{"id":1505,"date":"2014-06-30T22:54:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T02:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/?p=1505"},"modified":"2014-06-30T22:54:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T02:54:01","slug":"launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Launchings for 2nd quarter 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am always happy to show off\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>206 Composites\u2019 Simon Miles, here in Port Townsend, has had 3 PT11 projects in progress.\u00a0 One of these was just launched on June 25th. Simon was a student at the NW School for Wooden Boat Building when Russell taught a class while building the first PT Skiff prototype in 2009. He now runs his own business after working on some very high tech boat building projects including the BMW\/Oracle America&#8217;s cup boats, sailboat rudders,carbon bicycle wheels, and submarines. simonmiles206 at gmail.com<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1508\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206Comp614a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1508 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206Comp614a-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206Comp614a-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206Comp614a-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206Comp614a.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">3 PT 11 dinghies in progress at 206 composites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206-composites-3xPT11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1509\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206-composites-3xPT11.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206-composites-3xPT11.jpg 640w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/206-composites-3xPT11-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1507\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Simon-and-PT11-Tika.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1507\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Simon-and-PT11-Tika-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"Hired builder, Simon miles of 206 Composites, in Port Townsend.\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Simon-and-PT11-Tika-1024x688.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Simon-and-PT11-Tika-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Simon-and-PT11-Tika.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hired builder, Simon miles of 206 Composites, in Port Townsend.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1505 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/tikapt11_by_206composites\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TikaPT11_by_206Composites-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1515\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1515'>\n\t\t\t\tlooking very flash with sprayed varnish and top coat!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/christened-tika\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Christened-Tika-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1510\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1510'>\n\t\t\t\tJan does the honors and christens the boat.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/happy_customer\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Happy_customer-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1511\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1511'>\n\t\t\t\tPopping the champagne\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/tika-splash\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Tika-Splash-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1512\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1512'>\n\t\t\t\tFirst splash\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/john-and-tika\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/John-and-Tika-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1513\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1513'>\n\t\t\t\tHappy in his new boat\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/tika_pt11_tutorial\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Tika_PT11_Tutorial-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1514\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1514'>\n\t\t\t\tRussell demonstrating rig set up\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Bob in BC launched his PT 11 this Spring.<br \/>\n\u201cAttached a photo of the first nesting, it fit perfectly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1516\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bobs_PT11_comox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1516 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bobs_PT11_comox-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bobs_PT11_comox-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bobs_PT11_comox-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Bobs_PT11_comox.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PT 11 launched in Comox BC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The paint is not the final, it will eventually be red, but needed the boat some it will be prime grey for a bit. I used System 3 water basted epoxy primer and it worked well and seems very hard, it will be tested this summer.<br \/>\nI did not clear coat the interior and will decide whether to clear coat or paint next year.\u00a0 Added strips of no-skid to the bottom panel by taping a few strips and adding non-skid grit from Interlux to some epoxy . It works very well and is not obvious.<br \/>\nRows beautifully and my 100 lb wife and I can load it in the truck easily. Should fit will on the nets of my F31 trimaran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A PT 11 just launched in Florida. Here showing the first \u2018in-water\u2019 assembly practice.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1517\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1517\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dr.Mom_1st_water_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1517 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dr.Mom_1st_water_sm-e1403895017675-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dr.Mom_1st_water_sm-e1403895017675-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dr.Mom_1st_water_sm-e1403895017675-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1517\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">practicing in-water assembly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Family fun on a PT 11 in the Bahamas: Seeing these young gents sailing around put a big smile on my face..<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1518\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vollum4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1518\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vollum4-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"ptwatercaft.com\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vollum4-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vollum4-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vollum4.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So much more fun than video games!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"%20http:\/\/svskye.wordpress.com\/2014\/04\/07\/first-really-nice-day-of-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\">The latest from SV Skye<\/a> \/ PT11 nested on the cabin top of the Lyle Hess 32, Skye.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1519\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ttSkye_nested1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1519\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ttSkye_nested1.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ttSkye_nested1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/ttSkye_nested1-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TT SV Skye nested on the cabin top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TTSKYE_nested.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1520\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TTSKYE_nested.jpg\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TTSKYE_nested.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/TTSKYE_nested-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>B and D Boats (banddboats at gmail.com) in Boothbay Maine just finished a PT 11 for a customer.<\/p>\n<p>Another PT 11 just ready for launch in Renton, WA and another in Sonora CA. If we don&#8217;t have pictures now, we will share them next time.<\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, a couple of pictures from the launching of our new PT11 \/2014.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1505 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/pt11_reeady_2_launch14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PT11_reeady_2_launch14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/launch-pt11_lilb\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Launch-PT11_LilB-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/launch2_pt11_lib\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Launch2_pt11_LiB-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/first_row_pt11_lilb\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/First_row_pt11_lilb-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/pt11_hull14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PT11_hull14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/launchings-for-2nd-quarter-2014\/pt11_nestable_dinghy2014\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PT11_nestable_dinghy2014-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"ptwatercraft.com\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am always happy to show off\u00a0 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\u2019 Simon Miles, here in Port Townsend, has had 3 PT11 projects in progress.\u00a0 One of these was just launched&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,49,48,13,43,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all","category-events","category-international","category-nesting_dinghies","category-nesting-dinghy-activities","category-nesting-pt-11-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1505"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1531,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1505\/revisions\/1531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}