November, 2008
Greetings to current and former PCC owners, and
friends:
WHAT'S NEW:
"Building Kettenburgs:
Premier Boats Built
and Designed in San Diego".
The book was written by Mark Allen, edited
by Andy
German, and co-published by the Maritime Museum of San Diego, and the
Mystic Seaport Museum. The book is now scheduled to be at
the Maritime Museum of
San Diego by December 12th. This
book is a Òmust haveÓ for anyone interested in
Kettenburg
boats, or classic yachts in general. Plus, it would make a great
gift!
This book is a very high quality "coffee
table" style book, much
like Olin Stevens' book. The book
is being sold for $50. You can purchase the
book from the
Maritime Museum of San Diego at www.sdmaritime.com,
or by calling 619-234-9153, or from the Mystic Seaport
Museum at
www.mysticseaport.org,
or by calling 860.572.0711
There will also be links
to purchase this book
on the Kettenburg Boat Owners
Association web site www.kettenburgboats.com,
and the Classic Yacht Foundation web site www.classicyachtfoundation.org
Book
Signing/Book Launch:
There will be a book signing,
and a launch of the
book "Building Kettenburgs: Premier
Boats Built and Designed in San Diego" at
the Maritime
Museum of San Diego on December 17th. from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Mark
Allen will be signing books purchased at this event.
Individuals that
made contributions to this book
that included research, pictures and historical
information will also be attending this event. Theses
individuals include Bill
Kettenburg, Tom Kettenburg,
Morgan and Jean (Kettenburg) Miller, Jack Sutphen,
Bud
Caldwell, Gene Trepte, Rish Pavelec, Steve Barber, Bob Kyle, and
myself.
CURRENT EVENTS:
PCCYRA annual
election of officers for
2009.
The annual voting by
current PCC owners for Members of the Board
will take
place in early December. Any current PCC owner that wants to nominate
themselves, or nominate another current PCC owner should
contact any current
Board member as soon as possible.
Anyone wanting to be a Fleet Captain, or Fleet
Secretary-Treasurer can contact any current Board
member.
The current
2008 Board Members, and Fleet
Captains are listed below.
Neil Atwood:
President
David Rice: Vice President
Archie
Contreras: Secretary-Treasurer
San Diego Fleet:
David Rice: Fleet Captain
Los Angeles Area Fleet:
Jean
Alexander: Fleet Captain
San Francisco Bay Fleet: Archie Contreras:
Fleet Captain
Pacific Northwest Fleet: Neil Atwood:
Fleet Captain, Jim
Conachen: Secretary-Treasurer
East
Coast Fleet: Alex Prato: Fleet
Captain
GEAR FOR
SALE:
(3) Mustang off shore pfd's with
tethers:
$100 each (purchased 8 months ago, at $425 each)
(1) Canvas that
can be raised by the main topping lift that provides
complete coverage from sun,
etc. for the entire cockpit:
$75 (all materials cost roughly $1,000)
(1)
Standard Horizon HX270S submersible hand held VHF: $65
(purchased 8 at months
ago, $215)
150%, and 170%
U.S. Sail Genoa: $400 each (completely
overhauled and
found to have no rips, or blemishes, approx.. 8 years old, but
never used, as the previous owner and myself never sailed
in such light
air.
Contact Josh Berglund at
[email protected]
or (714) 292-7572 for the gear mentioned above. Equipment
located in San
Francisco.
Kettenburg Burgee: High
quality white nylon with Kettenburg
logo (red "K" in a red
simi-circle) $30.00 Contact Steve Barber at [email protected]
or (916) 847-9064
Original PCC equipment from PCC
#18:
Mast w/
standing rigging $3,500
boom $750
winches, deck hardware, etc.
TBA
Contact Steve
Barber at [email protected]
or (916) 847-9064 Equipment located in Los
Angeles.
CURRENT
RESTORATIONS:
BALLERINA,
PCC #12 (Archie-San Francisco Bay Area Fleet),
BELLE OF
THE WEST, PCC #19 (Jim-Puget Sound Area Fleet). Alex is having work
done on JANLEY, PCC #14 (East Coast Fleet) by Jim Titus at
Mt. Hope Boat Works
in Newport, Rhode Island, before
transporting her to southern France later next
year.
I hope to see you at the Maritime Museum of
San Diego on December
17th, and I hope everyone has a
great holiday season.
Until next time,
sail
on................
Neil