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the 3D and surface modeling technologies that are central to
the work of all these designers. “All of that is useful, and, yes,
I think it makes modern wood construction more viable than
it was, say, 10 years ago, and it will probably continue in that
direction.”
“In a way,” Jutson said, “the modeling element is common
now to all design, regardless of material, in a way it reduces
the relevance of the material in terms of build time.” Designers
now impede on “what traditionally was the builder’s territory.”
Boyce concurred: “We used to say, ‘Build it so it looks
like this.’ Now, we have a 3D model, and the message is, ‘Build
it exactly like this.’ There’s no room for interpretation.”
One thing became clear to me from three such different
educational programs: Alongside whatever is the boatyard’s
preferred tool array, from sharp hand planes to sophisticated
software, the laptop projector and the microphone are
among the everyday tools of the boatyard today. What has not
changed—not a single iota—is pride in craftsmanship.
Tom Jackson is WoodenBoat’s senior editor.
Tumblehome Boatshop, www.tumblehomeboats.com; Artisan Boatworks,
www.artisanboatworks.com; Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, www.lyman
morse.com (includes video of panel discussions); Peter Boyce, C. Raymond
Hunt Associates, www.huntdesigns.com; Scott Jutson, www.
jutson.ca; David McCollough, www.mccolloughyachts.com; Chuck
Paine, www.chuckpaine.com;
Jay Paris, www.sailmagazine.com;
Bob Stephens, www.stephenswaring.com; Jim Taylor, www.taylor
yachtdesigns.com; Doug Zurn, www.zurnyachts.com.
Around the yards
n At Cunningham Ships Carpentry in Port Townsend,
Washington, a refit of the 96'', 1927 motor vessel POLARIS
has begun. Mohammad and Kimberlee Shakeri bought the
vessel in San Francisco, where she was decommissioned from
U.S. government service, and brought her to Washington for
restoration and use as a liveaboard and charter yacht.
“This is my first boat—ever,” Shakeri said. “Honestly,
The Shakeris brought POLARIS up the Pacific Coast from
California on her own bottom with a professional skipper.
Before the voyage, Shakeri thoroughly learned the mechanical
systems, and at sea the couple learned a great deal more
about her systems, condition, handling, and potential.
“When we brought it from San Francisco up here, it handled
beautifully,” Shakeri said.
Launched in 1927 as the motoryacht PASADO MAÑANA,
which is Spanish for “the day after tomorrow,” she was
designed by A.E. Hudson and built at Wilmington Boat Works
in Los Angeles for Lee Allen Phillips, a land developer. Late
in World War II, the U.S. Army acquired the boat for use as a
personnel transport in Puget Sound. After the war’s end, she
went through several owners until being acquired for Alaska
charter service in 1956 and renamed POLARIS. In 1966, the
government bought her again, this time to serve as a U.S.
Geological Survey research vessel charged with monitoring
water quality in Alaska and San Francisco Bay. She remained
in USGS service for nearly 50 years.
Shakeri is an electrical engineer who worked a decade at
Fluke Corporation and then 20 years at Microsoft Corporation,
and his hobby interests have included rebuilding
engines for classic Porsche cars. Before setting out on the
northbound voyage, he learned the operation of POLARIS’s
three generators and V-12 Detroit diesel engine, traced the
piping system for five fuel tanks, and repaired wiring problems.
Noting leaks in the deck and hull, the couple took the
boat to Cunningham, based on recommendations from other
large-boat owners. Upon hauling her out, Cunningham
found that although much of the structure was in good shape,
boring shipworms had attacked the Douglas-fir planking,
mostly at the waterline level. About a third of the planking
will be replaced, and the hull, which has a beam of 20'' and a
draft of 8'', will be refastened, recaulked,
faired, and
repainted. The teak decks will be repaired as needed and
recaulked, and cabin roofs will be rebuilt with marine plywood
sheathed in fiberglass set in epoxy for watertightness.
“The roofs have always been leaking on this boat,” ShakI
saw the boat and I thought it was beautiful. We always
thought about having a boat and changing it to a liveaboard.
And this one was big enough that I thought, ‘Okay, I can do
that.’ I didn’t, of course, know how much work it needed.”
eri said, pointing to water stains belowdecks. “So we need
to get it to the point where it is not leaking before starting
on the inside.” He hopes to restore the original interior
paneling, which has subtle inlays throughout the boat, to
the extent possible. However, numerous alterations for
military accommodations and scientific labs vastly changed
the original configuration and damaged some of the interior
woodwork. After the hull, deck, and cabin exteriors
are completed, Shakeri will reconfigure the staterooms to
make them suitable for charter service, update the galley,
and restore a dramatic former “smoking room” aft of the
wheelhouse and a dining saloon aft. Over the fantail stern,
an enclosing structure, which is not original, will remain, in
deference to the region’s rainy weather. Shakeri has more
wiring to replace, too. That work will occur while she is on
the hard in Port Townsend or after she’s back in the water
and rechristened PASADO MAÑANA. “I’m not afraid of the
work,” Shakeri said.
Cunningham Ships Carpentry LLC, 775 Haines St., Port
Townsend, WA 98368; 360–385–9824; www.cunninghamships
carpentry.com.
The 96'' LOA motoryacht POLARIS, ex-PASADO MAÑANA,
is being restored for a liveaboard couple who also
intend to run charters. Cunningham Ships Carpentry is
doing the hull work.
16 • WoodenBoat 260
n “Greece’s burgeoning traditional boat movement took
another step forward in October with the launch of the
first tserniki to be built in the country for about 80 years,”
Nic Compton writes, following up his article about Greek
boatbuilding in WB No. 247. “The 40'' MEDON PLEIONI
(meaning ‘protect Pleioni’ or ‘protect the seas’) was built by
Nikolas Vlavianos in Chalkida based on plans dating from
1882. Traditional materials and construction techniques
TOM JACKSON
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