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The 2024 Maritime Person of the Year is
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Betsy was originally nominated as our Maritime Person of the Year for 2020 and then Covid came along. We could not have the Wooden Boat Fair in 2020, 2021 nor 2022. A lifelong resident of the Northwest, Betsy Davis serves as the Executive Director of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, a post-secondary trade school that teaches craftsmanship through boatbuilding and marine systems. The school is located on the south end of Port Townsend Bay and welcomes the community for free tours the first Friday of each month at 3:30. (www.nwswb.edu) Following graduation from Stanford University and 14 years at Microsoft, Betsy acquired a century-old wooden boat named GLORYBE, attended Seattle Central College’s boatbuilding program, then served for more than a decade as Executive Director of The Center for Wooden Boats, a regional hands-on maritime museum with campuses in Seattle and on Camano Island. Here are links to a few videos about Glorybe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq95NreP1Qc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjJH4OrsG6k&feature=youtu.be&list=UUyddKlRAFc4ZNE-NA0mX-_g |
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Learn more about how the Olympia Wooden Boat Association's Maritime Person/Persons of the Year is selected and see a list of past recipient by clicking here. |