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America’s Cup Live Broadcasts This Weekend If you have the time and interest you can tune in to the live broadcasts of the America's Cup series races from Venice this weekend. Quite a treat to hear the familiar "Guys, we got a cluster f**k here" spoken by a highly paid athlete in an Australian accent.
It's an amazing sight with the Cup catamarans racing in the narrow confines of the bay in front of lovely and historic Venice. You can find the races at http://www.youtube.com/AmericasCup. |
May 16th Barcott race as the fleet heads to the first mark. Another great photo by Wendy Feltham from SILENT WAY Piper Dunlap pointed out that on the Wednesday race starts, Satch’s Rock still awaits starters who venture a little too close to the Indian Point shore as they are heading for the [...]
Our understanding is that 9 boats are on order already and the plan is to start a regular local race series. Note that this is a plywood kit boat that needs to be assembled and finished. Here’s some Orders should be in by the end of the month to qualify for the special pricing. More specific boat, radio and ordering instructions as well as the local PT contact, Michael Machette, below. Come one come all to the Cap’n Fatty Happy Hour Sunday March 18th, 3 to 5 pm, at the NorthWest Maritime Center Cap'n Fatty hams it up with some friends on Niuatoputapu, an island in Tonga. Photos courtesy of Cap'n Fatty Goodlander Hear stories from this highly entertaining author, NPR commentator and Cruising [...] A welcome to a new voice on the PTSA site, Larry Fisher of the mighty Columbia 30, SILENT WAY.  The price on this boat is dropping $1000 a day. PHRF 117 NW What if you built it and they didn’t come? Jim Lee has built a wonderful new 26-foot sport boat up in Anacortes, but customer response has been underwhelming. Actually, he hasn’t been able to sell a single one in two years. So he’s hit on a radical measure to sell hull #2 and make way for #3: a reverse auction. He’s lowering the price $1,000 a day until the boat sells. You can follow the auction here. Base price on a Dart is $49,950, before sails, instruments, and so on. But this one, tricked out with all the trimmings, would be $73,767 plus shipping. As of today, February 3, it’s going for $62,000. That’s still a good deal of money, but given today’s materials and manufacturing costs, it’s not out of line. And it’s built here. In a more buoyant economy, ahem, Jim would surely have sold some boats by now. Seattle is slowly thawing after the big snow and freeze this past week, and boats are being prepped for move in to the Big Seattle Boat Show, Indoors + Afloat, opening next Friday, January 27 and continuing through Sunday, February 5 at CenturyLink Field and South Lake Union. Despite the snow and ice around [...] |
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