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PORT REPORT
ECONOMIC VITALITY ❙ COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
OPENNESS & ACCOUNTABILITY ❙ STEWARDSHIP
WINTER-SPRING NEWSLETTER from the PORT OF PORT TOWNSEND
Gordon Kwiatkowski of Haven Boatworks looks through his drill bit’s smoke and steam while refastening the hull of MV Carmelita.
INSIDE: Berg: Port’s busy year 2 Port job? It’s jobs 3 Haven Boatworks growing 4 Wrenches spin at Tailspin Tommy’s 7
,
❙ Commissioner s Corner
Port of Port Townsend: Different… yet the same
By Pete Hanke actly what it should be. The
Port today is a place of vitali-
Eric Toews, the Port’s deputy ty because we have worked
director, has a picture on his together to preserve what we
wall titled ‘Pacific Wake.’ It have for our entire communi-
is a shot of schooner Alcyo- ty. Moving forward, ‘pro-
ne, heeled over at 40 degrees, moting sustainable economic
charging along in a 30-knot growth’ will be our ongoing
southeaster. I took this pic- challenge.
ture in 1982.
Intergovernmental coordi-
In that year, Alcyone had nation and communication,
already been at C Dock slip both vertically and horizon-
186/187 for 14 years. Today, tally, will be the key to this
38 years later, she is still at challenge. I believe; with the
that same slip. That makes staff we have in place, our
for a cool 52 years in the current economic outlook,
same location. and the beauty of the area we
live in, our prospects for suc-
It is fitting to note that like, The fall 2020 rebuild of the airport runway was the Port’s latest infrastructure project. Photo by Dean Sanders cess are very bright indeed.
Alcyone, the ‘Port,’ as it is
...
affectionately known, has the places they helped create These are areas the Port has can provide critical infra-
rolled along throughout the are still here today. special tools in its toolchest structure that supports jobs. Contact Pete Hanke:
decades with many things that other governments do 360-301-2033
that have changed and many Preserving that heritage and not have. Used judicially they Our mission statement is ex- phanke@portofpt.com
things that are still the same moving the Port forward
towards new opportunities is
In 1982, there was one 40-
ton lift. Admiral Marine was
truly the most critical chal-
lenge we face today at the ❙ From the Executive Director
Port got things done in 2020
still years away from moving Port of Port Townsend. Our
into what we know today as heritage gives us the back-
the Port Townsend Ship- bone on which our future de-
wrights Co-Op building. Bob cisions rely. Our willingness
Prothero, brother to Frank to push on new fronts will By Eron Berg the Port owns and operates voter approved IDD levy. We
who built Alcyone, was just give us more diversity and three marinas, the boat yard rebuilt the runway and other
getting the Wooden Boat employment opportunities Welcome to the Port’s new and lifts, the RV park at Point facilities at the airport.
School going. while helping our community quarterly newsletter! Our Hudson, commercial and
be resilient in the midst of goal is to provide you with industrial buildings, down- Among many bright spots this
The airport was centered many challenges. information about the Port, its town docks in Port Townsend, year, one of the brightest is
on the Spruce Goose Café operations and tenants, and Jefferson County International the resilience of that sector of
and Tommy Wacker had just Helping to foster a sustain- the many ways you can get Airport, five boat launches our economy which represents
started Tailspin Tommy’s. able, organic, agricultural involved in the development throughout Jefferson County, nearly 20 percent of the total
The Wooden Boat festival industry could be the new of Port policy. and a beach at Fort Worden. economic activity in Jefferson
was five years old and Point frontier. Working with the County, the marine trades.
Hudson was evolving into a PUD to light up the county The Port of Port Townsend is 2020 has been an exceptional Marine trades adapted early
center for wooden boat con- with fiber optic could help a countywide special purpose year. The Port transitioned to mitigate COVID-19 risks
struction and repair. attract new business. Being governmental entity created leadership with a new com- and largely stayed busy this
involved with the Intergovern- by the voters in 1924. Our missioner and new executive year with some reporting peak
What is most authentic in mental Collaborative Group, mission is simple: to create director. We responded to the years for employment.
all of this, is that many who gives the entire community good jobs in Jefferson County pandemic to keep the public,
were there in the formative a chance to focus energy in and to provide access to the Port tenants and our staff safe. Our role in this success is
years are still here. Many of areas that need our help. world. To fulfill this mission, We began implementing the ›› Continued on page 5
2 Winter-Spring Newsletter from the Port of Port Townsend
The Port’s job is to create, support jobs Doing
What’s ‘Job One’ at the Port of Business
Port Townsend? Jobs.
with the Port
The Port of Port Townsend
is unique among government ...
entities in Jefferson County, How do I:
thanks to a legislated mandate
to promote jobs and econom- • Become a tenant? Talk to Sue
ic development. No other Nelson (snelson@portofpt.com) or
government agency has jobs as 360-385-0656.
central to its mission.
• Sign up for permanent boat
When you think of the Port, moorage? Call the Boat Haven
Moorage Office at 360-385-6211.
you think of marinas, the boat
yard, and maybe the Jefferson • Sign up for transient boat
County International Airport. moorage? Call the Boat Haven
You should also think of al- Moorage Office at 360-385-6211,
most 60 business tenants who the Point Hudson Marina at 360-
employ well over 400 local 385-2828, or the Herb Beck Marina
people. Talk to any of the three (Quilcene) office at 360-765-3131.
elected commissioners, the
administration or the on-the- • Get a vessel hauled out? Call the
ground workers for the Port, Boat Haven Yard Office at 360-385-
and you’ll learn they see their 6211 to schedule.
central mission as supporting
• Pay a bill? Call the Boat Haven
those businesses and sustaining Moorage Office at 360-385-6211.
those jobs.
• Comment on or participate
That’s why marina breakwaters
Claire Ethier and Chris Chimenti run purpleheart through Haven’s thickness planer. It will become a transom guard in a discussion of the Port
need to be rebuilt or repaired,
on the MV Delight. Commission? Call Karen at 360-
why the airport needed a new 385-2323, or email info@portofpt.
runway, and why the Port com.
attorney for Sedro-Woolley. own way to minimize its tax County. For example, the Port
Townsend Marine Trades
Association often partners
“I see that as helping however support. recently welcomed Waterline • Attend a meeting of the Port of
with the Port on projects and
we can to create good jobs for Boats Brokerage as a tenant at Port Townsend Commission? All
our community with a clear For 2021, for example, the Port Point Hudson. meetings are open to the public.
policies.
focus on marine trades jobs, expects to generate $6.2 mil- Regular business meetings are the
particularly supporting those lion from its operations, while 20 percent of jobs second Wednesday of each month
“The Port has a mandate to en-
businesses who are already collecting just over $1 million at 1 p.m. and the fourth Wednesday
gage in economic development
here and working.” from its regular property tax The Port’s impact on local of each month at 5:30 p.m. Meeting
in Jefferson County,” said Port
levy. agendas and supporting documents
jobs extends far beyond those
Executive Director Eron Berg, are accessed via the website,
While tax-supported, the Port’s turning wrenches on airplane
who took the helm at the Port portofpt.com. Under “Governance,”
primary source of revenues is As a landlord, the Port is al- engines or replacing the keels go to “Meeting Schedule &
in March of this year. He had
been city supervisor and city
through its operations. Like a ways interested in helping new Documents” and find the meeting
business, it works to pay its businesses locate in Jefferson ›› Continued on page 6 you want. Each agenda includes
links and information on how to
attend a live meeting via Zoom. The
District 1 District 2 District 3 Executive
Port also maintains full recordings
Commissioner Commissioner Commission Chair Director
and documents of all previous
Pam Bill Pete Eron meetings. Under “Governance,” go
to “Archived Meeting Documents
Petranek Putney III Hanke Berg and Recordings.”
Skipper, commercial fisherman. Technology engineer, pilot. Owns PS Express, airplane pilot.
Email: eron@portofpt.com.
Email: pam@portofpt.com Email: bill@portofpt.com Email: phanke@portofpt.com
360-385-0656, ext. 6 360-385-0656, ext. 6 360-385-0656, ext. 6 360-385-0656
Winter-Spring Newsletter from the Port of Port Townsend 3
Haven Boatworks’ reputation keeps it busy
“Bursting at the seams, a little
bit.”
You don’t much hear that
from a business owner these
days. But that’s how it looks
to Stephen Gale, owner of
Haven Boatworks LLC, which
has boats lined up for im-
provements inside and outside
its cluster of buildings at the
Boat Haven of the Port of Port
Townsend.
Today, 35 experienced marine
trades workers are keeping up
with the demand. Gale said
it’s likely the crew will be up
to 40 before long.
Haven has come a long ways
since Gale and five others cre-
ated it to replace the company
for which they had worked,
Baird Boats, upon Ernie
Baird’s retirement in 2004.
Among many other projects,
Haven has welcomed several Blaise Holly, left, Haven’s lead shipwright, and Stephen Gale, company owner, first worked together at Baird Boats some 20 years ago.
of the pearls of Puget Sound’s
classic large motor yachts. thing outfit. The original crew exterior finish work. the deck up — new engines, right. I look forward to seeing
These included three Ted from Baird Boats, including new systems, new generator. more of them.”
Geary-designed gems from al- Gale, mostly worked in wood. For example, while the Mali- “That’ll keep us busy,” he said.
most a century ago — 96-foot bu and Blue Peter are wooden The diversity presents chal-
Blue Peter, 100-foot Malibu “When we started, five of us yachts, the Thea Foss is steel. lenges, however. Gale noted
and 120-foot Thea Foss. Haven’s transition has been
were wood guys and one was Even so, much of the work on in keeping with Northwest that Haven has expanded its
a welder, fabricator, mechanic the Thea Foss was laying in boating. The wooden com- buildings three times. Any
“It’s nice to have those big - everything else,” he said. He 1,900 linear feet of teak on the new project requires planning:
projects,” said Gale. “You can mercial fishing fleet is still out
looks back on that now and foredeck. there, but is diminished. That “Where are we going to do
build the rest of the season realizes “we put the blinders that!”
around them.” includes the wooden trolling
on and pretended the engine Of the 35 employees, today fleet that once favored Baird
Those kinds of customers
wasn’t there.” three are marine electricians. Boats and, in its early days, Grateful for response
explain part of what makes Haven.
Haven unique. Owners of the Diverse toolbox On the day we spoke in early Like every other business, Ha-
classics are determined to December, the Carlisle II, the “The constant throughout ven was on uncertain ground
keep the hulls in good shape, Things have changed. last remaining wooden ferry has been the larger motor early in the pandemic of 2020.
the engines running smoothly from the legendary Mosquito yachts,” said Gale. They come
and the systems upgraded. The company today works on Fleet that once serviced all of from locals, from Seattle and “Earlier this year, we were
And they have the means to all hulls — wood, steel and Puget Sound, was coming to from California, he said. In waiting to fall off a cliff,” said
get it done by the best in the fiberglass. It has deep talent Haven. The Carlisle is still in the latter case, Gale said he Gale. “We didn’t know which
Northwest. for diesel engines, for metal service, shuttling passengers has “seen some questionable way it would fall. I consider
fabrication, for electronics, for between Bremerton and Port things done to beautiful old us lucky.”
It helps that Haven has be- plumbing, for propulsion and Orchard. Over three months, boats. The owners are begin-
come an all-purpose, do-any- for all manner of interior and Haven will rebuild her from ning to think they need to do it It wasn’t just luck.
4 Winter-Spring Newsletter from the Port of Port Townsend
Did you
Early on, Gale and his ad-
ministrative crew insisted on
strict protocols to batten down
know?
hatches against the coronavi-
rus. In accordance with Port
of Port Townsend policies, the
crew was told to wear masks,
to maintain distance when • The Port of Port Townsend was
possible, to aggressively wash created in 1924 as a countywide
hands, to constantly wipe special purpose district.
down surfaces, and to stay the
heck home if there was any • The Port of Port Townsend owns
sign of illness. and manages 550 acres in East
Jefferson County.
“I was expecting some
resistance,” said Gale. “But • Port facilities: Three marinas,
it was gratifying to see that six boat ramps, three public docks
everyone, even if there were (Union Wharf and City Dock in Port
Townsend, and the Lower Hadlock
political divisions, agree.
dock), international airport, 30
Everybody seemed willingly buildings and three public beaches.
cooperative, and for that I’m
enormously grateful.” Daniel Hawkins completes the construction of a temporary shed over the historic Carlisle II, last working member • The Port’s 2021 budget priorities
of the famous Mosquito Fleet of wooden ferries. are to increase business, hold the
line on expenses, execute IDD Levy
New business. of all by far is reputational. As wrights and systems profes- electronics, diesel engines and projects, maintain Port facilities,
New craftsmen long as we stay in customers’ sionals employed for many marine plumbing systems, and improve customer service.
good graces and our custom- years, including Blaise Holly, Gale said there’s skill in the
Just as gratifying for Gale ers can weather these down- yard foreman, who worked pipeline. • In 2021, the Port expects to
is the future outlook of boat turns, their boats still need with Gale at Baird Boat Co. in generate $6.2 million in revenues
repair in Port Townsend. work. Word of mouth gets the the 1990s. “It’s gratifying we get young from its operations, a $200,000
work. We need to keep the people knocking on the door,” increase over 2020. Expenses are
Because the local marine budgeted at $5.26 million. Net
standard up.” And it has a pipeline and he said. “They are energetic,
trades are renowned for operating income is projected at
an interest in younger tal- enthusiastic and smart. It’s $927,000.
quality and craftsmanship, For example, two of the three ent. Gale himself came to great that they want to pick it
the boats keep coming. That’s Ted Geary boats noted above the Northwest to attend the up and that they express to me • Of all Port operating revenues,
not an artificial, marketing came to Haven after the owner Northwest School of Wooden that they see a future here. No 37 percent come from Boat Haven
reputation, Gale noted. Like of the first one talked to the Boatbuilding, after years of one’s going to get rich doing moorage and the yard.
other marine trades businesses other two, according to a sailing around in the Atlantic this, but there’s something in
based at the Port, Haven does Leader article. and Caribbean. That’s how he it that’s good for the soul, if • The Quilcene Marina was
little advertising. got hired by Ernie Baird. not the pocketbook.” renamed the Herb Beck Marina in
Bringing the boats is one 2005 in honor of Herb Beck, whose
“This business has always ...
thing. Bringing the skilled Thanks to that school’s 36 years on the Port Commission
been word of mouth,” he said. workforce is another. continuing commitment to Contact Haven: www.haven- made him the longest-serving port
“Although there are risks like wooden boatbuilding, and to boatworks.com; email mail@ commissioner in Washington State
a pandemic, like the big reces- Haven has managed to keep a its more recent addition of havenboatworks.com; phone history.
sion of 2008, the biggest risk core staff of longtime ship- programs that teach marine 360-385-5727.
• At Quilcene, the Port has 1
business tenant – Coast Seafoods.
From the Executive Director • At Jefferson County International
Airport, the Port has four business
›› Continued from page 2 As we look forward to 2021, and the community. The com- able community assets: tenants.
to operate the yard and lifts, the Port will need your help missioners and I are all inter- Full speed ahead!
bringing vessels to the trades as we develop a plan for the ested to hear from you. Please • At the Port Townsend Boat Haven,
and providing them with a Port’s Quilcene property, share your ideas with us. ... the Port has 32 business tenants.
place to work. The world-class work to increase economic
work performed by the trades opportunities in Jefferson As I am fond of saying here at Contact Eron Berg: • At Point Hudson, the Port has 18
is what drives demand and that County and improve the deliv- Port HQ, we have much to do eron@portofpt.com; business tenants.
story is one we want to share. ery of Port services to tenants as we steward these remark- phone 360-385-0656.
Winter-Spring Newsletter from the Port of Port Townsend 5
Waterline Boats opens at Point Hudson
Van Helker is just 35, but he’s already dozen years old, it is a licensed part of an different sizes. Among the tools provid-
spent a lifetime on the sea both han- international network of yacht brokerag- ed through the connection to Boatshed
dling his family’s boats and working es and listing services called Boatshed. are ways to keep boat buyers updated
in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Across the world there are some 70 on changes related to specific boats of
Administration (NOAA) vessels all over Boatshed offices which reach almost interest.
the world. 900,000 registered customers, said Helker.
Waterline Boats is Boatshed’s exclusive “We can notify people who’ve shown
Almost three years ago he joined the licensee in Washington State. Besides its an interest about price reductions or
Seattle-based yacht brokerage started vast customer base, Boatshed supplies a other updates,” he said. His wife Alice
by his parents — Waterline Boats. A marketing platform that allows all boats assists by writing blog posts about listed
few months ago he opened Waterline being sold by Waterline to show them- boats. Helker currently lists boats kept
Boat’s newest brokerage office in Port selves off through 100 photos, videos and at Poulsbo, Bremerton, Port Angeles and
Townsend at the Point Hudson Marina, a 360-degree visual tour. Kingston.
and is already so busy he’s looking to
hire another broker. Besides Helker’s Port Townsend office, Helker, his wife and their small son
related brokers also work in Everett, Wayne are moving from West Seattle,
“Things have been clicking along,” he Tacoma and from his parents’ base in where they recently sold a home, to
said. “We’re seeing tons of interest in the Seattle. Jefferson County. He’s no stranger to
new Helmsman Trawlers, and for broker- Jefferson County, however, as he has had
age boats we are running out of inven- Waterline Boats is an exclusive dealer an oyster farm in Shine since 2013.
tory. We’re selling boats quickly. People in custom-built Helmsman Trawlers,
...
seem eager to change what they’re doing which Helker said are very popular in
and get out on boats.” the Northwest. And Waterline also sells For more information, visit waterline- Van Helker’s Waterline Boats brokerage is
a marina-full of other vessels, primarily boats.com, email Helker at van@water- open at Point Hudson.
While Waterline Boats Brokerage is a powerboats but also sailboats, of all lineboats.com, or call 425-246-5101.
Jobs
Marine trades average wages, it reported, rusted, the jetty walkway is in ruins. That improve its infrastructure and facilities.
are $47,600. leaves not just the marina and its 50 slips In 2021, for example, the Port expects to
vulnerable to winter storms, but also the generate $1.63 million in capital dollars
To be sure, like other businesses, the ma- 155 direct jobs at Point Hudson from a from the levy, courtesy of the voters.
›› Continued from page 3 rine trades in Jefferson County have been variety of private businesses. In addition,
of fishing boats. hit by the pandemic. But the good eco- there are the millions of dollars spent in Other funding sources for the Point
nomic news for this county is that while downtown Port Townsend by boaters Hudson jetty work, the Port expects,
In 2018, Martin Associates conducted an the service sector has suffered, boats are who moor at Point Hudson before stroll- may include funds from the Economic
in-depth study of the overall economic still being made, repaired, re-powered, ing through town. Development Administration and possibly
impact of the marine trades in Jefferson varnished and improved. Airplanes are a direct appropriation from the Legislature,
County. While not all marine trades still flying out of the airport. Work at The Port is gearing up to upgrade much according to Port Deputy Director Eric
are directly tied to Port facilities, most Port-owned facilities has remained busy of Point Hudson beginning with a $14.7 Toews.
are, and nearly all of them rely on those and strong. million project that has won the support
facilities. of all other local governments and key Once the funding lines up, the most likely
Some companies, such as Haven economic groups. That immediate need window for the project is fall of 2022, said
The study found that maritime trades in Boatworks, say they may be expanding is to replace the breakwaters that protect Toews. But — again with an eye toward
this county produced 1,154 direct jobs today’s 35-employee workforce to 40 the marina. sustaining jobs — work on the new jetty
and a total for 2,243 jobs, including the this winter. must be carefully planned. The Wooden
indirect jobs that support those in the That south jetty project, Phase I, has an Boat Festival, which draws thousands to
industry. That’s 20 percent of Jefferson Point Hudson Jetty estimated $7 million price tag. The 2021 Jefferson County, comes in late summer.
County’s total employment. capital budget includes $226,700 for The winter winds arrive in November or
A good case in point about the Port design work on the jetties. December.
The study also found that maritime investing in jobs is the planned rebuild
trades jobs produced $336.7 million in of the 80-year-old breakwaters that Some of those funds will come from the “We need to assure the Festival and the
total economic value, both direct and protect the Point Hudson Marina. The Industrial Development District levy, Maritime Center that the marina would
indirect, and $135.4 million in personal piles have worn away, the basalt rocks approved by county voters last year, spe- be fully protected during the festival,”
income, annually, in Jefferson County. have disintegrated, the cable-ties have cifically to allow the Port to rebuild and said Toews.
6 Winter-Spring Newsletter from the Port of Port Townsend
❙ Jefferson County International Airport
Erickson keeps wrenches spinning at Tailspin Tommy’s
It’s quieter around the vast Townsend. The other hangars
hangar workshop at Tailspin there are privately owned but
Tommy’s than it was a year ago, on Port land.
no question.
Erickson has sustained Wacker’s
But Scott Erickson — owner, legacy of quality work at reason-
chief mechanic, safety inspector, able prices. And, he said, he was
salvage expert, commercial rated determined to keep two more
pilot, pumper of aviation fuel, aspects of Wacker’s business.
renter of airplanes and feeder of
the two hangar cats, is busy. “I was going to keep the
name,” he said. “And I was
He has three or four airplanes going to keep the engine (parts)
in stages of partial or full room organized like Tommy
rebuilds. He has a room loaded did.” That means, Erickson
with engine parts where he can said, that he can find whatever
lay his hands on whatever a he needs quickly — so long as
customer needs. He has a new no one tries to clean it up.
rental airplane to replace the one
stolen a few months ago. He has In the Tailspin Tommy’s hangar at the Jefferson County International Airport, owner Scott Erickson uses his 30 years Although the hub of wheel for
pilots bringing in their airplanes of experience to keep the airplanes flying for locals and loyal customers from across the Northwest. Jefferson County pilots, Tailspin
from around the Northwest for Tommy’s is out of sight for most
the annual safety inspection or county residents. Still, when a
said of business. “People are Raised in Sequim, he started “That’s why I have so many
rental plane was stolen a few
other repairs. He has local pilots, hunkered down.” He had two flying at 14. After gradua- wrecked airplanes here,” he said.
all friends, coming in to get months ago, the community
full-time mechanics this time tion, he enrolled in the highly “I can do metal.”
mechanical advice or just shoot responded to a Go Fund Me
last year, but now he’s the regarded airframe and power
the breeze. Aviation took a big hit after the campaign that raised thousands
only one spinning a wrench, plant (A&P) program at Big
9-11 terrorist raids, and Erickson toward a replacement rental that
with occasional help from Bend Community College in
Erickson, 51, and the business he took time off and headed for now sits on the tarmac.
avionics electronics specialist Moses Lake. He quickly grav-
bought from Tommy Wacker 10 Hawaii.
Mark Dexter. Scott's wife, itated to the mechanical side “We’ve gotten a lot of support
years ago, seem to be the center
Nataliya Yeshyrina, handles of things: “Flying was actually
of airplane life at Jefferson Coun-
all the paperwork and account- pretty boring,” he said. To Tailspin Tommy’s from the community,” he said.
ty International Airport, owned “People are coming in a lot.”
ing. But by doing the work On his return to the Olympic
and operated by the Port of Port
himself, Erickson keeps up the He honed his skills in several Peninsula, he linked up with That keeps the doors open, and
Townsend.
work. locations. He worked for Port Tommy Wacker of Tailspin sustains Erickson’s family. Scott
Townsend commercial pilot John and Nataliya have two children,
Keeps them flying “We’ve got to keep it going,” Davis. Through Davis, he signed
Tommy’s. He worked alongside
son Tristan, 13, and daughter
Wacker for a year before Wacker
Erickson is the first to admit the he said. “We’ve got to keep on with an Alaska fishing lodge, sold Erickson the business Elisabeth, 9.
flying life has diminished since these guys in the air.” There where he piloted float planes, in about 2010. Wacker had
are some 80 airplanes based worked on airplanes and became As for the quiet, Erickson said he
the pandemic hit. Planes have launched Tailspin Tommy’s in
been grounded. Pilots employed at JCIA. One local pilot flies a fishing guide over several the early 1980s.
can handle it for now. “It’s kind
by larger outfits have been laid to see his daughter in east- summers. “If they find out you of nice working on your own,”
ern Washington. Others are can turn wrenches (on airplanes), Erickson’s hangar, which he he said.
off. For awhile, business at
the nearby Spruce Goose Cafe sustaining small businesses of that’s what you wind up doing,” estimates at 6,500 square feet,
But there’s no question he
slowed, affecting the number of their own. If things get really he said. consists of two big work bays
looks forward to the day when
pilots who fly in for a meal and slow in the shop, Erickson and several smaller rooms, all
airplanes and people are in the air
bring business to Tailspin Tom- turns to his other love — re- Work at a high-end airplane paint of which either Wacker or Er-
again over Tailspin Tommy’s.
my’s. But Spruce Goose activity pairing motorcycles. shop at Paine Field expanded ickson built inside the hangar
his mechanic skills, and that ...
is picking up again thanks to shell. One of the newest is a
covered outdoor seating.
The good news for his customers expanded into jet maintenance. flight training room and pilot’s Contact Scott Erickson: www.
is that Erickson is an exceptional That’s also where he gained new lounge. The hangar, along tailspintommys.com; email tail-
“We’re about a third of what mechanic and airplane fabricator. skills in structural repairs and an with two other nearby hangars, spintommys@gmail.com; phone
we were before,” Erickson He’s been at it for over 30 years. expertise in sheet metal. are owned by the Port of Port (360) 912-7005.
Winter-Spring Newsletter from the Port of Port Townsend 7
❚ What the Port Manages An intimate marina surrounded by historic buildings,
with 50 slips and 800 feet of linear dock. Also an RV
Point Hudson park with 48 spots. Home of the annual Wooden
Marina Boat Festival. A haul out, marine trades, biologists,
several restaurants, foot-passenger ferry to the San
Juans.
Port
Townsend
Center of the marine trades in Port Townsend and the
region’s largest marina, home to 475 vessels. Fuel, showers,
Boat restroom, pumpout. Over 400 skilled marine trades workers
⑳ Haven employed by 60 businesses. Acres of upland storage used
both by the pros and do-it-yourselfers. Three lifts carry boats
up to 300 tons. Dual boat ramps.
116 Port staff can help with billing questions, and
Tri- Port with public engagement in the public decision-
making by the elected Port of Port Townsend
Area Administration Commission.
⑳ www.portofpt.com
Discovery
Bay
⑲ Jefferson Co. The new 3,000-foot runway is open, together with
Port International Customs, full aircraft services, fuel, the renowned PT
Aero Museum, and the Spruce Goose Cafe. Some 80
Ludlow Airport aircraft are home-based here.
104
The Port operates four rural boat launches. They
are at Discovery Bay (Gardiner Beach Road), Port
Boat Hadlock (Lower Hadlock Road), Mats Mats Bay near
Launches Port Ludlow (Verner Avenue) and Quilcene (Linger
Longer Road). There are also dual launches at the
Port Townsend Boat Haven.
Quilcene The Herb Beck Marina in Quilcene offers 50 slips,
Quilcene accommodates liveaboards and offers services such
as pump out, showers and restrooms. Dry storage
Marina is available. Nearby is Coast Seafoods, operating on
③ 307
Port land.
305 Look for the Spring-Summer Newsletter in
March 2021
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