Kaci Cronkhite
Monthly Highlights

Summer 2010: Working on two books and two events! My 9th (the 34th annual) Wooden Boat Festival and my first new event for Northwest Maritime Center.  Find out more at the Festival, September 10-12.

Winter/Spring 2010: Moved Pax to Boat Haven slip C#169. Writing progress and work in Oklahoma and Washington.

Fall 2009: Bought Windspiration Point house at Roman Nose State Park, Oklahoma.

Summer 2009: Spidsgatter research trip to Denmark and Sweden; Pax in Wooden Boat Festival. 

2008 Highlights: Pax launched. New cockpit, sails and interior. Kaci does writing research in Australia and Tahiti.

2007 Highlights: Kaci becomes owner/Captain of Pax, a 28' Danish Spidsgatter built in 1936.  Kim Kavin, president of Boating Writers International interviewed Kaci in Port Townsend for May/June article in International Yachtsman.

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Spidsgatter Pax > Chart Table, bulkheads & hardware (9) > Double bulkhead

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Pax mast is 2' higher than the original already tall spidsgatter design.  This worried me, but counsel from riggers and sailors convinced me to save Derk's beautiful work but do what I could to support it. That support includes this double bulkhead and a 30% first reef, 60% second reef and easy reefing options for the Main.  Here is Diana Talley's work. Inspired by the curvaceous bulkhead I'd lived with for six years on Tethys, I am thrilled with Diana's pick up of Pax hull shape in the aft bulkhead design. The face of the ply will be finished with Wana, a mahogany relative, with plans to use design details visible in the photos of Pax charred original interior.