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…
Nigel Calder Returns to Wooden Boat Festival
Every September, the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend offers a huge variety of informative seminars given by boating professionals on a range of topics — this year is no different! Renowned boat systems expert Nigel…
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…
Tough Decision Made to Cancel the 2021 Wooden Boat Festival
Despite the best efforts to put on a safe and fun Wooden Boat Festival this year, the difficult decision was made to cancel the event. In this rapidly shifting world of COVID-19, the Wooden Boat Foundation and Northwest…
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…
Virtual Wooden Boat Festival Delivers Inspiration, Entertainment and Connection
Creativity and resilience brought a new vision for a well-loved event from idea to reality. And it was awesome. It would be one big experiment. Never been done before. But, hey … why not? When the pandemic hit, it soon…
48° North Interview: Virtual Wooden Boat Festival Director, Barb Trailer
Highlights abound for the upcoming Virtual Wooden Boat Festival on September 12, 2020. While the much-loved Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival (WBF) cannot happen in person in 2020, the festival must go on! The virtual fest…