In fall 1977, I interviewed John D. (Johnny) Martinolich at his home for an article published in 1978 [“Martinolich family helped father West Coast fleet”, National Fisherman, May 1978, 59(1): 52-53]. Patrick Chapman accompanied me to the interview. Later, when Patrick was repairing a Martinolich-built yacht in Hylebos Boat Haven, he contacted Johnny to come have a look, which Johnny did. Joe Trumbly often credited Johnny Martinolich for having taught him a lot about lofting and especially about planking. The two had worked together at Tacoma Boat. Johnny’s father, John A. Martinolich, was founder of the Martinolich boatbuilding dynasty, with yards scattered from San Diego to Kodiak, Alaska. After John A. retired, he occupied himself with building intricate full and half-models of some of the boats his yards had built over the years. Johnny Martinolich had several of these models, shown in some of the photos here. They were all museum-quality pieces. In 1977, Johnny Martinolich, in his 70s, was still doing finishing carpentry in a Tacoma boatyard. During the course of our interview, he described the construction of a horseshoe transom, sketching the whole thing out on the back of an envelope. This sketch is shown in the “Other material” section.