Howard Faxon
The Port Townsend Boatyard – The ‘Hawaiian Chieftain’ from Grays Harbor, Washington
The boatyard in Port Townsend, Washington has a tradition of building, maintaining, repairing, and restoring wooden boats. The boatyard’s history with wooden boats is a big part of the town’s identity. Some famous boats like the ‘Lady Washington’ come in regularly for maintenance. Yesterday I found a couple of great photo subjects.
One of these photo subjects was the ‘Hawaiian Chieftain’ from Grays Harbor, Washington. You can read about the ship here. It was built in 1988 and has a steel hull. It is in Port Townsend for hull work. If I can I want to film this one going back into the water via the 300 ton lift. I think I’ll be able to find out when because it is a famous ship and should draw some spectators. I have my fingers crossed.
I post some “Boats Out of Water” every so often. These are portraits of single boats that are passing through the boatyard. There are many to come so keep your eyes peeled matey!
I’m a big fan of these boats. I have a lot of pictures. The last I made it 14-07-2019. Discarded and abandoned on the banks of the River Argga in Pamplona Spain.
I do remember some of your pictures on boats. I will look back for this one you mentioned. While I was away I missed a lot. …. i will go to find it!
yar, it be movin me to set a course for pirate lasses
If you kept track of it you could probably see this boat in real life in the water. There is a hyperlink called “join the crew”
I am only a pirate for the fanservice…
Q: Why couldn’t the 10 year old go to the pirate movie?
A: Because it was rated ARRRRR!
what’s the most a pirate would pay for corn?
The answer A buccaneer!
I cheated …. went to DuckDuckGo.com My guess was – A fARRRRRthing.
yours is actually better, but most folks don’t know archaic currency
This one is a beauty!
Yes I totally agree, … and when I looked it up by its name there is a link there to ‘join the crew’ . — Maybe I should apply. Hmmm……
That would certainly be a memorable experience.
Another beautiful here. This one is worth saving for sure.
This one gets lots of charters and makes appearances up and down the west coast. It also is used for sailing education, … I saw a link that says “join the crew” and this idea is tempting, very tempting. Cheers Carol 🙂
I know little about boat Primarily, boats can be classified into three main sections as follows: Unpowered or man-powered boats (like rafts, gondolas, kayaks, etc.), Sailboats (sail-propelled) Motorboats (engine-powered)
The specifications for this boat are listed at the link. It is a sailboat but also sports two engines that can push this boat at 10 knots. I don’t know a lot either – I just like them.
what a beauty! Twin mast sailing ship! I suspect this is a tourist tour boat?
Oh man, you have to click on the link up there. It brings back something you said before about they belong in the water. The picture in the water is beautiful.
Yes, they use it for sailing education, etc… It’s steel though. The history is interesting and pretty complete.
i am reading the link right now!
interesting story so far.
I wasn’t expecting the 1988 or the steel hull. There is a link on that page “join the crew”.
There is a group in Annapolis MD that does something similar. We’ve been on that ship, several times!