Wooden Boat Festival | September 11-13, 2026 | Port Townsend

Building the Dinghy

Building the Dinghy

Woman and dog in dinghy rowing

August 31, 2025

While Brandon and Team built the Townsend 34, Cat Munro and Captain Alex built the dinghy. It is a Super Pram, an enlarged version of Brandon’s sailing dinghy the Portage Pram. Cat and I built this at the Northwest Maritime Center. Instructor Joel was fabulous. We highly recommend their classes.

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Builder Cat assesses pieces of wood she will use to construct the dinghy

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Alex work son dinghy interior

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Woman and dog in dinghy rowing