Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture Race Photo Gallery

Check out the public photo gallery from the sunny and warm two day Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture Race here.

Henry Ford Goes Surfing Stats

• Built: frame, 2004, body 2003
• Built By: Elliot Naess, Clearlake, Northern California
• # of pilots: 2. Piloted by: Elliot and a volunteer with no dependents.
• Size (HxWxL) 5X8X10
• Gears: 5, BMW motorcycle transmissions.
• Wheels: 4, from 800 HP race cars
• Top land speed: Bonneville Salt Flats, here we come!
• Sponsor: Towe Automobile Museum, Sacramento, CA
• Features: Rides directly in and out of the water without adding or removing parts.

The Port Townsend Leader: Kome play with Kinetics!

The Port Townsend Leader OnLine"Karnival" is the theme of this weekend's 22nd running of the Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Skulpture Race.

Twenty to 25 skulptures – human-powered kraft capable of traversing roads, water, sand and mud – are expected from at least three states and Canada.

"My phone's been ringing off the hook with skulptures coming, and the weather is going to be nice," says Janet Emery, Kinetic High Priestess for Life. "This could be our biggest ever."

Another planning meeting is set at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30 at the American Legion Hall downtown to recruit and train event volunteers for the Oct. 2-3 kinetic events. People for the safety boat patrol are particularly needed. A short-bed trailer is needed to serve as a portable stage.

One skulpture is an old Model-T named "Henry Ford goes Surfing." Cheese Whiz is returning from Corvallis, Ore. Local entries include Kinetic Medics, Lochness Monster and, of kourse, the master of duct tape, Styrofoam and bicycle parts, Ray Grier. New this year is a "poker run" kontest for race kontestants.

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Port Townsend Leader
Wednesday, September 29, 2004

Getting ready for the Kinetic Skulputure parade downtown Port Townsend, WA.  

The Kinetic Skulpture Race Port Townsend, WAHenry Ford Goes Surfing. Port Townsend, WA, October 02, 2004.