The Lifetime Achievement Awards will be held Thursday, September 4 in the Maritime Meeting Rooms at the Northwest Maritime Center. Doors open at 5:30 and awards will start at 6pm. This festival tradition is hosted by WoodenBoat Magazine and is open to the public.
Wooden Boat Foundation Lifetime Achievement in Wooden Boat Community Spirit & Culture
Jim Daubenberger
In 1937, at the age of 13, Jim Daubenberger wanted to go sailing. He borrowed his dad's pup tent to use as a sail, lashed a couple of poles together to fashion a rig, and rented a row boat on Discovery Bay, where he rowed upwind, set his rig and sailed downwind using an oar for a rudder. Many years later, in 1959, with a young family, his dream of sailing was rekindled: Jim bought his first of many boats, an 18’ Seagull-class sloop. With no instruction, he began what became a lifelong passion. In 1962, in collaboration with his lifelong friend and sailing partner, Glenn Abraham, Jim started a sailing school for kids. For 25 years Jim and Glenn taught hundreds and inspired thousands.
Ed Barcott
Being on the water is in Ed Barcott’s blood. Born into a fishing family in Anacortes, he was working on the water by age 11. He spent many memorable years in the 1940’s and 50’s seining the waters of Puget Sound and Southeast Alaska. Later, the experiences of both WWII and Korea prompted Ed to attend Western Washington University. In 1958 he came to Port Townsend to teach at the Washington Diagnostic & Treatment Center at Fort Worden. He also met and worked with Jim Daubenberger (Daubie) at his clothing store on Water Street. Daubie introduced Ed to sailing, and he was hooked. Ed sailed with and learned from Daubie for over a decade, then bought his own boat, a Pearson Renegade, which soon gave way to his current “Pacemaker,” a Cal 33, which Ed has skippered on innumerable races and cruises. Following in Daubie’s footsteps, he has and continues to enthusiastically share his knowledge and love for sailing with family, friends, crew, and even competitors.
Wooden Boat Foundation & WoodenBoat Magazine Lifetime Achievement in Boatbuilding & Design
Stanley Bishoprick
Stanley Bishoprick was born March 23, 1937, in Portland, Oregon. Vancouver was his home except for his toddler years in China, and college years at Oregon State University in Corvallis where he earned bachelors degrees in forestry and business. He took graduate music studies at Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. There, in 1963, he met his wife Nancy McCracken while both performing in Verdi’s Aida.
Stan established Exterior Wood, Inc. in 1977. With this success and his ever-ambitious drive and curiosity, he formed Windy Ridge Farm, a thoroughbred racehorse training and breeding facility.
In 1994 he founded a classic wooden boat building business, Legendary Yachts. Stan “retired” in 1996 to sail his 72’ ketch, Radiance, (sister-ship to Ticonderoga) the vessel that launched his yacht company. He took the family on a three-year ocean voyage spanning half the globe. Guided by Stan’s vision, Legendary Yachts built many breathtaking wooden sail and power boats. His passion for building these wonderful vessels was only outweighed by his love of being on the water aboard them.
As a true Renaissance man, he was an enduring supporter of music and the arts, becoming the president of the board of the Portland Opera Association and also a member of the board for the Vancouver Children’s Opera. He was a cantor in several Jewish temples, past choir director at First Presbyterian Church, sang with Portland Opera, Bravo!, and Young Audiences in many musicals and plays in the Portland/Vancouver area over the years. Stan even donned costumes and performed alongside his granddaughters in several ballets, supporting their love of dance.
One of his most recent ventures included raising registered Angus beef at his farm. Tragically, Stan died on died October 25, 2013, at the far-too-young age of 76. Members of his boat crew said they could not believe Stan was gone. “We were just chasing cows with him yesterday.”
Stan was larger than life, and an inspiration to those who knew him, daring us all to think big and dream. He left a giant hole in many hearts and will be sorely missed by so many. He was a caring, and loving man with great faith and warm hospitality. Like the yacht company name, Stan was legendary.