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Fisheries Supply Swap Meet September 23 in Seattle
Worth going to this Seattle event if you are looking for deals.
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2023 WBF and RRRMB Rally success!
Thank you to all PTMTA tent tenders, presenters, and rowboat rally participants who made this 2023 Wooden Boat Festival fresh and joyful. Some great photos and video clips are being shared on FB and Instagram. Sadly this editor’s computer crashed shortly after downloading (and deleting from camera) all the photos I took. Special thanks to …
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Save the Date: November 2nd, 2023
PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS for our ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING NOVEMBER 2nd The plan is to share updates from the year, VOTE for new board of trustees (5 seats are open) Learn the latest on internships, Meet Port Commission candidates, EAT PIZZA! and enjoy conversations with your peers, and MORE! MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW.
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Berg invites ‘Drinks with the Director’ 9/20/23 +
Executive Director Eron Berg of the Port of Port Townsend is inviting Port-based workers and other residents to join him for informal chats over coffee that start Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 9 a.m. READ MORE>>>
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The Wooden Boat Festival is a marine trades celebration
Just a friendly reminder to our wonderful PTMTA members that the Annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival was originally a creation of our local marine trades and mariner community. In the true spirit of this event, our marine trades and local mariners participating in either a leisure, host, or presenter capacity are the heart and …
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HazMat Collection Event at Port-sometime end of September
From Port Environmental Specialist Kimberlie Webber: Hello all, I know the closing of MRW has been hard on A LOT of you. I promise you that I am doing my best to find a disposal program that works for us here at the Port. I have [tentatively] scheduled the company Crystal Clean to come out …
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Lets help honor Ray Speck and others Thursday September 7th
From the Wooden Boat Foundation: Each year we recognize members of our greater maritime community for the Wooden Boat Festival Lifetime Achievement awards in Wooden Boat Community & Spirit. This heartfelt Festival tradition is open to the public. This years honorees are ( https://woodenboat.org/lifetime-achievement-awards/ ) Ray Speck, Betsy Davis, Neil Rabinowitz Thursday September 7, 2023 …
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Remembering Consuelo Brennan September 16th
From Marshall Brennan: I wanted to update you on the last week and fill in details on the events to honor and celebrate Consuelo. The schedule of events remains the same: Saturday, September 16 11:00 am Funeral Mass @ Saint Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Port Townsend. Approximately 1 hour. 1:00 pm Internment …
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Join the PTMTA booth and have time to play at the WBF
Wooden Boat Festival is all about beautiful wooden boats and the people who love them. The PTMTA booth tenders get a wrist band for helping us out and you will have time to roam as well. Please contact Pat Mahon and get on the list ASAP so we can be sure to have a wrist …
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Row Row Row My Boat September 10th- Be there or be square!
The 46th annual Wooden Boat Festival will be held September 8th-10th, 2023. For almost half a century, we’ve celebrated our wooden boat fleet and the marine trades industry here that builds, repairs and restores it. Many of our trades feel a part of the festival 365 days a year, using the traditional and contemporary skills …
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Hōkūleʻa in Port Townsend Postponed-Date TBD
To ensure a safe voyage, Hōkūleʻa was forced to stay in the Gulf Islands for longer than planned. Their visit to Port Townsend has been postponed, exact dates to be determined. We will update our community when dates are finalized! Hello all (From Jake Beattie) This is late breaking news, but it was just recently …
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Save the Date! Sept. 28th Boat Yard BBQ
Print and share the flyer for this celebration of our working waterfront!
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WBF coming soon – Join the PTMTA booth tenders
While the Woodenboat Foundation has a long list of volunteer positions open, the PTMTA also needs booth tenders for September 7th set up, and the festival itself September 8th, 9th, and 10th. Pat Mahon is standing by to sign you up. Volunteers get festival passes and have the opportunity to talk about your business with …
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Drag your rowboats outta de bushes!
Diana Talley was recently reminiscing with Ashlyn Brown & Sarah Kolbeck, about the family friendly rowboat racing of early Wooden Boat Festivals. While bouncing around some ideas, a new event has evolved into the RowRowRowMyBoat Rally; an en-mass spectacle row from Boat Haven to Point Hudson. Diana literally had to drag her row boat out …
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Inter-Tribal Canoe Journey; July 26 via PT
“Paddle to Muckleshoot” Returns this Week The annual inter-tribal canoe journey, which began in 1989 with the “Paddle to Seattle” has been postponed in the last few years with the last paddle being in 2019. This year it is returning, with the “Paddle to Muckleshoot.” Over 100 canoes will join the canoe family and make …
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Arts Guild Fairs: Applications & Info
Our Marine Trades leather and canvas makers, woodworkers, metalworkers, jewelers and artists – … The Port Townsend Arts Guild will be holding 3 juried arts and crafts fairs this year in Port Townsend. There are still openings for artists and craftspeople who make their own unique work and would like to sell it at our fine quality fairs. All of the …
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What are boats & boat “things” if not “Usable Art”?
In case you need another creative outlet: Maker’s Market opportunity August 5th Greenpod is hosting a usable art exhibit and gallery walk taking place all day Saturday August 5th. The event will be located at 1531 W Sims Way, Port Townsend inside and outside of the building. The exhibit will include all functional art like woodworks, lamps, …
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R2AK starts Monday but before that….
If you are reading this on Sunday, your really shouldn’t be…because you should be down at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend welcoming the Seventy 48 racers and checking out the Race to AK boats at the R2AK Ruckus. At least that is what this editor thinks. Many of our local mariners partake in these …
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Classic Mariner’s Race June 3-4th !
Click image to register or see full details for the Classic Mariner’s Regatta coming up next weekend June 3-4th. Into the mix, add the arrivals of the Seventy/48 boats and the R2AK Ruckus (Both NWMC events) at Pope Marine Park and we have a big boating weekend ahead.
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