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Shipwrights’ Regatta – February 23, 2013

By JK|2013-01-24T17:12:12-08:00January 24th, 2013|Northwest Maritime Center, Racing on the Bay, Wood Boat Foundation, Wood boats|

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Time to wash the green off your deck and your crew, the first event of the 2013 sailing season is […]

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Seattle Boat Show, Jan 25 to Feb 3

By JK|2013-01-07T13:04:36-08:00January 7th, 2013|Boat Maintenance|

Check with Lisa at PTSA sponsor PT Rigging who has a very limited number of tickets available.

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Adding Polars to Your Cell Phone

By JK|2013-01-04T12:37:04-08:00January 3rd, 2013|On the Water|

Thanks to Jak Mang – who has an interesting electronics project of his own in the very early stages – for pointing this out. In this app, modifiable, generic polars […]

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Happy New Year

By JK|2012-12-31T17:05:09-08:00December 31st, 2012|On the Water|

Here’s hoping 2013 brings you great times out on the water.

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Lessons from Jan

By JK|2012-12-26T10:17:50-08:00December 26th, 2012|On the Water|

At the end of the year some thoughts on sailing and life written by Ron Sherry on the passing of WEST SYSTEM founder and sailor, Jan Gougeon. Lifted from

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HMS BOUNTY: How Sound Was She?

By JK|2012-12-19T10:55:23-08:00December 19th, 2012|In the Yard, Wood boats|

Posted by Charles J. Doane on SAILfeed

AS I NOTED in my last post on the […]

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VESTAS Sailrocket 2. “The magic mile” world record*…

By JK|2012-12-17T10:17:37-08:00December 17th, 2012|On the Water|

Thanks to Dan Newland for passing along this video. SAILROCKET 2 also smashed the outright speed record with a peak of 67.74 knots and 65.37 knots average! That’s 121km/hr and […]

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Darkest Before the Dawn

By JK|2012-12-14T11:16:08-08:00December 14th, 2012|Uncategorized|

It’s been very, very dark around here lately but Cliff Mass delivers the good news that there are longer days ahead.

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Memories of Summer

By JK|2012-12-10T18:49:12-08:00December 10th, 2012|Racing out of the Bay, Wood boats|

Click for bigger image. Northwest Maritime Center Photo by Kim Carver

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Wave-Powered Robot Completes 9,000 Mile Ocean Trek, Sets Record

By JK|2012-12-05T11:17:53-08:00December 5th, 2012|On the Water|

From Treehugger , a post by Jaymi Heimbuch on a new technology that is being used to explore the oceans.

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