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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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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Here is the August edition of Our Working Waterfront from KPTZ:
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Jim Heumann’s latest interview on his Maritime Voices Podcast with Dick McCurdy recorded in July of 2023. Dick McCurdy always just wanted to be on the water. He grew up in Port Townsend, WA, sailing and racing with friends. At the University of Washington he was captain of the sailing team. After finishing graduate school …
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From Jim Heumann; an interview with Bill Nance in April 2023 Bill Nance is only the 4th known person to ever sail alone around the world via the three great capes (1962-1965). The book “The Circumavigators” says he was “…one of the boldest and most competent, but least-known circumnavigators, on the tiny 25-foot Cardinal Virtue…”. …
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Eron Berg shares an overview presentation of the Port on Jeff County Chamber’s Chamber Cafe. It is helpful to understand our Port’s scale and operational responsibilities. Click to view
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Last year KPTZ’s Coastal Cafe recorded 2 episodes on the subject of WA State’s program for handling derelict and abandoned vessels. Below are the links to both episodes.
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If you missed it, The Leader’s new Working Waterfront magazine collaboration with maritime photographer Jeremy Johnson is worth checking out. Working Waterfront Summer 2023 archived printable pdf
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Just noticed this full page ad for the Port of Port Townsend in the latest 48*NORTH. It is a really nice tip of the hat to all of our Port Townsend’s Marine Trades.
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Haven Boatworks drops anchor in new dock by First Fed Monday, July 3, 2023 10:35am Local MarketplaceFinances Port Townsend is a notable maritime hub in the Puget Sound. Its bustling, historic waterfront is a perfect home base for Haven Boatworks, a boat building and repair company sought after by maritime companies and sailing enthusiasts up …
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Author Deiter Loibner’s article in the most recent Professional Boatbuilder magazine features the Shop Co-op at Boat haven. Click the image to read it.
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Local photographer and PTMTA member, Jeremy Johnson has been focused (no pun intended) on the marine trades for a few years now. His Port Townsend Maritime photo magazines are like fine art photo albums of friends and the beautiful work everyone is doing at this moment in time. This editor thought it relevant to include …
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Let’s congratulate this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awardees Ray Speck, Neil Rabinowitz, & Betsy Davis! Click below to read more on the original announcement:
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Click the image to see King 5’s reporting on the demolition of the ocean rowing vessel ‘James Robert Hanssen’.
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Photos of our marine trades people and the work you do are incredibly powerful tools in the working waterfront toolbox. Not only do they promote you and your business, photographs in the public arena inspire, educate, and strengthen the industry which they represent. Have you not studied some of the historical images of Port Townsend …
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Enjoy the latest Our Working Waterfront podcast, aired June 9th, 2023, featuring Point Hudson history and Sea Marine. Click image to listen on the KPTZ archive
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Many here will have known Tuck. Click the image below to see his obituary. Seattle, WA — Peter Tuckerman Esty Jr., of Seattle and Port Townsend, WA, formerly of Deerfield and Wareham, MA, passed away on April 8, 2023, leaving his life partner, Anne Krier. Predeceased by his father, Peter T. Esty, he additionally leaves …
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The recordings have been posted. Here are the stores from the She Tells Sea Tales event at the NWMC in March of 2023. Click on the below image to listen from the KPTZ page. Learn more about this annual event by clicking the event page above
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