Since 1989, I've traveled the world with infinite appreciation for the many similarities that exist between people who live and work on the ocean and people who live and work in rural and remote locations. Here is my Wooden Boat & Rural Culture Life List, with hopes that you get to visit these remarkable places and meet the people who call them "home."
PS. These are not in any particular order!
- Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, Washington
- Australian Wooden Boat Festival, Hobart Tasmania
- Ankhuizen, Netherlands
- Blunt Boatyard, Williamstown, Australia
- The Wall, Middle of Nowhere, Tasmania
- Risor, Norway
- Brest, France
- Brooklin, Maine
- Mystic Seaport, Connecticut
- Silva Bay Shipyard, Gabriola Island British Columbia
- Waalstad Boatyard, Denmark
- Roskilde, Denmark
- Dragor, Denmark
- Gillileje, Denmark
- Vasa Museum, Sweden
- Oponohue Bay, Moorea Tahiti
- Sakatia Island, Madagascar
- Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle
- National Cowboy & Western Heritage Hall of Fame, Oklahoma
- Isla Isabella, Galapagos
- Tutakaka, New Zealand
- Whangaroa, New Zealand
- Heron Island, Australia
- Phinda, South Africa
- Cape of Good Hope
- Los Aves, Venezuela
- Pedro Miguel, Panama
- Rangiroa, Tuamotus
- Aitutaki, Cook Islands
- Vavau, Tonga
- Ko Phetra, Thailand
- Gan, Maldives
- The Grand Canyon
- Cape Cod
- Highway 83, the last historic highway north to south in the US
- Hon Fleur, Normandie France
- Victoria, British Columbia
- Halibut Cove, Alaska
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska
- Mossel Bay, South Africa
- Nawiliwili, Kauai, Hawaii
- Mareva Reef, Pacific Ocean
- Roman Nose State Park, Oklahoma
- Russian Bay, Madagascar