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In the building manual for the PT 11 it says: "The PT 11 sailing rig is designed to be light and easy to use, not to be bullet proof." In developing this rig, weight and ease of use were the biggest priorities. "Hiking (sitting on the rail and leaning out) is okay for one person ...continue reading A brief guide to setting up and sailing your PT 11
June 24th, Ketchikan Alaska. Russell’s solo R2AK successfully completed for 2017 and together we began our return voyage on our G32 catamaran. I could have written a small book about the trip which got particularly interesting for us after our brand new motor totally toasted itself. A summary article can be read HERE. 18 days ...continue reading Sailing from Ketchikan to Port Townsend post R2AK
This last June and July, Russell and I sailed our multi-hull from Port Townsend to Haida Gwaii/Gwaii Haanas park (also known as Queen Charlotte Islands) and back down the west coast of Vancouver Island. There is really no way to accurately describe what it was like for me, or the feeling that we dropped off ...continue reading Sailing off to wild places
The PT 11 is a beautiful piece of design work. The finished boat is lovely to look at, and a pleasure to be in, whether rowing or sailing. Even at rest, its simple yet elegant form seems to suggest smooth, efficient speed. The daggerboard and kick-up rudder are pure eye-candy. Beautifully shaped and finished, they ...continue reading A Review by Sandy Goodall;Sailing the PT 11
I have just posted a youtube video of setting up and packing up the sailing rig for the PT Eleven nesting dinghy. This is something I was supposed to do before the Christmas holidays, and, well, I forgot. The foils you see are the foils that we provide as a kit and details are on ...continue reading Setting up and packing up the PT eleven sailing rig
I finally pieced together some clips of our brief sailing opportunity in the San Juans. The breeze just did not want to pick up but it was still a lot of fun. The video is on our video's page and on our ptwatercraft channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXVLKDag95Q&feature=player_profilepage One of these days we will have a waterproof camera ...continue reading Sailing the PT Eleven in the San Juans
Russell and I took the nesting dinghy prototype out a few times over the last few weeks..(Between the rainy days..) I put together a little video and posted it on our Youtube channel. I will post new construction photos this, Mother's Day weekend! ...PTW
Click the image below to Sign up for the Feb 22 Shipwrights Regatta! We would love to see more regional PT 11's out in Port Townsend Bay. The Sailing Association's summer Small Boat series (Monday evenings) is an ideal opportunity to improve your dinghy sailing skills. The committee boat team is wonderful and there is ...continue reading Shipwrights Regatta 2025 and the PTSA summer small boat series
See UPDATES at the bottom of this article. (June 2025) Some emails cause our hearts to skip a few beats. Checking in from our cross-country road trip. We stopped by a lake in Colorado a couple of days ago to take the PT11 out for a sail and noticed something very alarming... The back seat ...continue reading Altitude change and air buoyancy tanks
FYNE BOAT KITS in the UK has been producing Chesapeake Light Craft kits for over a decade. They have wanted to produce the PT 11 for equally as long but we had not figured out how to make that work. With the collaboration of Chesapeake Light Craft, and a stipulation that almost all parts be ...continue reading UK PT 11 Production to begin soon