Mass of Boats at the Sail-by
The Sail-by is the final event at the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, Washington. This image shows mostly sail boats, but the motor driven crafts parade by too. I will mention some information on three of the boats I can identify. The gaff-rigged schooner with 15 on the sail is the 1913 Adventuress that was #15 pilot schooner in San Francisco for many years. She also did some arctic exploration. In the center is 1907 Martha, originally gaff-rigged but now sails as a staysail schooner. She loves to race and sometimes sets colotful spinnaker and a gollywobbler sails. Just off the bow of Martha is a Thunderbird sloop . This class was “designed in 1958 by Seattle Washington naval architect Ben Seaborn, in response to a request from the Douglas Fir Plywood Association (now APA - The Engineered Wood Association) of Tacoma, Washington for design proposals for a sailboat that would "... be both a racing and cruising boat; provide sleeping accommodations for four crew; be capable of being built by reasonably skilled amateurs; provide auxiliary power by an outboard motor that could be easily removed and stowed; and out-perform other sailboats in its class.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_26
woodenboat.org/plan-your-visit
Mass of Boats at the Sail-by
The Sail-by is the final event at the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, Washington. This image shows mostly sail boats, but the motor driven crafts parade by too. I will mention some information on three of the boats I can identify. The gaff-rigged schooner with 15 on the sail is the 1913 Adventuress that was #15 pilot schooner in San Francisco for many years. She also did some arctic exploration. In the center is 1907 Martha, originally gaff-rigged but now sails as a staysail schooner. She loves to race and sometimes sets colotful spinnaker and a gollywobbler sails. Just off the bow of Martha is a Thunderbird sloop . This class was “designed in 1958 by Seattle Washington naval architect Ben Seaborn, in response to a request from the Douglas Fir Plywood Association (now APA - The Engineered Wood Association) of Tacoma, Washington for design proposals for a sailboat that would "... be both a racing and cruising boat; provide sleeping accommodations for four crew; be capable of being built by reasonably skilled amateurs; provide auxiliary power by an outboard motor that could be easily removed and stowed; and out-perform other sailboats in its class.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbird_26
woodenboat.org/plan-your-visit