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Busy sailing weekend ahead

The series that was too fun to stop continues Friday. The six race White Cap Series had a possible make up race scheduled for this Friday. All six races were run, the series scored and completed, but no one could think of a reason not to have a race this Friday (May 17). Look for a dock start.

Over 20 multihulls, from hot little Weta tri's to the Formula 40, DRAGON, are scheduled to be racing in PT this weekend. A number of them are looking for crew for a Protection Island race on Saturday, and in-shore bay races on Sunday. The skipper's meeting will be at 8 AM on Saturday under the marina facing porch by the Shanghai and Pt Hudson Cafe. If you'd like to crew, that's where you should be, too.

Fal Joslin Race

Race Poster

Race documents are here.

Shaped on all Six Sides

2013 Spring Bonus race

Everyone had so much fun during the regular Spring Whitecap series there was demand that we use the make-up date for another race, so we obliged. The wind was very variable shifting between 290 and 330 degrees at the dock, strength variable 6 – 12 kts. It appeared to be different elsewhere on the course. We set course SMTMF. It proved very challenging in the variable wind, which moderated when the rain started. Also it was at the height of the flood. Under the conditions the course was a bit long but all boats finished within the time limit, the tail ender with two minutes to spare. Pegasus gave up a commanding lead and resigned after not keeping the B mark to shoreward. Congratulations to Dorado for another great performance.
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The J’s Race at the 2013 St. Barths Bucket

Thanks, Piper, for the great tip. Eye candy indeed.

The J’s race at the 2013 St. Barths Bucket. from Onne van der Wal on Vimeo.

Calculations for I.F. Mariner

If you’re interested in what’s happening in the yard at PT’s Boat Haven, the PT Shipwrights Co-op blog is a good place to start.

Naval Architect and Marine Engineer, Jonathan Moore, is working on the I.F. Mariner design project for Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op. I visited him in his office at Tim Nolan Marine Design. He is determining the best size and placement of the large fish hold bulkhead in order to meet stability guidelines. You may recall a previous blog post about I.F. Mariner where a 3,000 lb. cement block was moved to various locations on the I.F. Mariner to run stability tests. Now Jonathan is referring to line drawings of the vessel to make further calculations in combination with his Auto-CAD software. He will project how far the vessel enters the water’s surface when the fish hold is up to it’s hold capacity.

As well, last week the original engine was removed from the I.F. Mariner via crane and the new engine prepared for installation. A runway was rigged up in order to smoothly remove and install the engines in and out of the engine room. Next the shipwrights will seal up the engine room.