About Us
Our approach is holistic and comprehensive. At Port Townsend Rigging, we start by listening carefully to you with the goal of learning about your sailing style as well as your sailing ambitions and plans. Once we have established a clear understanding of your needs we develop a work plan with projects prioritized to meet your needs. We help you differentiate between projects that are urgent, projects that are important, and projects that are desirable but not necessarily crucial to the function and safety of your boat.
We are familiar and comfortable discussing, designing and installing any piece of equipment or system that has to do with maintaining the stability and function of your sailing rig. Ask about our offshore lookover & inspection.
PTR Staff
Justin Lanthrop - Lead Rigger
Odin Smith - Rigger
Jason Scott - Swage Bench/ Shop hand
Jordan Primus - Rigger
Cole Askevold - Assistant Rigger/Shop hand
Sarah Kolbeck - Operations & Client Service
Dan Kulin - Special Projects
Lisa Vizzini - Accounts payable/ Accounting/ HR
PTR clients are saying:
- "Better than New!" "I wanted to drop you a note to say that we are very happy with the job that you and your team did to replace our rigging. We have had it out in up to 30 knots with no issues at all. I also thought that Justin’s suggestions and solutions were great. Let me know if there is anything I can do or be a reference for PTR’s work!"
-Jim & Melody Carney
S/V Imrama, 2024
- "Hey Sarah, Huge thanks for your staff help yesterday in solving my halyard issue. He had the simple suggestion that made the difference. My halyard is back in and I will be able to race this weekend.
-Ken Lane
S/V Road Runner, 2024
- "Thanks again for the work done, we are very pleased with the simplicity of the new arrangements."
-Timm Beeman, 2024 Spencer 46
- "Thanks to the great team at PTR for their awesome support and outstanding rigging work"
- John Bukowsky, 2024 Nauticat 515
- "I wanted to let you now that we absolutely love these lazy jacks. Reefing is easy peasy now, and no more wrasslin’ the mainsail when we drop it. Installation was simple (the video really helped). Anyway just wanted to say thanks to everyone there for such great stuff!
- Jeff Johnston S/V Beowulf, 2020
- "I am happy to report that many of the people I have spoken to about re-doing our rigging confirmed our suspicions that "Lisa is awesome!" :-) So we'd very much like to go ahead with the plans we have discussed. What next steps would you suggest?
- Quinton Hoole, 2021
- "Thank you Sarah, I’m soooo happy with all of my PTR work! I’m currently on a two boat trip to San Juan’s.
-Lawrence Johnson, 2021
- "We really enjoyed the experience of working with PTR. Scott was really great in all aspects of rigging and customer communication"
-John Foster, 2023
You will benefit from:
- Port Townsend Rigging’s attention to detail, problem solving and intimate knowledge of sailing, rigging brands, products, as well as extensive knowledge of boat construction.
- Port Townsend Rigging’s well-established vendor relationships, which enable us to deliver the right product at a fair price on time.
- Because of our decades of experience working with sailors and their boats, we understand the value of efficient project management. We will work closely with you to make your rigging project a pleasant one.
- Offering full service rigging, mast repair or new construction
- Exceptional client service.
Energy & environment:
PTR has always been an environmentally conscious business. PTR is now net zero for energy use, meaning we produce what we use. In 2023 we produced an 8000KW surplus which was fed into the grid. That surplus was donated to households struggling to pay their energy bills. In 2018 65 solar modules were installed on our roof. The 20 year old propane boiler was replaced with a high efficiency electric boiler & heat pump. Two hundred fixtures with fluorescent bulbs were refitted with LED bulbs. These improvements reduced our annual energy use from 45000KW to 17000Kw as well as eliminated fossil fuel use in our building.
In 2010 we received the Envirostar programs highest certification. The five star rating was earned as a result of many habits that we continue to practice. These include active sorting & recycling of all metals, elimination or low use of toxic solvents, trash reduction, encouraging bicycles for staff transport, a well insulated shop, painting techniques that not only deliver a superior result but reduce air borne volatiles.
