Port Townsend Watercraft BLOG » stitch and glue https://ptwatercraft.com/blog Visit PTWATERCRAFT.COM to learn more Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:03:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 A Rendezvous in Seattle https://ptwatercraft.com/blog/a-rendezvous-in-seattle/ https://ptwatercraft.com/blog/a-rendezvous-in-seattle/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:22:08 +0000 http://ptwatercraft.com/blog/?p=1079 ...continue reading A Rendezvous in Seattle]]> Sunday, March 24th was an overcast and cold day to be out on the water. Russell was not deterred. Paul Bieker's new design (the Riptide 41;"BLUE") was in the water and Russell was invited to check it out. "BLUE" is one of the most innovative racing sailboats around and sailed almost 23 knots on her very first sail.  { read more about it. }ptwatercraft.comBieker Boats design team of Paul Bieker and Eric Jolley are responsible for designing our PT Skiff, the 18.5ft fuel efficient motor skiff kit, sold by PT Watercraft. The PT Skiff, "Pika", built by J. Brandt in Seattle, was also there to compliment the gathering. ptwatercraft.comWhile on the dock at Shilshole Marina, a wedding party came down the dock and the bride and groom asked for a ride in the PT Skiff. Jan obliged and the smiling couple posed for photos. Russell snapped a few along side the wedding photographer. The PT Skiff has been put to work as a regatta chase boat, a marine research commuter, a phototgrapher's platform and now as a wedding prop!ptwatercraft.comSince we sold our PT Skiff, :( .., we have been using our experimental tornado cat motor boat for any over water commuting. The 'Grasshopper" (as we sometimes refer to it) has many many miles on her 15hp motor. The trip from Port Townsend to Seattle takes about 2 hours and generally uses about 2 gallons of fuel. This boat was designed on the back of an envelope and it is definitely a unique boat. No, there are no plans available.. :)ptwatercraft.comRussell was able to surf a cargo ship's wake for about 10 miles before the intensity of it got to him and he exited the wake. The trip from Port Townsend to Seattle and back, with favorable currents and surfing, used about 3 gallons of gas. This short video does little justice to the fun he was having.

]]> https://ptwatercraft.com/blog/a-rendezvous-in-seattle/feed/ 0 Puzzle Joints revisited https://ptwatercraft.com/blog/puzzle-joints-revisited/ https://ptwatercraft.com/blog/puzzle-joints-revisited/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:45:35 +0000 http://ptwatercraft.com/blog/?p=990 ...continue reading Puzzle Joints revisited]]> Every time Russell has a boat to build, he seeks better ways of doing things. In this case, a simplified method for gluing the puzzle joints revealed itself. The manual for the PT 11 'Spear' has this section but earlier versions of the PT 11 nesting dinghy manuals have an earlier method. I have created a pdf file of the 7 page replacement for pages 7 through 14 in "Building the PT Eleven" for those who have an older version and have not yet begun to build their boat. This may also be interesting to anyone building a stitch and glue kit with puzzle joints. Click  HERE to download the .pdf file.  (533kb)ptwatercraft.com

]]> https://ptwatercraft.com/blog/puzzle-joints-revisited/feed/ 0 The PT11 Nesting Dinghy https://ptwatercraft.com/blog/the-pt11-nesting-dinghy/ https://ptwatercraft.com/blog/the-pt11-nesting-dinghy/#comments Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:51:01 +0000 http://ptwatercraft.com/blog/?p=269 ...continue reading The PT11 Nesting Dinghy]]> The first PT 11 Nesting Dinghy kit has been cut as of April 15th and construction has just begun. The photo shows the plywood parts only and the finished prototype in the background.Kit Ply Parts

We have really been attempting to set up the pictures to the highest instructional advantage so actual building progress is happening is small steps. We will be updating the blog regularly with construction photos.

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