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Gemini, the newest Yankee One Design in the Port Townsend fleet. Welcome Gemini, the newest Yankee One Design in the Port Townsend fleet. On Wednesday to the good wishes of the crowd, Gemini met the water for the first time, floated on her lines, dry, glistening, and quite lovely. When last [...]
Puget Sound residents may get a glimpse at the new state ferry Chetzemoka this week as it travels through the Sound on sea trials. Contractor Todd Pacific Shipyards is required to conduct these trials to demonstrate the vessel to U.S. Coast Guard and WSDOT Ferries Division (WSF) inspectors before WSF accepts delivery of the vessel. The sea trials team is comprised of a Master and crew hired by Todd with their Test and Trials Department. The sea trials must be conducted away from other marine traffic to complete the demonstrations efficiently and without interference from other vessels. Later this month, WSF crews will begin operational training and familiarization with the Chetzemoka on the Port Townsend/Keystone route in preparation for the vessel to begin service in late August. A wonderful article on building the Nordlund Skiff at the Boat School by Bryan Mann, lifted from the Port Townsend Maritime Trades Association Summer newsletter produced by Diana Talley. We’re fortunate to have so many local treasures from Dale Nordlund, to the Boat School, to the PTMTA. The entire newsletter is available here.  Pictured on Launch Day are; Bryan Mann, Hannah Lynch, Max Richter, Walt White, Bill Post van der Burg, Jeremy Cole, Dale Nordlund and Ray Speck Building the Nordlund SkiffWritten By Bryan Mann As Dale Nordlund walked into the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, all of the usual banging and banter came to an abrupt halt. Dale was immediately swarmed by a crowd of anxious aspiring boat builders (myself included), awestruck by the presence of a true Northwest man with such a rich history. We had just about finished setting up the backbone for our first lapstrake project, the 11′ 6″ “Nordlund Skiff,” when Dale decided to drop by. It was as if the spirit of some mystical seaman from the golden age of boatbuilding had floated up out of the loft floor to guide us. Perhaps for Dale it was more like peeking into the daycare playroom to watch us struggle with Lincoln logs. Either way, he was glad to inform us that his original design was in fact carvel planked, not lapstrake planked, and we were glad to listen.  California Condor, a new Open 40 designed by Jim Antrim and built at Berkeley Marine recently launched in the Bay Area
Dan Newland helps finish a new Open 40. For 5 weeks this spring I was in the Bay area working on the build of a new Open Class 40, “Condor” or more properly “California Condor.” I was originally going to be there for 1-2 weeks to design and build some of the detailed finish composite work but they liked what I was doing and they were far behind schedule so I was invited to stay as long as I could. After 5 weeks of 7 days a week and 10-12 hours a day, (300+ hours in 5 weeks time) plus needing to do some work for some other customers, I had to get back so I came home before the boat was launched. The boat is 10,000 lbs with a 4000 lb lead bulb at the bottom at 40′ LOA and 15′ wide. Now THAT is WIDE! (Pegasus is 37′ but only 10′ wide for comparison). They carry so much sail they had to go with square headed mainsails (otherwise the height of the center of lift becomes so far aloft it heels the boat excessively).
 I find it fascinating that after all these years of increasing the height and aspect ratio of racing boat sail plans, we are back to gaff rigs and bowsprits! These “fat head” mains could only be possible with the light, super stiff and strong carbon fiber tube battens...in other words, "gaffs". The width of the boats and high speed shapes tend to make for very flat sections with really high wetted surface so interestingly, their speed in light air is only so-so. And heeling them over actually increases wetted surface so it is better to trim them down by the bow. Spot Shrimp. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Stopping by the bulletin board on the top of C Dock, I happened on a posting for a shrimp pot being sold by Alavah or Diana Simon on the Roger Henry. I had seen Roger Henry first on the dock waiting to be pulled and [...]  Sheryl, Greg and Jake in front of Toccata Meet our new neighbors, Greg Kerkof, Sheryl Alfson-Kerkof and Jake, formerly of Mukilteo. They are moving to town with their almost completed cruising sailboat, Toccata. You will find Toccata in the Boat Haven yard near the PT Rigging shop. After some final touches, they plan to leave for a summer of cruising up north and then back to PT to live aboard next winter. It sounds like they are already settling in. They’re planning to sell their house, enjoying long walks around town and calling their trips back to Mukilteo “retuning to the dark side”. Talk about an odyssey; they started constructing Toccata here in Port Townsend 26 years ago (actually I believe the Odyssey took only 20 years), when they had the hull fabricated by Bernie Arthur of Skookum fame. The hull was then trucked to their backyard in Mukilteo, where they put a building up around it and started building their dream boat. This hull is an Ed Monk design; 50’ long with a 13.5’ beam. |
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A post by Tim Flanagan on the Puget Sound Maritime blog