Stormwater System Cleaned This Week

Stormwater System Cleaned This Week

Workers from Phoenix Environmental are onsite at the Port Townsend Boat Yard this week, pumping out 60 underground stormwater vaults that serve to capture sediment and toxins, before releasing runoff into Port Townsend Bay. Pumping of the vaults hasn’t been done...
Strategic Plan Update

Strategic Plan Update

by Larry Crockett, Executive Director A number of you have approached me asking questions about the Port’s Strategic Plan, and possible changes to that Plan that have been discussed at recent public Port Commission meetings. I’d like to take a moment to bring everyone...
Working Class Heroes Exhibit at Port Administration Building

Working Class Heroes Exhibit at Port Administration Building

Photographer Rachel Ganapoler has spent the past 5 years capturing photos of the trades folk who work in the Boatyard. Ganapoler’s photos are on display at the Port Administration for the next three months – we encourage you to stop in and view her work....
Boatyard Best Management Practices Revised

Boatyard Best Management Practices Revised

The Port Townsend Boatyard is one of the busiest marine trades centers in the Pacific Northwest. Unique among area ports, the Boatyard is the only facility that allows “do-it-yourselfers” to work on their boats. The Boatyard operates under permits from the Washington...
Important Message to Boat Haven Patrons

Important Message to Boat Haven Patrons

Over the past year you may have noticed a number of construction projects taking place in the Boat Haven which are designed to improve the stormwater system’s ability to filter out pollutants that are created by boat repair and maintenance activities. These projects...
Historic Schooner Martha Competing in TRANSPAC

Historic Schooner Martha Competing in TRANSPAC

The historic Schooner Martha, berthed at Point Hudson here in Port Townsend, is currently in 16th place in the 48th Transpacific Yacht Race (aka Transpac) taking place in the waters between California and Hawaii. First organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club in 1906,...