In this episode, we’re joined by Blaise Holly, a commercial fisherman turned shipwright, now the owner of Haven Boatworks in Port Townsend, Washington. Blaise grew up back east, studied literature at Middlebury, and detoured through Mystic Seaport to help build the topsail schooner Amistad before spending years fishing salmon and halibut aboard the 48-foot FV Alaska. For the past 19 years, he’s been at Haven, first on the tools, then leading the crew — and since 2022, he’s owned the yar...
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In this episode, we’re joined by Blaise Holly, a commercial fisherman turned shipwright, now the owner of Haven Boatworks in Port Townsend, Washington. Blaise grew up back east, studied literature at Middlebury, and detoured through Mystic Seaport to help build the topsail schooner Amistad before spending years fishing salmon and halibut aboard the 48-foot FV Alaska. For the past 19 years, he’s been at Haven, first on the tools, then leading the crew — and since 2022, he’s owned the yar...
Beyond the Boat, Ep-2, David Miller - Sea Nymph II
Beyond the Boat
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Beyond the Boat, Ep-2, David Miller - Sea Nymph II
David Miller—longtime steward of Sea Nymph II, a 1946 Monk Senior 46-footer—joins Beyond the Boat to trace a Puget Sound classic’s lineage and life. We cover the Coast Guard roots behind the name, decades with the Wilhelm family (including escorting the USS Missouri), and the careful restorations: mahogany cabinetry, Port Orford cedar planking, and period-true upgrades. David shares the learning curve of early dockings, the hunt for covered moorage, and favorite stops from Clam Bay to Fossil ...
Beyond the Boat
In this episode, we’re joined by Blaise Holly, a commercial fisherman turned shipwright, now the owner of Haven Boatworks in Port Townsend, Washington. Blaise grew up back east, studied literature at Middlebury, and detoured through Mystic Seaport to help build the topsail schooner Amistad before spending years fishing salmon and halibut aboard the 48-foot FV Alaska. For the past 19 years, he’s been at Haven, first on the tools, then leading the crew — and since 2022, he’s owned the yar...
