A Ragged Wooden Boat Regatta

Photo Courtesy of Edel O'Connor
Mistral, second from the front, catches a tug from Jake Beattie on the way to the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. This was easily the most wild and eventful week of Mistral's tenure at the Center for Wooden Boats, starting with the engine breakdown on the way out the ship canal to Shilshole. Fortunately, we had made prior backup arrangements with Jake, who met us at the dock and took us north with the ebb Friday morning. Along the way we picked up Eleanora, the Blanchard Senior knockabout, and the Friendship sloop Amie. More later about Mistral's defense of the Port Townsend Challenge Cup.