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News Category: Our Stories

Our local Women Boatbuilders…


Show up for our local marine trades.  The Women’s Boatbuilding Panel includes Diana Talley, Esther Whitmore, and Julia Maynard. You can click the image to get your tickets. January 20th on Zoom.

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20% Awareness Campaign – Chris Brignoli


Continuing our recap of the last 2 years of 20% Marine Trades Awareness Campaign put together by Bill Curtsinger and Gwendolyn Tracy.  

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National Fisherman-On Deck Vol 5


2021’s Issue 5 from National Fisherman’s Online Magazine features Port Townsend’s Shipwrights Co-op. It is quite a spread! The PTMTA thanks National Fisherman and the OnDeck team for spotlighting Port Townsend. If this magazine interests you, they have a free sign-up page Here. Click the first 2 images below to see the complete PDF for …

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20% Public Awareness Campaign – Robert


The PTMTA thanks Robert D’Arcy for many years serving on the PTMTA board and on or off the board, continuous advocating for a healthy working waterfront, maritime education, and historical preservation of place and culture.  

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OCH Maritime Story-telling


Though based in Maine, Off Center Harbor’s team of videographers and story tellers include a few of our own PNW characters. They have documented many of our local boats, boat shops and personalities. They are an incredible resource for a range of videos to do with boats, boat building, & trades people. They are always …

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20% + Public Awareness Campaigns – Gus


We are recapping some of our previous 20% public awareness campaigns onto our blog. The Marine Trades made up 20% of Jefferson County’s economy in 2017-18. We have only grown and thrived since.  Thank you to Pam Petranek and Gwendolyn Tracy for making the Maritime Economic Impact Study happen. It is an extremely valuable tool …

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KPTZ December 2021 Working Waterfront


Join Commissioner Pam Petranek and Eron Berg with the Port Townsend Maritime Academy guided tour of the port and MT businesses. To Listen: https://cdn.kptz.org/2021/12/12172258/OWW-FINAL-21-12-10-leveled.mp3

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Western Flyer Project


The 1937 Western Flyer was reunited with her pilot house this week. The Shipwright’s Coop shared this time lapse of the day on Facebook. It is a great example of our marine trades at work. Enjoy: https://www.facebook.com/trlee64/videos/207893138168745

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