Port Townsend's annual Wooden Boat Festival is a place where kids and adults alike experience the magic of getting on the water, the beauty of wooden boats, and the richness of our maritime culture.

Come learn from the experts, gawk at hundreds of beautifully crafted vessels, and swap stories with wooden boat aficionados. Bring your family and build a toy boat with the kids, watch them print t-shirts with real fish, and row Port Townsend Bay together on a historic longboat. Or grab a few friends and check out the variety of vendors, dig into some local eats, and dance the night away. Whatever your flavor—there’s something for everybody at Wooden Boat Festival.

Schedule Of Events:

Adventure Stage
9:30am - 10:15am - Creating a Floating Stories Lab
10:30am - 11:15am - My Life with Wharram Catamarans
11:45am - 12:45pm - Coast Salish Canoes and a History of Tribal Journeys
1:15pm - 2:15pm - What the Canoes Can Teach Us: Unlocking the Wisdom of Ancient Haida Canoes
2:45pm - 3:45pm - Docking with Two People, One Line, Any Conditions, Full Control
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Bermuda Triangle and an Upside Down Rowboat
6:00pm - 6:45pm - 2026 R2AK and SEVENTY48 Race Decree
7:00pm - 8:30pm - Movie: 76 Days Adrift

Boat Yard Stage
10:00am - 10:45am - Sharpening Chisels and Planes
11:00am - 12:30pm - Turning for Boats: Making Mallets, Belaying Pins, etc.
1:00pm - 2:00pm - Hauling a Wooden Boat
2:30pm - 4:00pm - All About Dovetails
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Prepare for a Haulout

Boatbuilding Stage
10:00am - Spiling for Carvel Planking
11:00am - Engine Troubleshooting
12:00pm - Outboard Engine Maintenance and Troubleshooting
1:00pm - Fiberglassing Techniques
2:00pm - Design Considerations for Safe Lithium Battery Systems
3:00pm - The Foundryman's Craft

Cruising Stage
9:00am - Ship to Shore: from Montevideo, Uruguay with Schmidt Ocean Institute
10:15am - Navigating the New Charting Environment: Best Practices for Electronic and Paper Charts
11:45am - Passenger Fishermen
1:15pm - Keepers of the Fleet: Marine Trades PNW
2:45pm - Yacht Designer Panel

Cruising Stage, Technical Stage
4:30pm - Keepers of the Historic Fleet Panel
6:30pm - Celebration of Shipwrights

Discovery Stage
9:30am - Bluewater Sail Inventory
11:00am - Nautical Light: Advanced Maritime Photography
12:30pm - Marine Weather in the Digital Age
2:00pm - Sew What? Sewing While Cruising
3:30pm - Sail Trim & Handling

Innovation Stage
10:00am - Awlwood: Are You Tough Enough?
11:00am - Finding Yourself at Noon - Celestially with a Sextant
12:00pm - Tips for Keeping a Dry Boat
1:00pm - Electric Propulsion: It's More than Just a Motor & Batteries
2:00pm - Hideaway, My 22' Trailerable Electric Boat's Construction & Performance
3:00pm - Green Boating with Sailors for the Sea
4:00pm - So You Want to Get Your Captain's License

Main Stage
12:00pm - Dr G
1:00pm - Days of Future Past
1:00pm - Combo Chorro
3:00pm - Caribe Band
4:00pm - Deadwood Revival
5:00pm - Hot Club or Port Townsend
6:00pm - Lowire
8:30pm - Mars Garden

Marine Science Stage
10:00am - What's in the Water? Live Plankton Collection
11:00am - Racing Red Tides: Managing Harmful Algal Toxins in Shellfish
12:00pm - Invasive Green Crab: Hands on Citizen Science
1:00pm - Derelict Vessel Removal Program
2:00pm - Bringing Pintos Back! Abalone Restoration in WA State
3:00pm - Puffins: Winged Masters of the Sea
4:00pm - The Secret Lives of Harbor Porpoises
Northwest Maritime Beach
2:30pm - 26' and Under Race

Technical Stage
8:00am - Commonly Seen Electrical Installation Mistakes & How to Fix Them
12:00pm - Practical Electrical: Systems Troubleshooting for Boaters

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