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The mention above of Meade Gou-geon's involvement with the Vaka Fanaua project in Tonga is but one example of the builder, designer, and WEST System epoxy guru's deep influence on wood-epoxy boatbuilding, as laid out by multihull designer Jim Brown's article on page 28 of this issue of WoodenBoat. His range is global, showing how rapidly and how thoroughly proven innovations are taken up by wooden boat builders of all kinds. And speaking of Gougeon, he himself will be among the featured speakers at the Australian Wooden Boat Festival, an every-other-year gathering of the faithful and virtuous in Hobart, Tasmania.