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This is kind of a long post featuring my festival pictures, our booth, the Pt 11 on the water, a customer built PT Skiff, end show humor, & video links... The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival is a great event any year. This year, the 39th, was no exception. We had two hot and sunny ...continue reading 2015 boat festival was great!
It is Festival time again! The 39th Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival from September 11 - 13th. That is next weekend! YOWZA! We hope you have made your plans to come! PT Watercraft will be there together with WEST SYSTEM EPOXY. Bring your epoxy questions for their very knowledgeable team to answer. These guys are ...continue reading 2015 Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival
I thought it would be fun to have a photo contest this year. It could result in a really nice calendar.Winners could choose from puzzles, mugs, T-shirts,(printed with their winning photo), or other prize options yet to be decided.The PT Skiff at the festival, by Ashlyn Brown Overview: Categories: Scenic, Action, & Project Photo Quality: ...continue reading Photo Contest 2015
Enjoy Pictures recently received of boats launched this summer or boats in use. I love the new colors added to PT 11's; now sporting blue, green, sunny yellow, mellow yellow, cream, red, white...have I missed any? Beautiful!! Keep those pictures coming! What do you think about a photo contest???? Let me know and I will ...continue reading Featured Launchings, Fall 2014
I am always happy to show off new boats from our family of builders. I am also so very impressed with the beautiful work everyone has done. Here are some pictures from this Spring. 206 Composites’ Simon Miles, here in Port Townsend, has had 3 PT11 projects in progress. One of these was just launched ...continue reading Launchings for 2nd quarter 2014
Growing Pains Things have come a long way since we first started producing kits. We have put a lot of effort into making production more efficient and timely. The current kits contain parts that require less fitting and fiddling. We have refined the kit, and the manual. One thing we have maintained is the stance ...continue reading Production notes
More boats are getting wet this year. I am really enjoying everyone's news. Olav in Victoria BC launched his PT 11 earlier this year. I like the below photos in particular. If you had to choose a dinghy to be proud of for your beautiful cruising boat, would it be like those in the back ...continue reading Launchings Spring 2014
More PT Watercraft boats are hitting the water! Here are some to spotlight; Simon and "crew" happy after launching in New Zealand. I quote Simon, "I didn't really realize how much of a delight to build she's been until the bumper had been stuck on and I was a little disappointed that there wasn't anything ...continue reading Launchings for late 2013
Russell and all of our design consultants have a lot of experience with wood and epoxy boat building and a lot of thought and science went into making sure our boats are designed to be both light and strong. No boat is indestructible of course, but please consider carefully any modifications and feel free to ...continue reading Builder modification consideration
Our first PT Skiff builder, Jan, who built the PT Skiff, "PIKA", continues to create beautiful boats. "PIKA" was by far, not the first small boat he had built, but I will venture to say that it was a turning point for him. Exploring and camp cruising in 'PIKA" with his family led Jan to ...continue reading Building Dreams