Last weekend's 2009 Wooden Boat Festival was wonderful. It had been a few years since we last made the trek to Port Townsend for this annual second-weekend-in-September event, only to discover that the Festival has increased in so many ways - - more entries, more vendors, and good crowds. Of course the weather was grand!
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Lines and lines waiting to buy tickets for this 33rd annual festival.
From prams to classic sedans. The 1909 Edwardian houseboat cruiser, M/V Lotus (extreme left).
We were serenaded by a band on the boat-deck of the classic M/V Lotus..
An assortment of good brass at the Davey & Co., United Kingdom booth.
The marina was full.
Wood, as far as the eye can see.
Nice. Very nice.
Kayaks awaiting.
Oh, to row in comfort.
A neat turn of wood.
A fender, please, not a bumper.
He said that he had started out to make a canoe, but then something went wrong.
At rest.
Off the beach.
A great sailing helm.
Very shiny.
Three nicely in a row.
A longboat coming in.
And kids made and sailed their own boats and dreamed daunting adventures.
They came by land and by sea.
Tall ship.
A special treat, and perhaps our highlight, was to see the almost completed 26,600 square-foot Northwest Maritime Center & Wooden Boat Foundation. Be sure to take this in when next in Port Townsend.
Inside the NWMC.
Lots of open space for boat building.
Boatwrights at the NWMC explain their craft.
Shot from a second floor balcony.
A compass-rose seen from the NWMC balcony, and looking out to the entrance of the Port Hudson Marina
Simply put.
Don't miss this annual event for wooden boat lovers worldwide. So, see you there next September for the 34th Festival?It is simply good for the soul!
2 comments:
very nice pics. Wish we were there. sj
Excellent photos! I love the kayaks! Wish we were there, too. Maybe next year. Sue could join us!
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