Revised Sailing Seminar Schedule Released
The seminars actually look and feel nothing like this. The upcoming Monday, January 25th seminar has been canceled, but the good news is that the revised seminar schedule has been confirmed. We got off to a late start organizing the talks this year, but the February dates and subjects are firm! Folks can attend one class, two, or all three. Simply show up at 6 pm at the Maritime Center upper floor classrooms and pay $5 to cover the cost of the room. Feb. 8 - Stig Osterberg will lead a discussion loosely based on David Dellenbaugh's most [...]
Coast Guard Coming to Town to Answer Questions
Calling all boaters: sailors, paddlers, rowers, cruisers, racers, and fishermen. The boating season is about to officially begin and the Coast Guard is coming to town. Lieutenant Commander Robert Walls, Chief, Joint Harbor Operations Command (JHOC) Seattle will speak at 7:00 PM Tuesday, April 19 at the Port Townsend Yacht Club, sponsored by the Point Wilson Sail and Power Squadron. He will speak about areas of interest to all whether out on the water, or watching from shore. Topics will include search and rescue, transit of large vessels through the sound, submarines and security, and tsunami response. The JHOC is [...]
Dan Newland Boat Design Seminar, March 28th
This talk is being offered FREE of charge to P.T.S.A. members and students. All others only $5.00. What makes a boat fast? What can be retrofitted to improve speed on an existing boat? Learn all this and more at Dan Newland's BOAT DESIGN Basics and Structures How to Make Your Boat Faster Monday, March 28th, 6:30 PM Northwest Maritime Center Don't miss this seminar. Dan knows how to make your boat faster. Among his other accomplishments, Dan has won the Single-Handed Transpac four times, three times in PEGASUS XIV, the boat he designed and built himself. This talk is [...]
Dan Builds Some Models for His Talk, Alden Gets Some Missing Lines
[slideshow id=31] Dan Newland On Boat Design, Basics & Structures NW Maritime Center, March 28th 6:30 PM By Dan Newland Here are some pictures of a project I did to support the 2 classes in boat design I’m giving in the next few weeks. One talk is at the NW School of Wooden Boat building next Tue. the other is for the Port Townsend Sailing Association at the NW Maritime Center March 28, 6:30 PM. I built 3 boat models, all of the same scale and with similar WL length to illustrate the effects of overhang and waterplane area on [...]
RACING ON THE BAY with the PTSA SUPERHEROES
This Thursday, March 10th at 6:30pm, the PTSA Superheroes return to give you the insider's edge on how to start kicking butt and taking names. If you've been thinking you'd like to join in the fun and start racing your boat in the full schedule of PTSA sponsored weekly races, or if you already race and want to move up in the standings, here's your chance to learn some of the secrets from the PTSA Superheros, the folks who know the Bay and how to get around it the fastest - Stig Osterberg, Piper Dunlap, Joe Daubenberger and Daubie Daubenberger. [...]