HOWB 039 - Howard Rice, Sailor 'Round Cape Horn in Canoe, Wooden boat builder, Small craft guru – interview - 06.14.

This week’s show is an interview I did with Howard Rice while at the 1st Annual Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza in May. I was delighted to meet Howard for the first time and have the extraordinary opportunity to sit down with him one to one and ask any question my probing mind could devise!

During the questioning Howard described how he has been one with the water since birth, and how his desire for adventure runs thick in his veins! Case in point: in the 5th grade, Howard’s elementary school teacher had each student write down 100 things they wanted to do in their lifetime – Howard wrote the list (which he still has) that day, and has accomplished about 1/3 of the challenges he wrote at that curious age of 12. One of the items on the list was to sail around Cape Horn – check....

In late 1989 and early 1990, Howard became the first person to double Cape Horn in a 15ʹ sailing canoe. You can read all the gory details in THIS Sports Illustrated article. WOW!

Howard also talks about his current passion for the SCAMP boat (he personally tested the boat and has chosen it to make a major northern latitude crossing in 2013), his Small Craft Skills Academy Classes which just started up, and other fun stuff – like sailing, camping, and making coffee on his 15ʹ sailing canoe.

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Keep the bright side up and the barnacled side down - Wooden Boat Dan over and out :D

 

PS  Please note this podcast was recorded several years ago - some of the links, email addresses, phone numbers, and promos mentioned are outdated and no longer valid.