From The Editor: Daily Astorian - Boat Mapping Will Become A Magnet

Stephen Forrester - The Daily Astorian
Saturday, August 07, 2010
8/2/2010 12:09:00 PM

Maritime Museum, Community College and Park Service build a new venture!!!

GRP:Boatwright (plural boatwrights)
A maker of boats, especially of traditional wooden construction.

Using technology to preserve "The Art Of A Craft"?

Hoorah!, Hoorah! Hoorah!

Now, how do we perpetuate "The Craft" of Wood Boat Building itself for our future?

How many are left in our community on the Lower Columbia with this unique skill that can pass it on to others?

How do we Pool those resources to teach this skill to others to save it?

Rolf Klep was a visionary. He founded the Columbia River Maritime Museum almost a half century ago. But Klep likely would be surprised at the technology behind the three-dimensional mapping of boats that's under way at the Maritime Museum. Katie Wilson reported that story last Tuesday.

Read Stephen Forrester's Editorial

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The number of empty storefronts counted from 8th Street to the empty Mini-Mart at Mill Pond Village on a recent early evening drive through downtown.