Poised and Ready For Her New Wood and Lead Keel at The Shipwright's CO-OP
The latest issue of the Port Townsend Marine Trades Association Spring 2012 Newsletter is out and as always full of interesting stories on the projects and talented trades people who work in PT’s marine trades. You can download your own copy here. Here’s a small sample to wet your appetite. More pictures and stories on the work being done on MARTHA are available here.
The Schooner Martha
By Rick Petrykowski
In the aftermath of the mid-January snowstorm, we sat down with Robert D’Arcy and Chris Grace to get the skinny about Schooner MARTHA’s current restoration at the Shipwright’s Co-op. But first we needed to hear about MARTHA’s stellar performance in the Round the County Race in November 2011.
Sponsored by the Orcas Island Yacht Club, the Round the County is one of the Northwest’s premier races, open to all classes, which brings a big turnout to the starting line at Lydia Shoal. Boats participating in the “little jaunt” circumnavigate the San Juan Islands counterclockwise or clockwise on alternating years. The forecast for the race on delivery day was for winds @ 25-50 knots with a large swell. Still, of the 70 entrants, there were no cancellations for Saturday’s start. Interest piqued on the big boats (“the Monstatrucks”); NEPTUNE’s CAR, ICON, BRAVEHEART and MARTHA.
Out thru Peavine Pass into Rosario Strait, north to Clark, Matia and Sucia, turning west at Patos thru Boundary Pass to Haro Strait and then the push to Saturday’s finish at Roche harbor, her crew’s local knowledge and timing of current changes helped MARTHA seize the advantage. When the first day’s results came out, MARTHA’s time was first in her division and first overall! – to which Holly Kays (Mrs. Martha) said, “Oh my!”
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