Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Kicked Off Today!
With the backdrop of a Juan de Fuca morning marine layer, the fellowship of PNW wooden boat fanatics flooded Port Townsend on Friday. Come join the fun this weekend! Hosted by the Northwest Maritime Center (48° North's…
Wooden Boat Festival Sails Into Port Townsend Sept. 8-10
Every year hundreds of wooden boats of all shapes and sizes gather in Washington’s most beautiful Victorian seaport for North America’s largest wooden boat festival. This year's festival, September 8-10, 2023, will feature…
Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza – Largest Exhibit of Small Craft in North America
Mark your calendar for the free July 29th Pocket Yacht Palooza in Port Townsend, Washington. Fifty+ small, trailerable boats will be exhibited including sail & oar, small motor cruisers, kayaks, rowing craft, and more.…
Waterline Boats Opens New Office in Port Townsend
Seattle-based Waterline Boats has opened up a new sales office in Port Townsend, joining this incredible community of maritime service providers. Waterline Boats, boat brokerage and dealership for Helmsman Trawlers, has…
Wooden Boat Festival 2022: A River of Stories
I’ve always thought of the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend as a broad, winding river full of stories and adventures. Each time I attend, I jump in with a destination in mind, but once in the current, I’m pulled along…
Wooden Boat Festival Weekend is Here!
One of our favorite boating events of the year kicks off today in Port Townsend and runs through Sunday — the Wooden Boat Festival! The Wooden Boat Festival is the largest wooden boat festival in North America — a place…
Famed Voyager Lin Pardey Set to Give Workshops at WBF
Accomplished cruising, author and two-time circumnavigator Lin Pardey is giving workshops at the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend on Sept. 8 and 9. Needing almost no introduction, Pardey, along with her late husband…
Northwest Maritime Center Envisions Community Classroom, Buys Swan Hotel
Onward! The Northwest Maritime Center moves forward with plans to grow their campus and reach more students and community members. With a need to expand their campus for growing programs and engaging more students, the…
In-person Wooden Boat Festival On Track for September
Hope is in the air for an in-person Wooden Boat Festival come September. Of all the events that got canceled in the past year due to Covid-19, the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend was one of the most disappointing for…
Port Townsend Thunderbirds
A History, and Review of the 2020 Sailing Season From the December 2020 issue of 48° North. A successful season of racing on Port Townsend Bay has come to an end. At the center of the planning and implementation, as every…
