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 - Six Months Before the Mast on the Rum Running Brigantine, Tres Hombres
11:00am - Destination Undetermined
12:15pm - Real Life Lessons Learned: Fun and Terror While Racing and Cruising
1:30pm - How The Old Fella Done It: Milford Buchanan and the Shelburne Dory Shop
3:00pm - Haida Sails Resurgence Project
5:15pm - ‘The Journey for Peace’ Documentary Screening and Discussion
6:00pm - Pete Seeger Sing Along

Boat Yard Stage
10:00am - Sharpening Chisels and Planes
11:00am - Buying and Selling Boats
12:00pm - HMS Victory Conservation Project
1:00pm - Adventure Sketching
2:00pm - Varnishing Tips & Tricks

Boatbuilding Stage
10:00am - Chopping a Rabbet
11:00am - Intro to Marine Electronics
12:00pm - Peel and Stick Carbon or Glass Laminating
1:00pm - Vacuum Bagging Basics
2:00pm - Engine Troubleshooting
3:00pm - How to Haul a Wooden Boat

Cruising Stage
9:30am - Lady Washington, Then and Now (or A Mid-Life Crisis)
11:00am - Care and Feeding of the Star of India Over the Decades
1:00pm - The Trades: Day in the Life
2:30pm - Wharram Women: Past, Present and Future (panel discussion)
3:30pm - HMS Victory: The Big Repair
7:00pm - Movie: Women and the Wind
8:30pm - Women and the Wind Q&A
Cruising Stage & Technical Stage
5:00pm - Working Boats of the Pacific Northwest

Discovery Stage
9:30am - Puget Sound’s Golden Age of Yachting by Photographer Kenny Oller
11:00am - Confessions of a Yacht Designer
12:30pm - Prepare Your Boat for Offshore Sailing
2:00pm - Hemp and Tar
3:30pm - Reefing in 5 Minutes or Less

Innovation Stage
10:00am - Tips for Keeping a Dry Boat
11:00am - Traditional Sailing Boats in Venice Lagoon
12:00pm - Medicine at Sea: 5 things Everyone Should Know Before Leaving Port
1:00pm - Cruising on Sunshine- Panel with Builders, designers and owners
2:00pm - Composting Toilets: The Science and Practical Benefits
3:00pm - Injuries, Illness, and Decision Making: When to Treat, When to Evacuate
4:00pm - Decarbonization Awards
4:00pm - Decarbonization awards

Main Stage
11:00am - Bertram Levy and Ryan Hoffman
12:00pm - Shifty Sailors
1:00pm - William Pint and Felicia Dale
2:00pm - Cap'n Matt
3:00pm - Jill and Kevin
4:00pm - Andy Koch's Badd Dog Blues Society
5:00pm - Sandy Bradley and The Snakeskinners
6:15pm - Global Heat
8:45pm - Uncle Funk

Marine Science Stage
10:00am - What's in the Water? Live Plankton Collection Demo
11:00am - Deep Sea Mining: The Pursuit of Valuable Minerals on the Ocean Floor
12:00pm - On the Water with Wild Whales: Be Whale Wise in the Salish Sea
1:00pm - Restoring Olympia Oyster Habitat
2:00pm - Salish Sea Beaches, Our Glacial Legacy
3:00pm - (SPLASH! What Was That?! How to ID Salish Sea Marine Mammals)
4:00pm - Puffins: Winged Masters of the Sea
Northwest Maritime Beach
10:00am - Rowing Race
3:00pm - NW Schooner Cup

Technical Stage
9:30am - Tides & Currents - Science and Survival
11:00am - Keeping a Craft Afloat: What Keeps the Trade of Boatbuilding Thriving - or Not
12:30pm - Restoring the 120' Gloucester Fishing Schooner LA Dunton at 
Mystic Seaport
2:00pm - Visual History of Port Townsend's Marine Trades
3:30pm - Then and Now: History of Americas Oldest Operating Boat Shop

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