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Western Flyer takes another step in restoration

By Tom Leyde, Monterey Herald, December 21, 2021

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Watch the Western Flyer get put back together again.

Monterey County Weekly, December 16, 2021

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Western Flyer restoration project expands to include a bus

Tom Leyde, Monterey Herald, December 25, 2020

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Despite pandemic, work continues on Western Flyer | Working Waterfront

By Nick Twietmeyer, Port Townsend Leader, August 29, 2020

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Western Flyer: The Vessel of John Steinbeck

By Brad Matsen, Filson, January 29, 2020

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John Steinbeck’s Epic Ocean Voyage Rewrote the Rules of Ecology

By Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, September 19, 2019

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Cannery Row, Sea of Cortez Still Making Waves—On Both Sides of the Ocean—in 2019

By William Ray, Steinbeck Now, August 28, 2019

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John Steinbeck and Kentucky white oak connect in a boat

By Byron Crawford, Kentucky Living, August 26, 2019

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Righting the Ship: The Plank-by-Plank Journey to Restore the Soul of the Western Flyer

By Cecelia Kiely, August 8, 2019

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The Restoration of John Steinbeck’s Western Flyer: A second life for a storied ship

By Jeff Moser, Power & Motoryacht, August 8, 2019

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Restoration continues on historic boat made famous by Steinbeck book

By Tom Leyde, Monterey Herald, May 30, 2019

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Setting Sail: Berea Forestry Logs White Oak Trees for Ship Restoration

Taylor Six, The Richmond Register, April 10, 2019

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John Steinbeck’s Western Flyer Resurfaces

By Jonathan Shipley, Fine Books & Collections, July 8, 2018

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The Western Flyer

PBS Northwest Now - Season 9, Episode 911, November 24, 2017

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New horizons for Western Flyer

By Patrick J. Sullivan, The Port Townsend Leader, April 4, 2017

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From Steinbeck to Surfboards: Famous Fishing Boat Surfs Back to the Sea

Ventana Surfboards, January 16, 2017

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Dan Haifley, Our Ocean Backyard: ‘Western Flyer’s’ journey continues

By Dan Haifley, Santa Cruz Sentinel, January 2, 2016

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75 Years After Steinback Sailed, a Boat Is Readied to Go Back to Sea

By Kirk Johnson, New York Times, November 12, 2015

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