{"id":2265,"date":"2016-03-14T22:41:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T02:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2016-03-14T22:41:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T02:41:02","slug":"2016-port-townsend-shipwrights-regatta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptwatercraft.com\/blog\/2016-port-townsend-shipwrights-regatta\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Port Townsend Shipwright’s Regatta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fun! For the second year we had a blast in our PT 11 as the smallest entrant in the Shipwright’s Regatta hosted by the Port Townsend Sailing Association<\/a>. Russell was at the helm and I was ballast, chocolate dispenser, and “kite” handler,\u00a0 …. hmmmm… maybe\u00a0we have some work to do if we are going to get real about racing…<\/p>\n

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My little kite… ‘I think I can, I think I can…’ photo by ‘Ace’ Spragg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course Russell would have been much faster by himself but no fun without me! Kidding aside, we didn’t do all that bad (13th out of 19 boats in Class B) since our competition was all multiples of us in waterline. (except for Simeon in Noddy, his SCAMP)<\/p>\n

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Lil B is our PT 11.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was a beautiful day, perfect breeze, sunshine, and little chop. I took some photos and Ace managed to capture a shot of our “kite” on the down wind leg… yes, it really was a kite. I could not get it out from behind the mainsail but it actually did have some pull to it. The one time I got it up higher, it nose dived into the water and became an instant drogue. A funny experiment that confirmed we could come up with an ‘itty bitty’ spinnaker and make use of it. We shall see…<\/p>\n

Oddly, for Russell and I, it takes more discipline to actually get it together to participate in our local sailing events than to work in the shop and office every day! Gotta work on that… \ud83d\ude09 AEB<\/p>\n

Pictures follow.<\/p>\n