Ever heard of the TWBS?

[JPhoenix]

I was digging around on the Monk this morning, found the two flagstaffs hiding in the locker forward 'cuz I wanted to hook up my new Monk Club burgee and I found this burgee already hooked up to the flagstaff, blue field with a gold anchor and emblazoned with the letters "TWBS".

Was there a TWBS club in the Puget Sound area in the past 60 years (the Monk is 60 years old, but the burgee cannot be more than 10 or 15, the tag has an 800 number on it for Pete's sake!)

Renee says it must be Tacoma Wooden Boat Society or some such thing. I googled it, but no luck. Somebody here must know. I can post a photo if needed.

Thanks,

Jim

www.jimphoenix.com

[R.I.Singer30]

Did you dial the 800 number?

[pcford]

In Seattle there was a "Traditional Wooden Boat Society" starting in, oh, roughly '74 or '75. I was the co-founder. I do not recall a burgee...but that was a long time ago. It morphed into what became the Center for Wooden Boats.

[JPhoenix]

Traditional Wooden Boat Society sounds about right. Here's the burgee:

[pcford]

Traditional Wooden Boat Society sounds about right. Here's the burgee:

Do you know the history of the boat back to the 70s?

[JPhoenix]

The history is scant, but here's what I know:

1963 therabouts, Paul Williams and/or Robert Adler owned her, boat's name was "Rapa"

2005 it turned up in Olympia owned by Steve Nason, boat was named "Casbah" at that time.

late 2005 went to Scott Catton in Edmonds and I bought her in 12/2006, now at Foss Waterway Marina in Tacoma.

Jim