The Hunter Bay Boat Project has been a collaborative experiment in boat building and expeditionary learning. The purpose of our project was to explore the art and skills of wooden boat building, cooperative living and wilderness travel through the construction of a sailing/rowing vessel and subsequent extended expedition in the waters of Washington State, British Columbia and Alaska.

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Please visit the new home page of our wonderful mentor and sponsor, Hunter Bay Wooodworking.

Steven Brouwer (right) worked with us as "Master Builder" throughout the construction of our boat. photo by Brian Post

What's New

• 2.23.2006 - Becca Leaphart's Rite of Passage, in Wooden Boat #195 is on newstands now. Ben Gore's Voyage of the Tern, in Middlebury Magazine Winter 2007, is available online here.
• 9.30.2006 - Tern arrived safely home on Lopez Island on September 6, 2006 exactly three months after setting out. As the various crew members develop film, stories and other reminisces they will be posted to this site. Thank you all for your steadfast support!
• Check out issue number 190 of Wooden Boat in a store near you. Page 22 in the "Currents" section has a little write-up and a picture from January.
• In boat construction
• Life on the Sea