOWB 197 – Interview | Cody & Beth Harris, David Patterson – Salish Sea Cruising, Princess Louisa Inlet
2026/04/13
Today’s podcast is an interview with Cody & Beth Harris (interviewed in HOWB145) and David Patterson during the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Cody and Beth (Rabannah) and David (Cloud Girl) met while cruising in British Columbia. During the podcast we talked about cruising about Princess Louisa Inlet, Vancouver, BC harbor, and other fun cruising.
HOWB 196 – Interview | Andrew Breece, Publisher of WoodenBoat Magazine – Boating Highlights, Magazine Fun
2026/04/06
Today’s podcast is an interview I did with Andrew Breece Publisher of WoodenBoat Magazine during the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. We talked about Andrew’s youth of boating, how he landed his job at WoodenBoat, and what’s happening at the Magazine today.
HOWB 195 – Highlights of 2017 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival by Wooden Boat Dan
2026/03/30
Today’s podcast is a recording I made on September 10 after attending the 2017 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. I discuss the highlights of the Festival (for me) and the fun people I interviewed for the podcast.
HOWB 194 – Interview | John Lockwood Founder Pygmy Boats on Travel, Paddling, Boat Design, Creativity, Having Fun
2026/03/23
Today’s podcast is a recording I did with John Lockwood of Pygmy Boats at the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. John and I talk about his recent world travels, SUPs, boat designs and other eclectic topics.
HOWB 193- Interview | John Harris Chesapeake Light Craft Boats – New Products, Ideas, SUPS, Teardrop Trailer
2026/03/16
Today’s podcast is a recording I did with John Harris of CLC Boats at the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. John and I talk about their new teardrop trailer, SUPS, kayaks, new products from CLC, and other fun stuff.
HOWB 192 – Interview | Marty Loken on his Bill Garden Canoe Yawl Skye (Schooner Boatworks built), Other Fun Projects
2026/03/09
Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Marty Loken at the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend Washington. Marty and I talk about his Bill Garden designed canoe built by Schooner Boatworks in Portland Oregon, Marty’s current projects, and other fun stuff.
HOWB 191 – Interview | Eben Bruyus and Annie Ryan on Acquiring Famed Cutter Taleisin from the Pardey’s
2026/03/02
Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Eben Bruyus and Annie Ryan at the 2016 Port Townsend Wooden Boat
Festival. Eben and Annie purchased famed cutter Taleisin from Lin & Larry Pardey last year. They are self admitted “green horn” sailors and are looking forward to a lifetime of adventures aboard Taleisin. Check out their blog at Taleisin.com.
We had a grand time discussing how they found Taleisin, why they bought her, and their unique and fun interactions with the Pardeys before, during and after the purchase.
HOWB 190 – Interview | Lin Pardey on Why Wooden Boats are the Best for Cruising & Taleisin’s Tales Book Release
2026/02/23
Today’s podcast is a recording I did with Lin Pardey at the 2016 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. We touched on a variety of topics including “Why wooden boats are great cruising boats”, the sale of Taleisin, and other fun stuff 😀
Lin has just released her new book – Taleisin’s Tales – Sailing towards the Southern Cross – and it promises to be as popular as the dozens of books she has written about she & Larry’s adventures!
HOWB 189 – Interview | Rich Johanson of Philbrick Boats and NW School of Wooden Boatbuilding
2026/02/16
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!
HOWB 188 – Interview | Pete Leenhouts on Restoration of Riptide – a 47ʹ Bridgedeck Cruiser Built 1927 by Schertzer of Seattle
2026/02/09
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!
HOWB 187 – Interview | Dale Simonson on Building His Beloved Microcruising SCAMP Luna!
2026/02/02
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.
HOWB 186 – Wooden Boat Dan on Highlights of 2016 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival
2026/01/26
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.
HOWB 185 – Interview | Josh Colvin on R2AK, SCAMP & Other Fun Stuff!
2026/01/19
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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HOWB 184 – Interview | Marty Loken on R2AK, Poulsbo Boats, SCAMP. St. Lawrence River Skiff, and Other Fun Stuff
2026/01/12
Today’s podcast is a recording I did with boatbuilder, restorer, sailor, pocket cruiser extraordinaire Marty
Loken, during the 2015 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. We talked about the R2AK, SCAMP sailboats,
Poulsbo boats, and lots of other fun stuff.
Check our HOWB 011, HOWB 098, HOWB 138, for previous interviews I have done with Marty about his own
wooden boat journey.
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Nate Tyson 2018/10/10
Hooked on Hooked on Wooden Boats!
Been listening to episodes of HOWB back to back... to back... to back... Thanks, Dan, for a great podcast! The only thing I’m not looking forward to i...
crisarc 2016/07/15
Love this podcast!
Recently my wife gave birth to our first child, a wonderful little boy. I grew up sailing and now am just so excited to be able to take him out on the...
Dinhski 2016/05/02
Excellent info and entertaining even if you’re not a Wooden Boat expert
I’m getting ready to move to Seattle soon, and this podcast has been an incredible resource for me because I don’t know how to sail (yet), but through...
FencingPoodles 2015/08/04
Enjoyable and fun to listen to
I have just started listening to this podcast and I am finding it very enjoyable. It is well done.
Asemetric 2015/07/19
One of my favorites
I listen to many podcasts many for serious technical information in my area of study and others for basic entertainment. This one has been different f...
Bubba Wilks 2014/11/07
Excellent podcast
HOWB podcast is one of the best ways to immerse yourself in wooden boat culture. You will learn and laugh your way through the episodes.. And you will...
Jknight611 2014/03/26
Really good!
I am getting back into building wooden boats, Dan does a excellent job with his interviews either with guests or solo!! All very interesting, informa...
HATTE IT 2014/02/10
I like this one!
Dan is an excellent host and interviews really interesting guests, all related to wooden boats. Excellent to listen to while driving or working in the...
EdGasser 2014/01/04
woodenboat podcast
This is a great podcast. I would really like to see (HEAR) more east coast interviews, perhaps with the wooden boat school staff in Brookline ME.
Pete Bergstrom 2013/11/18
Great podcast
Living far from the sea or any major water it is hard to find kindred spirits who love wooden boats. Your podcast keeps my enthusiasm up when it is m...
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