Editor Matt Murphy interviews WoodenBoat correspondent Arista Holden on June 3, 2020. The conversation ranges from Arista’s childhood in traditional wooden boat, to her involvement with the Atlantic Challenge Contest of Seamanship, to her travels as a writer for WoodenBoat—with particular emphasis on her recent trip in the restored Irish trading ketch ILEN.
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Believe to be second hull built to the design after the Hiscock’s first circumnavigation, launche
1938 Hinkley Islander Sparkman & Stephen’s design.
Custom built cruising sailboat constructed with a 1 1/8″ thick spruce, edge nailed, strip-planked
A kit boat from Russell Brown’s Port Townsend Watercraft, designed by Bieker Boats.
