Around Our Neighborhood | Port Townsend Sailing Association

2012 Sailing Calendar Released

Next year's sailing calendar was released from the Port Townsend Sailing Association's central home office. To download your copy of next year's scheduled fun on the Bay and surrounding waters, click the link below. 2012 PTSA and Regional Sailing Schedule-1.pdf.

Seattle Boat Show starts this week

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 [...]

WHAT’S MISSING IN THIS PICTURE OF MARTHA?

MARTHA's in the Boat Haven yard getting a new keel, rudder and foremast.

A lot! But the biggest thing missing is the keel, which was removed early in January. MARTHA is in the Shipwright’s Coop building across from Admiral Marine Supply undergoing restoration, the largest part of which is the rebuilding [...]

Evelyn 26 NIMBUS Takes Duamish Head Overall

NIMBUS formerly known as IMPULSE of the PTSA

From Ballard Sailor’s report on the 2012 Duamish Head Race on Pressure Drop.

By 2pm the mid raters were crossing the finish line en masse, but amongst them was a little 26 foot boat sailed by one of those old Des Moines Sea Scouts – [...]

Scholarships available for sailmaking and rigging course

From Three Sheets NW, Deborah Bach

Students learning canvas work during last year's sailmaking and rigging course. Photo courtesy of NSWBB

There are still spaces left in the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding’s upcoming sailmaking and rigging course, and even better — there are also scholarships available.

The scholarships offered by the boat school [...]

Robert the Parrot Goes Sailing

The Flash Player and a browser with Javascript support are needed.

var so39_1 = { params : { wmode : “opaque”, allowfullscreen : “true”, bgcolor : “#000000″}, flashvars : { file : “http%3A%2F%2Fptsail.org%2Findex.php%3Fcallback%3Dimagerotator%26gid%3D39″, shuffle : “false”, transition : “fade”, backcolor : “0×000000″, frontcolor : “0xFFFFFF”, lightcolor : “0xCC0000″, width : “500″, height : [...]