After wanting to go to the PTWB for many years, I finally made it!
Lady Washington dockside. She sailed every day.
Many, many more pictures follow –
Lady W. and the mooring field.
An odd craft made from a ship’s lifeboat.
Schooner Adventuress
Small boat row…
Catboat Jean Alden.
Arty shot of Wellsford Navigator type Yuko, with her builder. She did very well at this year’s Shipyard School Raid.
Pinky schooner Pleiades.
Joe Greenley of Redfish Kayaks demonstrates strip-building techniques.
John Harris of CLC teaches glassing on wood
Puzzle piece detail on Chesapeak Light Craft Kayak.
Training wheels on Redfish kayak.
Beautiful detailing on this strip-built Rangely Lakes boat.
Yarr, pirate craft.
CLC Navigator pram. This one was not nesting.
The Townshend, replica longboat of the boat that was among the first to explore Puget Sound.
A bathtub is just an inside-out boat.
Pretty boat in Edenwoods pavilion
Brion Toss’ rigging loft, very famous.
Beached powerboat.
Lady crew early Saturday AM practice.
Carol Hasse sail loft.
CNC cutting table in the loft
One of two stunning Concordia yawls.
On-site boatbuilding
Sam Devlin teaches stitch-and-glue construction.
Bronze casting demo
Nais, a 1955 Danish-built Folkboat
Nice traveler arrangement on Nais.
Dragon boat bows.
Cutter Crusoe, the show poster-child.
Martha and Alcyone barreling home in the finish of the schooner cup.
Sam Devlin Widgeon.
The Townshend.
This raft caused a bit of comment.
Yawl envy.
Sparkle, the fastest ship on the sound, who sails with an all-girl crew, the “Sparkle Girls”
This beauty was originally built for the President of the New York Stock Exchange.
A Dragon’s fearful symmetry.
Native canoe.
Steam launch Puffer, and her crew making up a rope fender.
Kevin Jeffery, president of Norseboat Ltd, was staying with his sons aboard the pinky schooner Pleiades.
Kevin and me.
Chesapeak Light Craft exhibit.
Mermaid stylin’ in Port Townsend.
thanks a lot for your post
i’ve published the link on blog.sibma.it
grazie (thanks)
ciao
andrea
Wow! Thanks for the photos. So much work and so much love goes into these wooden boats. I’m glad to be able to enjoy them even from a distance.
–buck
cool boats!
did you like the navigator?
AWESOME!!! I would love to own a classic wooden yacht. I think half of the joy would be buying a true classic with history and refurbishing it to bristol condition. Ah, to be a rich man…maybe some day:)
One for the wish list: LINK
Cheers,
Oceantric
Hi,
That schooner sure is a beauty, and for $200k is cheaper than a 1BR condo. The problem with woodies is they are a lot more expensive to keep than get — one more reason ‘a ship is called a she’.
Barrett Faneuf did a great job building her Navigator “Yuko”. She said it was only 500lbs, which is light — with its beam it looks heavier.
David
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing. There are a few I will be studying more carefully.
What can you tell us about that Haida-style canoe that is pictured a couple times?
Honest! She’s that light! She’s plywood and a lot of flotation space. Also she’s flat-bottomed, so her beam is a great deal of her stability.
-Barrett
Hey Barrett,
Great to see you on the site! I hope my boat comes out half as nice as yours. Andrea from blog.simba.it is a big Navigator fan, I am sure he would like to hear from you.
Best
David