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Classic motor yachts in the yard Thursday morning the Port of Port Townsend yard had a pretty amazing collection of large, classic, wood motor yachts.
There was a row of three in front of Admiral Ship Supply and another two in front of Haven. Out on the linear dock was number six, the quite glorious M/V WESTWARD looking shiny and ready for the summer cruising season. Really something to be able to see all these NW classics lined up next to each other. But then it's a pretty rare day where there isn't something interesting to see in the PT yard. |
Next week, cars that fly. From Wired magazine. Some day, our whole life will be on foils. Maybe. Frank Rinderknecht never set out to be the Willy Wonka of the automotive world. The mad scientist of motoring started out importing sunroofs into Europe. Then he tried his hand outfitting cars for handicapped [...] On Sunday, New Zealand Herald sports editor Paul Lewis was guest onboard the Kiwi AC72 for some practice racing against Luna Rossa. Impressive how little spray these boats make while foiling as opposed to V1 of the Oracle boat. click for large image Meanwhile, back on the other bay (San Francisco), Oracle Racing, after a spectacular crash of their Cup boat #1 that ended with it drifting under the Golden Gate and out into the Pacific, managed to do a six-month repair job in three and one-half months and relaunched. [...] |
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