Steve Davis Memorial, July 24th, Ft. Worden
Steve L. Davis WILLISTON, S.C. – Inter-nationally acclaimed marine illustrator, Stephen L. Davis passed away at home June 24, 2011 in Williston, SC. Born June 12, 1947 to Gilbert and Juanita Davis in Nampa, ID. Stephen earned a Bachelor’s in Architecture from the University of Idaho and after a successful career, turned his focus to his true love: boats. Regularly featured in numerous magazines including Sail, Popular Mechanics, Power and Motor Yacht, along with illustrating books; his work was not limited to marine design, but also included horse trailers and planes. In 2010, Stephen relocated from Port Townsend, WA and [...]
Cats Paw 3
Only 8 boats came out for the third race of the series. Nice breezes, except near the tower as usual. Results follow for 7 rated boats. Second Wind finished 8th at 19:44:31. Congratulations to Pegasus for a very strong race. […]
Cat’s Paw 2
8 dry boats and two 505s came out for nice breezy evening on the Bay. With Dorado on the hard, the Daubenbergers crewed on No Name. Congratulations on a strong 4th place finish. […]
Mike Berman Shoots the 2011 CMR
From the deck of MARTHA, Mike Berman shares his pictures of the 2011 Classic Mariners Regatta. Check his web site for more great pictures, Michael Berman Photography. [slideshow id=33]
Watch out 505’s: The Swift Solo is Coming to P.T.
2011 Swift Solo North American Championships in Port Townsend On July 8, 9, 10 the Northwest Maritime Center will be hosting a series of races for the Swift Solo Class. The Swift Solo is a high performance three sail single-handed skiff designed in 2000 by Bram Dally. The boats are mostly owner-built out of cedar. The class was formed in 2003 and has a championship each year. Last year was in the Columbia Gorge. This year the event is in Port Townsend. The boats will sail off the Maritime Center pier beginning at noon on Friday, July 8 and 11 [...]
Cat’s Paw 1
11 boats came out on a calm evening for the first race of the Cat’s Paw Series. As Dave Burrows reports, a short course was set in calm air with a 10 minute delay for enough wind to start the race. Soon the wind built to 8-10 and finishes came quickly. […]
The People That Make It Happen
There is a dedicated team that made the recent Classic Mariners' Regatta a reality. All sorts of things need to be done, and one of the unexpected items that needed "doing" this year was the making of new bases for the found CMR trophies. The trophies have been around since 1988. (The first CMR was in 1983.) Around 1996 they disappeared but were "found"again in storage this year at the Maritime Center. Research at The Leader provided the missing winners' names for the intervening years, but there was not room to list them all on the original trophy bases. Enter Todd Knoblock, [...]
CMR 2011 – Thank You Mr. Weatherman
MORNING FLIGHT at the 2011 Classic Mariners’ Regatta We waited a long time for a weekend like this last one. Sunny, clear, warm, and absolutely perfect wind. Like they say, it doesn’t get any better than that. There were 38 registrants for the Classic Mariners’ Regatta, as well as 7 for the rowing race on Sunday. Two were from Canada and a number from out of town. The race results are as follow Committee’s Choice Award: Lady Van (R-Boat from Canada)for sailing the perfect race, for coming down from Canada to do it, and for practicing all last [...]
NOTICE TO ALL PTSA RACERS
Change in the Sailing Instructions for the Summer Series We apologize if we confused some of you by naming the temporary tetrahedron mark off the ferry dock “K”. Even though we have never used the “K” for Kala Point mark, it is still on the course map that way and I should have thought of that. So to correct the problem, we have renamed the temporary tet mark that is usually placed out from the ferry dock “D”. D for Don’t Go There (or D for the people who did go there.) The D mark can also be used as [...]
Sailing Team Ends Season at PT Regatta
70 high school sailors gathered at the Northwest Maritime Center to wrap up the season under surprisingly sunny skies Saturday and Sunday. The wind cooperated as well – at least on Saturday, allowing the Race Committee to bang off 18 races on Saturday over the course of about 7 hours. Sunday was to be less windy so the R/C, made up of three generations of the Daubenberger family made the best of Saturday. As it turned out, this was a good thing to do as only 2 races would be completed on Sunday. Out of 17 teams, Port [...]
Classic Mariners Regatta
[singlepic id=298 w=640 h=480 float=center] 2010 Classic Mariners Regatta, photo M. Berman They are calling for Sun and temperatures in the 70’s this weekend. We hope you are planning to come for the Classic Mariners Regatta. If you don’t have a wood boat of your own, there are plenty of people looking for crew (and we are talking about some fast boats here!) Come to the skippers meeting to connect with the skippers in need: Saturday morning at 9:30 am at the NW Maritime Center above the boat shop. You can still register at the Welcome Party Friday night 6:30-10. [...]