Pax moves to "Cool" Dock, Boat Haven Marina

Pax is now moored on C Dock, aka "cool" dock at Boat Haven Shipyard in Port Townsend. The move was due to a Port Commission request that all charter boats moored in Point Hudson guarantee 40 trips a year with paying customers. Gulping, I, like other small charter boats knew that wasn't possible so I took a slip they offered at the other end of town. Working full time and watching the charter business from my desk the past 8 years, I know that's not feasible, but hey.. now I'm out of Cupola House too. Can't help but wonder if there's a connection. No worries, though, as I'll just wish Suva and Pleaides and Bryony luck and head on down to the cool dock. Update: October 2011 By end of the summer, Bryony left the marina to anchor out then sold to his son who moved it to lower Hadlock Bay. Pleaides sat idle while Jeff worked in Lousianna on the oil spill and Suva, well despite Lloyd's best efforts the past two years, he's selling the boat. Am I glad to be at Boat Haven? You bet!!

Custom Interior Cushions: Gwendolyn Tracey

PAX has new main cabin cushions thanks to Port Townsend interior designer, Gwendolyn Tracy with Fine Yacht Interiors. Gwendolyn has been sewing since she was in her teens, and it shows. Her custom canvas shop above the Blue Moose Cafe in Port Townsend's "big boat" shipyard is organized with that mix of artistic verve and production room stations neatly sequenced from her decades of experience. Fabric rolls, cushion materials, sample and swatch books are snuggly tucked into functional spaces around the center piece, the giant cutting table. Sewing machines are at one end, where she can see the road the 300 ton haulout takes as it brings her often very large clients to and from their work sites with one of a variety of boatbuilder or repair businessses. Townsend Bay Marine is next door, as is Haven Boatworks. Gwendolyn designs cushions, interiors, covers, you name it. She has done huge projects like the latest mega yacht from TBM to major historic boat restorations done by a variety of shipwright shops in Puget Sound. In between the big boat and big budget projects, she manages to squeeze in smaller projects like PAX. We needed custom settee cushions, forpeak bedding, and some creative seat pillows for the bulkhead transition. The transition pieces will expand comfortable seating options in the main cabin when we're doing tours aboard the boat, seminars and charters. For a look at the first phase of the project, the Port settee seats, take a look at the photo galley. Gwendolyn can be reached at 360-379-0661.