The Leader posted a correction regarding the mistaken choice of cover image for the February Working Waterfront issue. In case you missed it;
News Category: Our Stories
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Sims Way Project Steering Committee- Joni Blanchard is in
Our very own Joni Blanchard is now on the steerage committee looking at the Sims Way Project/boatyard expansion/poplars and has written her considerations and seeks feedback from fellow marine trades. Well, I’ve allowed myself to be put on the Sims Way Poplar issue Steering Committee as one of the Port Stakeholders, representing myself as a …
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More NEW members!
Welcome! Nicolas DeLorme of Holiday in the Sun (Painting) Kat Murphy of Katfish Salmon Co. (Fishing) Christopher Chimenti of Schooner Boy Marine Services (Shipwright) Stephen Nuchia of Pandora’s Junction Box – (Electrical, Systems)
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Our Stories: Susan Brittain
Don’t miss this free and final Ask an Expert series event hosted by the NWMC on Zoom on March 17th
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Calling all Maritime Women
Please Join us, friends and neighbors, for this Gathering and Photo 2022 for the Women Of Our Working Waterfront. Friday, March 11th. Photo on City dock at 4 p.m., the Cotton Building is open 3 – 6 p.m. to meet with old and new friends. For all the women who love …
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Welcoming New Members
The PTMTA is happy to welcome several new and first-time PTMTA Members to our collective. We are humbly grateful for the vote of confidence from all of the maritime professionals joining and renewing. Beyond the Negative, Jeremy Johnson + his PT Maritime Photography project and books. Gilman Thermal Imaging PT Sailing Association Sail Port Townsend …
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Our weekly PTMTA outreach
Dear Members, Due to a SCAM email surprise this week, and because legitimate member notifications are so important, we have opted all current members into this weekly email update as part of your membership. This newsletter is based on the week’s posts on our new blog. Our new PTMTA blog was created to reduce random …
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Saturday-FEB 26th-SHIPWRIGHT’S REGATTA 2022
POSTPONED due to Gale Warning. NEW DATE: MARCH 26th Time to put your tools down and go sailing! https://ptsail.org/shipwrights-regatta-2022/ Check out the history on the special event.
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The Next Generation
In an effort to collect all of our Marine Trades stories possible, this PT LEADER story from November 2021 is being posted here-in. Both Melanya Nordstrom and Pete Stein are on our 2022 board of trustees, as well as Jeremy Lala of Sea Marine, Sarah Kolbeck of PT Rigging and Spars, Ian Weedman who now …
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Yes-it was a mistake…
The February 16th PT LEADER Insert Working Waterfront featured a photo on its cover that, while being an interesting project, (Sail Cargo in Costa Rica) it was totally out of place in this publication. Somebody FLUBBED…Big Time. Several of our Marine Trades members wrote to the Leader * and a response from our friend at …
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KPTZ February Working Waterfront
Did You Miss it? https://kptz.org/2022/02/11/our-working-waterfront-2-11/ Port Commissioner Pam Petranek and Port of Port Townsend’s Director Eron Berg wander the boatyard and meet up with brothers Tim and Mike Quant. Tim & Mike have been commercial fishermen all their lives, and throughout their years they’ve acquired valuable skills in the maritime trades. Plus the latest updates …
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PTMTA Print Directory
The 2022 PTMTA Print Member Directory is being finalized this month. Many hundreds will be printed for distribution at local businesses, events, and in welcome bags given to Point Hudson visiting boaters. ARE YOU IN IT? If you have renewed your PT Marine Trades Association Membership, (since October 2021 for 2022 fiscal year) you are! …
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The New Travel Lift
Wednesday Feb. 16th, 2022, the Port had a little ceremony for the new 75 ton Travel Lift. Commissioner Petranek blessed the new machine with a bottle of beer to the cheers of port staff and crew, County Commissioners, trades people and supporters. This lift is painted with The Port of Port Townsend boldly across the …
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NEW 75ton Travel Lift Celebration!
You are invited! PTMTA! Shipwrights ahoy! Our port commission and staff would like to invite you for a quick celebratory gathering on Wednesday, at noon, on February 16, at the 300 ton launch pad to celebrate the arrival of our new 75 ton lift! Our first lift was purchased in 1974??? Please stop by and …
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PT’s Boatbuilding Legacy
Thank you David King for sharing in this article hosted by Olympicpeninsula.org Port Townsend’s Boatbuilding Legacy
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Soundings Write-up
Another complimentary write-up about our Marine Trades, this time the PT Shipwright’s Co-op. It takes some time out of the day to have a writer and photographer come in for an article but it is really a great thing not only for the business featured but also for all of our marine trades. Do you …
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20% Public Awareness Campaign – The Bakkens
Our Stories Matter – revisiting our 20% Public Awareness Campaign posters created by Bill Curtsinger and Gwendolyn Tracy in 2019 and 2020.
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20% Poster – Kelly Watson
Our Stories Matter – revisiting our 20% Public Awareness Campaign posters created by Bill Curtsinger and Gwendolyn Tracy in 2019 and 2020.
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01/14/22 KPTZ Working Waterfront
To Listen https://kptz.org/?s=working+waterfront “Our boatyard and Port are one of the most unique places in the maritime world, considering that so many of its navigable tenants, great and small, have sailed, cruised, and fished our planet’s vast waters for decades and decades. This month, KPTZ’s Chris Bricker and co-hosts, Port Commissioner Pam Petranek and Port …
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