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BLOWOUT SALE!
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$510 $775
Laser - $5,195 Vago XD - $7,995
One boat only at this price! One boat only at this price!
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$2,510 $4,000
FJ
Remembering Norm Blanchard
(not class legal) - $4,495 Laser SB
3
- $39,900
Five boats at this price! One boat only at this price
Norm Blanchard passed away July 8. He was 98.
Parts Sale! Call or stop by & SAVE!
Blanchard sailing and work boats put Seattle on the map
Laser • SB3 • Optimist • V15 • 420 • FJ • Zuma • Bug • Bahia • Vago
for the outstanding quality of their vessels. The nearly 2000
Nomad • Pico • RS Feva • Sunfish • Parts in Stock • New & Used boats they built, designed by Geary, Seaborn, Coolidge and
Your Exclusive Washington Dealer!
Garden, were works of art. The lining of the planks, joinery
2442 Westlake Ave. North
of decks, rails, knees, overhang of bulwark caps, tapering
Seattle, WA 98109
of guards raised the craft of boatbuilding beyond the usual
(206) 323-2405
and expected standard of excellence. They were Blanchard
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built!
Norm’s father, N.J. Blanchard, and the Johnson
Brothers opened a shop on the Duwamish River in 1905;
a new Blanchard Boat Company shop was built on Lake
Union in 1923. That year Norm, age 12, began his after-
school boatbuilding apprenticeship; in 1928, at age 17, he
lofted and built the first Geary-designed Flatties.
I first met Norm in 1967 when I was planning to open a
traditional small craft livery. I asked if he could build some
classic sailing dinghies. He gracefully demurred; he saw
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the era of production wooden boats had ended. Two years
later he sold Blanchard Boats.
Norm came to The Center for Wooden Boats many
times to sail our boats. He would invite anybody he found
on the docks - a practice he continued until he was 95.
He needed a lookout passenger then because of failing
eyesight but with Norm at the helm the boat was always
Whether you’re here for a vacation or are looking for permanent moorage in a
trimmed to perfection.
Pacific Northwest paradise, Deer Harbor Marina should be a key waypoint on
Norm’s character was a model to be followed for a
your journey. Come enjoy the beauty of Deer Harbor throughout the season.
better world. He always was polite, respectful, a good
• Winter Rates at $4.00/ft • Pump-out
listener, a positive thinker, had humor, honor, integrity,
• Slips to 50’ • Nearby restaurants
• Guest side ties up to 150’ • Apparel, gifts, books, maps & charts
initiative and intellectual curiosity.
• 30 amp power at each slip • Deli, groceries, beer, wine, ice cream,
They don’t make many like Norm.
• Pool, showers & laundry coffee, prep food, DVD rentals & ATM Dick Wagner
• Fuel dock (gas & diesel) • Whale watching, kayaks, bike & boat
Center for Wooden Boats
• Fresh water rentals tours and charters
Norm was a true Northwest treasure on and off the water.
We will salute his life and legacy with a smile and a tip of the
TEL: 360.376.3037 FAX: 360.376.6091
cap every time we see a Blanchard sail by. Share his lifelong love
EMAIL:
info@BellPortGroup.com
affair with boats by sailing in the Norm Blanchard W.O.O.D.
ONLINE:
www.BellPortGroup.com
Regatta, September 26 & 27, 2009, on Lake Union. Call (206)
VHF 78A
382-2628 or
mmaccrellish@cwb.org. Announcement page 21.
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