{"id":1580,"date":"2014-10-10T12:47:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T16:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/?p=1580"},"modified":"2014-10-11T14:59:25","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T18:59:25","slug":"the-38th-port-townsend-wooden-boat-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/the-38th-port-townsend-wooden-boat-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"The 38th Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 5-7th were the days of the 38th Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival.
\nThis year was unique for us due to having a relative fleet of PT 11s on hand; 8 or 9 PT 11 dinghies could be seen over the weekend of marvelous sunshine and sailing breezes, tethered behind their “motherships” in the harbor or out in the bay among so many beautiful boats!<\/p>\n

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A PT 11 chasing Vito Dumas and sister dinghy the PT Spear on the leash..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joining them was\u00a0 our own PT 11 captained by Cooper Parish.<\/p>\n

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Cooper in our PT 11 chasing Scott in his International 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cooper (who currently works for Scaled Composites) has built a PT 11 at the NW School of Wooden Boat Building<\/a>. Many of our friends and customers share our deep appreciation for innovative aircraft as well as boats. We love the following picture Cooper sent to us earlier this summer, (wearing a Port Townsend Watercraft hat!) and we love having his help at the festival!<\/p>\n

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Cooper in…”one of the rocket motors from Space Ship One… Representin’ PTWatercraft!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As usual, I did not get out and about to take more pictures. The reason, I am pleased to say, is that our display maintained a virtual flood of visitors and our team (including my wonderful sister, Dana) was happily kept busy showing off 2 PT Elevens (one on the stand and one for rowing demos), and a PT Spear, (generously loaned by Mr. Swantner).<\/p>\n

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Our display next to WEST SYSTEM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our tent hosts, the smart folks from WEST SYSTEM EPOXY<\/a>, were on hand with expert epoxy advice, interesting props and informative booklets. This year\u2019s festival was also special and memorable due to having\u00a0 our dear friends, Kathy Massimini & Steve Callahan here. Steve was a guest speaker for the festival. If you have not read his book Adrift<\/span><\/a><\/span> or don’t know about Steve, you’ve missed out. See his website HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Steve & Kathy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"ptwatercraft.com\"<\/a>You might already know about Off Center Harbor<\/a>, and all of the really well done, interesting videos they offer on a wide range of boating topics. We were honored (and pretty camera shy) to receive an interview request from the OCH team. Filming took place right after the festival and the video will be available sometime in the future. Thank you Steve Stone and Off Center Harbor!<\/p>\n

The fine weather inspired more boats to be out sailing for the entire three days than I have ever witnessed in my 5 years of attending. The final \u2018Sail-By\u2019 was quite spectacular. If you missed it this year, mark your calendar for the first weekend of September 2015 and keep an eye on the NW Maritime Center<\/a> website for events over the year.<\/p>\n

Please enjoy a small album of pictures I took during the Festival.<\/p>\n