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Ahoy PTYC Members!

It’s hard to believe that the holidays are upon us yet again; a joyous and happy time to share with friends, community and family. It’s also hard to grasp that 2011 is rapidly coming to a close and the end of my tenure as Commodore. Still, all good things come to an end and good it has been!

 A very special thank you to our November Watch Mary Grace Swift and Bob Steele, and Mori Whitney and Katherine Buchanan. The delicious dessert was enjoyed by all. Also, a special thank you to our own Dan Newland for his riveting presentation on hull-form dynamics, sail area/displacement/aspect ratio/keel depth coefficients and Bernoulli’s Principle. The wave tank demonstration was not to be missed!

Our November Crab Feast was unparalleled in its success, with all the fresh cooked crab, potatoes, coleslaw, bread and dessert one can eat. This annual event was very well attended and my thanks to our Crab Feast Captains Barb and Paul Hager and their crew of cooks, preparers and servers for a truly great event. 

Our “Spooktacluar” costume party held just before Halloween was a lot of fun with everyone showing up in costume. Prizes were handed out for especially cool costumes and, as a followup, you might want to ask Club member Paul Happel about his imaginary companion he brought to the party on a leash. Very cute but he does bite! (more…)

As requested by PTYC “techies”, here is a portion of the slide presentation from Dan Newland’s program — BASIC BOAT  DESIGN  . . .  click on the link below to view technical data in PDF format (it takes awhile to download, but is well worth the wait.)

Technical Boat design basics, PTYC

Join me on a field trip to visit the Felicity Ann during the week of December 5. Get acquainted with the little boat that proved that she was not too small to make a voyage across the Atlantic in 1952.

Ann Davison, a native of the UK, was the first woman to sail singlehandedly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1952 on a 23-foot wooden boat named Felicity Ann. Ann stopped over in Portugal and the Canary Islands before heading across to Antigua. Due to storms, she eventually landed in Dominica and subsequently sailed to New York and a hero’s welcome celebration. She wrote an account of her historic voyage, My Ship Is So Small, which is still available at some online bookstores and in some libraries.  I’ve picked up a copy myself just recently.

Although Ann died in 1992, her small boat has traveled through many owners and has now landed, maybe for the last time, at the NW School for Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, WA. I visited Felicity Ann recently and although she is undergoing planking, there is still enough of her identity to see how small her cabin is and to see the bronze kerosene lights still intact on the bulkheads. The original intent was to restore her to her original lines through the work of the students at the school. Unfortunately, through budget cuts, the cost of the raw materials to complete the job had to be dropped from the school’s budget. Now her fate is up in the air. The cost is estimated to be $35,000. (more…)

Here is the web address of the Volvo 70 video I was trying to access during my program.  Might as well show some others, too including the new AC 45 cats.

Here are some Volvo videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh6dUAoj3sg&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArAq_8iu2dQ

Watch the helmsman in the videos, they are hardly moving the wheel, the
boats are planing and just being really pussy cats for control.  Amazing
isn’t it?  30+ knots and they are just hitting the “Fun Zone”!

And here are some America’s Cup videos.  NOTE:  The new America’s Cup
racers MUST qualify in the 45 foot one design catamarans but challenge
in a custom designed 72′.  This has never been done!  the 45′s are wild
enough, the 72′s will be outrageous!

http://www.cupinfo.com/en/americas-cup-2013-boats-ac72-ac45.php

Capsize:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjwY6O2zE0E

http://www.sail-world.com/USA/Americas-Cup:-Video-of-Oracle-Racings-pitchpole-and-near-capsize/84634

Some other videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kybm_1O0Q84&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JhwrBn0Dds&feature=related