Martha Receives Great Support From The Community

We Want to thank the many who are giving of them selves to help Martha with her 2010 season.
Bob Triggs has spent the past four days with haul out and prep, in the photo he is wooding the bow sprit.
Dave and Nancy Berg cast and donated new bronze winch bases and belay pins these bases [...]

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Haul Out Weather Turns Wild

Martha was hauled out on Tuesday morning March 30 and her bottom was washed off by 10:00.
Everything looks great,  her bottom is clean and fair and if not for some fender scuffing she looked ready for this season’s sailing adventures.Wednesday we were able to sand the entire topside and bulwark and prepared for paint – [...]

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Thanks to Pettit Paint

Another haul out season is now upon us and Martha will be coming out of the water beginning on March 30th in the Port of Port Townsend. Martha’s hull is in great shape so this will be a basic “hair cut and a shave.” We want to extend thanks for the ongoing support from Pettit [...]

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Martha Featured in Sailing World

Starting Line, originally uploaded by Schooner Martha.
We were extremely excited to learn that the highly-respected magazine Sailing World wanted to do a “Starting Line” feature on Schooner Martha. Turns out they were as impressed as everyone else that our 102-year old schooner could beat a bunch of ultra-modern boats in a head-to-head race.
They wrote a [...]

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2010 Sailing Schedule Announced

We’re excited to announce our 2010 Sailing Schedule. Our schedule encompasses our sail training vacations, races, and meetups with other boats. Families, adults, and youth are welcome, and scholarships are always available.
We’ll start the 2010 sailing season in April with daysails, and longer trips. The rest of the year, we’ll be leaving from our home [...]

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Join Us at CRISR 2010

The Captain Raynaud International Schooner Race (CRISR) is a celebration of the camaraderie and passion of those of us who maintain and enjoy traditional sailing craft.
We’re looking forward to this year’s race, held July10-15, 2010.  The fleet will head north through the Gulf Islands and across the Straits of Georgia up to Pender Harbor.
This is [...]

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Martha Gets Re-Planked and Re-Framed

From December to May of 2007, Martha’s crew of shipwrights and volunteers accomplished an amazing feat of re-planking and re-framing the entire hull from the water line down. Please read some of the postings and see photos on the Woodenboat Magazine site woodenboat forum.

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