Revisiting the beginnings of the KPTZ Working Waterfront podcasts in order to archive them in “Our Stories” tab to the right. #209 Carol Hasse, PT Port Commissioner
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KPTZ Working Waterfront 11/18/2022
Here is the most recent KPTZ episode of Our Working Waterfront Our Working Waterfront ~ 11/18/22
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Maritime WA National Heritage Plan approved
From Preserve WA The Management Plan for the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area was approved by the Department of the Interior earlier this month. This approval represents the culmination of over a decade of hard work and significant collaboration between hundreds of individuals, organizations, governments, and Tribes along our state’s saltwater shoreline. The Management Plan …
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The Work Party
Several “old guys” came together one sunny November Sunday to help raise the walls and roof of a new build in Port Townsend. Jeff Hammond has been building mostly by himself and needed extra muscle for this. Almost everyone helping first met Jeff in their youth, as students at the N.W. School of Wooden Boatbuilding, …
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Point Hudson Cafe Photo show of Marine Trades
Rachel Ganapoler hung her ‘Working Class Heroes’ photo show at the Point Hudson Cafe. It’s an amazing collection of marine trades workers doing their thing from over the past decade or more. It’s worth checking out and treating yourself to a good lunch!
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North Jetty Progress
As of Friday 11/11/2022; You can see a number of pilings in place on the new North Jetty at Point Hudson! Earlier photos:
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Pro-Boat story: Leading Edge Composites
Professional Boatbuilder article about another of our Marine Trades. Thank you Dieter Loibner and Professional Boatbuilder magazine Carbon Fiber Piano Hinge By Dieter Loibner, Sep 25, 2022 Dieter Loibner | Professional BoatBuilder Magazine A blank of a Carbinge carbon fiber piano hinge on a work bench shows the prepreg halves with stainless-steel pin installed. PBB …
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Our Stories: S/V Starlight
This article by the Leader re-surfaced and so we are sharing it here in the “Our Stories” Archive. Decade of work culminates in ‘Starlight’s’ re-launch Posted Monday, May 17, 2021 8:03 am Nick Twietmeyer ntwietmeyer@ptleader.com Original Article here: https://ptleader.com/stories/decade-of-work-culminates-in-starlights-re-launch,75036 As they say, it’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at …
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Member Blog Highlights our Marine Trades: Jeremy Johnson
PTMTA member Jeremy Johnson has recently established a physical office in Boat Haven, in the Nomura Building along with the PTMTA, NWSWB, Team Jefferson EDC, Sail Port Townsend, and others. This heartfelt blog post is no doubt relatable to many of our members.
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Working Waterfront on KPTZ features the PT Foundry
OUR WORKING WATERFRONT with host Chris Bricker Friday 12:10-12:30pm September 9 Cohost Eron Berg, Port of Port Townsend director, joins KPTZ’s Chris Bricker to give a monthly update from Our Working Waterfront. And then we pay a visit to Pete and Cathy Langley at the Port Townsend Foundry, whose specialty is bronze marine hardware. Pete …
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KPTZ interviews Carol Hasse
KPTZ’s podcast OUR TOWN, interviewed Carol Hasse on October 4th. Episode #209. You can listen here: https://kptz.org/2022/10/04/209-carol-hasse-pt-port-commissioner/
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KPTZ Working Waterfront Features Schooner Martha
This episode of Our Working Waterfront features Robert D’Arcy of RD Marine and the Schooner Martha Foundation was first aired on August 12th 2022-
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Point Hudson History project
The below images are posters collaged from research by Rick Oltman, Ashlyn Brown, and Pam Petraneck in 2019 to create public awareness about the historical significance of the Point Hudson Jetty. At the time, the jetty had been redesigned using an inferior and inappropriate design. Community members banded together to research and make connections with …
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Words to remember- Brion Toss
Brion Toss was honored with a lifetime achievement award by the NWMC in 2019. Brion knew he did not have much longer on this planet and his acceptance speech reminded us about what is important. BRION’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SPEECH Some years ago I was working with our dear friend Jim, laying out and …
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National Fisherman asking for West Coast Highliner nominees
Honoring our commercial fisher-folk sure seems like a good thing to this blog editor. You may have received this already in your inbox but if not, please check it out.
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“All you need is love”…A little marine trades (and Beatles) Wisdom
Diana Talley was among the 2021-22 honorees presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards from the NWMC on September 8th. She delivered a humorous and moving acceptance speech worthy of standing amidst the best-of commencement speeches inspiring the next generation of trades people just entering the workforce. For those of us “oldish-timers” who were present, there was …
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North Jetty Ground Breaking
Boat festival had barely been packed up when the port of PT held a ground breaking ceremony at Point Hudson to launch the rebuilding of the North Jetty as stage one of the Point Hudson break water project. People strolled up from all directions leading to a nice turnout with a mixture of community members …
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St. John II
This is a really thorough article about one of the boats our local trades people at the Shipwright’s Co-op works on every year – ST JOHN II, 59 feet built in 1944 at Hansen Boat Company in Ballard. Hansen is one of the handful of Western Washington shops that built most of the traditional fishing …
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Wooden Boat festival 2022 photos
This is only the first round of photos from the 2022 Wooden Boat Festival as we endeavor to tell the stories of our marine trades community. Diana Talley’s Women in the Marine Trades forum was well attended, interesting, fun and enlightening. Thank you all for making this happen.
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