Preview: Carol Hasse of Port Townsend Sails

By all accounts, Carol Hasse of Port Townsend Sails is a treasure to the wooden boat community, and our time with her has confirmed that Carol’s reputation is well-deserved indeed. She’s logged over 45,000 miles at sea, is a founding member of the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, and is one of the keystones of the pacific northwest’s wooden boat community.

We’ve released two videos featuring Carol, and they rank among our personal favorites here at OffCenterHarbor.com.

Here’s the first, a tour of Hasse’s Nordic Folkboat:

A Good Boat, Up Close — Carol Hasse’s Nordic Folkboat LORRAINE

Carol Hasse

Shooting this video was a special experience; Carol was a natural on camera, and we pretty much turned the camera on, turned the camera off and had the video ‘in the bag.’ Here’s what co-founder and OCH filmmaker Steve Stone had to say about the shoot:

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    David Gruendel says:

    Wow. Talk about an interesting, talented, self-directed individual! We could all learn a lot from Carol.