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Soul of a Boat

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Over the past four decades, Port Townsend, WA has become an important hub for the building and maintenance of wooden boats on the West Coast. It is there that the history and skills of wooden boatbuilding are still taught, shaping the souls of those that go to sea.

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Publish Date March 12, 2018 Filson Filson Logo March 12, 2018

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