PT Eleven Glassing the hull
an outing in July
This month saw the launch of our proa, Jzerro. She had been pulled up onto a bank in a friend’s yard on the Hood Canal for more than a year. With a ‘come-along’, logs for rollers and skids, Russell got her onto the beach just in time for the tide to float her. A couple days later, we picked her up with friends, Bly and Abel, in the PT Skiff and passed under the bridge and onward for a great sail to her new mooring. The day began in thick fog but ended in beautiful sunshine and gusty winds.
Bly captained the skiff and had some adventures of his own, exploring both sides of Puget Sound and discovering what the skiff can do in 20knots of wind. By the end of the day, we were happy to hear we had a new fan of the boat.
PT Skiff in Soundings
Thought it would be nice to share this. Dieter Loibner authored a 4 page article about the PT Skiff and PT Watercraft in "Soundings" magazine in the August 2011 issue. Click this link to view the PDF. Reprinted with permission from Soundings Publications LLC
PT Eleven; cutting the boat in half..
The hull halves are stood on end so that gravity can do it’s thing when injecting the sockets around the hardware.
PT Eleven Connective Hardware
Russell designed the connective hardware for our nesting dinghies after many experiments with nesting boats over the years. The current design is the result of that experience and several sessions of refinement greatly assisted by the lofting skills, material expertise and beautiful machining of Paul Zeusche here in Port Townsend.
This hardware has turned out to be a work of art as well as extremely functional and they are essential to our nesting dinghy kit.
These parts have a captive pin and do not leak when assembling the boat in the water.
New carbon eyestraps
June was a month of distractions, delays and details that slowed progress on the the nesting dinghy.
One of those distractions was a turning point in our carbon eyestrap production. Demand for these little hand crafted eyestraps has increased. This is good news! However; our previous production method was not meeting demand effectively.
It became evident that we needed to improve our production method quickly so we settled on a new design and we had a mold mold CNC machined. We combined the “long” and “short” sizes into one size for the single eyestrap. This size can still hold 2 lines or bungee of up to 1/4inch diam. The following photo shows cross sections of all three designs and the next photo shows a top view comparison.
From now on, we will only carry the new size and they can be ordered via the order form on our website or send us an email.
Independence Day
We hope you are enjoying a free day doing whatever makes you happy!
We have just received the connective hardware for the PT Eleven and will post about it soon. This means that we will also cut the boat in half soon! PTW
PT Eleven Nesting construction: Aft flotation1
Following are pictures of the aft bouyancy tanks coming together.
A blind fillet is made while you have access to the inside area of the tank. 
Glue on the tank sides: 
Glue applied on the blind fillet and glue cleats: 
Glue on the lid, held in place with tape and sticks; 
More finished photos will follow in another post. Had a meeting this weekend discussing the sail design with designer Sandy Goodall. Things are moving forward. Cheers...
PT Skiff slotted floor grates kit
Slotted floor grates for the PT Skiff are attractive and an easier and more economic solution for the aft soles compared to the lumber floor grates kit originally offered.
The photo shows an unfinished kit.
PT ELEVEN foils
Foil kit for the PT Eleven (shown finished) These are prototypes of the foils we will be offering in kit form. The foil shape (naca 0012) is NC machined from Okoume plywood in 2 halves. We bond the 2 halves together in a vacuum bag and the builder does the finish work. 
