(PCC) Design No. 363 Kettenburg Boat Works, San Diego, California Race Records Most people familiar with Kettenburg boats know Kettenburg Boat Works as a premier West Coast boat builder, and yacht designer. When Kettenburg boats are mentioned, most people think of the famous Pacific Class (PC) one design race boat designed by George Kettenburg Jr., or the K series of cruisers designed by George Jr.'s younger brother, Paul Kettenburg. However, the Kettenburg Pacific Cruising Class (PCC) Design No. 363 designed by George Kettenburg Jr. is one the most significant ocean racers in the heritage of American yacht design. In it's own era, the PCC is no less famous than the Sparkman & Stephens' ocean racing yachts DORADE (1929), and STORMY WEATHER (1934). In fact, the PCC dominated all major West Coast ocean races from post World War II through the late 1950s. The ocean racing record of PCCs EULALIE, RAY, MICKEY, KITTEN, BALLERINA, BOLERO, GOSSIP, SELENE, UNDINE, and others speaks for itself. The Kettenburg PCC was designed by George Kettenburg Jr. in 1945. The boat George Jr. originally designed and built was 44' 10". Joseph Jessop (Commodore of the San Diego Yacht Club-1929) had been instrumental in the selection of the Kettenburg PC as the One-Design yacht commissioned for the San Diego Yacht Club, and who greatly influenced their sale to other yacht club members. Joseph Jessop commented at the time to George Jr. that he thought the 44' 10" foot boat looked too short. Consequently, George Jr. redesigned the boat, and the PCC was built as a 46' 4" one design ocean racing yacht. The Kettenburg Boat Works built the 46' 4" PCC hull #1 in six months. PCC #1 was built production style over an inverted jig, like every wooden boat constructed at Kettenburg Boat Works from the 40s on. PCC #1 EULALIE was launched in May 1946. EULALIE was built as George Kettenburg Jr.'s personal boat, and he named the boat after his wife, Eulalie. George Kettenburg Jr. raced EULALIE extensively, and won numerous major regattas. EULALIE is one of twenty-five PCCs, which were built between 1946-1959. PCC hull numbers 1, 2, were built with Honduras planking over oak ribs. PCC hull numbers 3 through 17 were built with straight grain Douglas fir planking over oak ribs. PCC hull numbers 18 through 25 were built with Philippine mahogany planking over oak ribs. The following information is being provided so other current/former PCC owners, and friends will add to this with their stories/current information/corrections/comments. Please contact me directly at: [email protected]. Neil Atwood Kettenburg PCC Historian |
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| Hull #1, EULALIE | |
| Race Record: (George Kettenburg Jr. represented the San Diego Yacht Club 1946-1951)
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| 1946 | San Clemente Island Race 1st Place (first San Clemente Island Race) |
| LAYC Channel Islands Race 1st Place | |
| 1947 | SDYC Opening Day Jessop Trophy |
| San Clemente Island Race 1st Place (new course record: 34 hours, 14 in) | |
| Santa Barbara Regatta 1st Place | |
| LA Mid-Winter Regatta 1st place | |
| 1948 | SDYC Opening Day Jessop Trophy |
| PCC National Championship 1st Place | |
| 1949 | Newport-Ensenada Race 1st Place |
| PCC National Championship 1st Place | |
| 1950 | SCYA Summer Regatta 2nd Place |
| San Clemente Island Race Trepte Trophy: 1st To Finish | PCC National Championship 1st Place |
| Dick Hershey Perptual Trophy: 1st Place (San Diego PCC Fleet Regatta) | |
| Dick Hershey Perpetual Fleet Championship 1st Place | |
| 1951 | Midwinter Catalina Race 1st Place |
| San Clemente Island Race Trepte Trophy: 1st To Finish | |
| Coronado Race Union-Tribune Trophy: 1st to Finish | |
| �Eulalie (George Kettenburg) and Bolero (Gene Trepte) had held the Lipton Cup here since 1948 with the exception of 1950. In 1952 Gartz Gould�s Ballerina took over the duty of winning�. Charles R. LaDow, SDYC Historian. From the book �The Ships, the House, and the Men� (A History of the San Diego Yacht Club) | |
| 1952 | Lipton Cup 2nd Place Coronado Yacht Club |
| 1953 | Whitney Series 1st place Los Angeles Yacht Club — "Aikahi" |
| 1954 | PCC National Championship 1st Place Los Angeles Yacht Club — "Aikahi" |
| 1955 | PCC National Championship 1st Place Los Angeles Yacht Club — "Aikahi" |
| 1957 | Honolulu Race (Transpac) 5th Place Los Angeles Yacht Club — "Squall" |
| 1966 | PCC National Championship 1st Place |
| 2006 | Kettenburg Regatta-PCC 1st Place Shilshole Bay Yacht Club |
| Hull #2, RAY | ||
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