Brian Harte lives on Ireland’s south coast, in the fishing village of Glandore just northeast of Skibbereen, where boatbuilding has followed the river inland for generations. A shipwright since 1998, Brian talks about learning from master craftspeople, now mostly retired, the slow satisfaction of timber work, and what it feels like to bring a weathered wood back to life—hand-planed, sanded, and varnished to a mirror finish. He reflects on the shrinking number of traditional wooden-boat builde...
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Brian Harte lives on Ireland’s south coast, in the fishing village of Glandore just northeast of Skibbereen, where boatbuilding has followed the river inland for generations. A shipwright since 1998, Brian talks about learning from master craftspeople, now mostly retired, the slow satisfaction of timber work, and what it feels like to bring a weathered wood back to life—hand-planed, sanded, and varnished to a mirror finish. He reflects on the shrinking number of traditional wooden-boat builde...
EP #5 - Tracing 85 Years Afloat: Jim & Margie Paynton and Their 1940 Chris-Craft
Beyond the Boat
38 minutes
1 month ago
EP #5 - Tracing 85 Years Afloat: Jim & Margie Paynton and Their 1940 Chris-Craft
In this episode of Beyond the Boat, Leroy Lewis sits down with Jim and Margie Paynton to follow the 85-year life of their 1940, 42-foot Chris-Craft double-cabin enclosed-bridge cruiser. One of just 31 hulls built, the boat is still in its original configuration and still running on her original gas engines—now in the care of only her fifth owners. Jim and Margie share how they tracked down the families of all four previous owners, from Great Lakes cruisers with meticulous logbooks to an inven...
Beyond the Boat
Brian Harte lives on Ireland’s south coast, in the fishing village of Glandore just northeast of Skibbereen, where boatbuilding has followed the river inland for generations. A shipwright since 1998, Brian talks about learning from master craftspeople, now mostly retired, the slow satisfaction of timber work, and what it feels like to bring a weathered wood back to life—hand-planed, sanded, and varnished to a mirror finish. He reflects on the shrinking number of traditional wooden-boat builde...
