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icon Make Way Together NWMC celebration July 3
7/1/08 - Members
Join us July 3, 3:00pm for a grand celebration marking the start of the Northwest Maritime Center construction.   Celebrate the start of construction of two buildings with songs of the sea, ... more

icon Schooner Adventuress underway after grounding
6/23/08 - Programs
Captain MB Armstrong reports the 133' Schooner Adventuress is safely moored at Friday Harbor tonight at 1800 after grounding on the south end of West Sound in Wasp Pass on Orcas Island earlier today.& ... more

icon Festival music features regional performers
6/17/08 - Festival
Wooden Boat Festival music celebrates Rhythm of the Sea, with special performances by legendary sea chantey singers Tom Lewis, David Lovine and Matt Moeller.  Music also includes Tango by Be ... more

icon 25th Classic Mariners Regatta a success
6/7/08 - Regattas

Rafted in Point Hudson, the wooden boats gathered for the 25th CMR looked and felt like a mini-Wooden Boat Festival.  After a delicious and very welcome reception hosted by WBF Board members C ... more

icon Classic Mariners' arrive at Point Hudson
6/7/08 - Regattas
Twenty five boats and nearly 100 sailors arrived in Point Hudson under sunny skies Friday evening, for the welcome reception at Cupola House hosted by Carlyn Stark, Ted Pike, Carol Hasse, Alex Spear a ... more

icon School programs expand to Whidbey Island, Sequim, Seattle, Olympia
6/7/08 - Programs

Maritime programs for schools are reaching out to communities beyond Port Townsend as the Northwest Maritime Center facilities prepare to open in Fall 2009.  Teachers, principals and experient ... more

icon Volunteer, summer and festival
6/5/08 - Festival

Summer is fast approaching and volunteer opportunities for Wooden Boat Festival are underway. Volunteers are needed for pre-festival packet and administrative work, grounds preparation and pos ... more

icon Pacific Grace visits NWMC, June 4
6/2/08 - Programs
S.A.L.T.'s vessel Pacific Grace, a 138 foot schooner built in Canada, will be arriving at NWMC pier this Wednesday, June 4& ... more

icon Wooden Boat Wednesdays, June
6/2/08 - Chandlery

Stop by during the lunch hour, for Wooden Boat Wednesdays through August at the Wooden Boat Chandlery in Cupola House at Point Hudson, 380 Jefferson Street.  Demonstrations and ... more

icon Wooden Boat Wednesdays return in May
5/12/08 - Chandlery
Free hour long mini-presentations by Wooden Boat Festival faculty take place midday, Wednesdays through the summer in the Wooden Boat Chandlery.  May 14, 11:30-1. Brian Wentzel, local shipwright ... more

icon Thank You Boater Breakfast and Chowder get sponsors
4/30/08 - Festival

Delicious news for 2008 boat exhibitors! 

Zenith Maritime Academy has provided sponsorship for a new, mu ... more

icon 60 students building, rowing and sailing this week 4/28
4/28/08 - Programs

Blue Heron 7th grade Maritime Discover Program is in full swing at Point Hudson and at the middle school this month.  Twenty students per day, divided into "crews" are in longboats r ... more

icon EXHIBITOR APPLICATIONS for Festival now online
4/28/08 - Festival

Festival boat exhibitors, food vendors, commercial and non-profit exhibitors can now apply online through the Exhibitor Center.&nb ... more

icon Wilder Toyota donates new truck for youth programs
4/20/08 - Programs
Dan Wilder and Wilder Toyota in Port Angeles donated a brand new Toyota Tundra truck in support of the rapidly expanding youth programs at Northwest Maritime Center.  Longboat programs and the hi ... more

icon 25th Classic Mariners' Regatta returns to Point Hudson
4/18/08 - Regattas

Thanks to generous support of Port of Port Townsend, Wooden Boat Foundation is happy to announce that moorage for all Classic Mariners' Regatta participants will be available in Point Hudson marina ... more

icon Annual Swap Meet a success
4/18/08 - Chandlery
Snow, sleet and cold temperatures couldn't stop the dedicated shop-and-swappers at Saturday's annual Maritime Swap Meet. Nearly 200 items were donated for sale and a dozen individual vendors setup wit ... more

icon NWMC & WBF announces building plans
4/18/08 - Members
The Camilla Chandler Education Building will be the first of two new buildings to open at the Northwest Maritime Center. "Programs are our priority and the Education building is funded. Why not s ... more

icon Volunteers and businesses provide support
4/18/08 - Programs

"People make the difference" in all our programs and in the past month, parents, grandparents and businesses have given their time, talents and resources to truly impact the lives of youn ... more

icon Annual Sea Dogs' Regatta - the saltiest race of the year!
4/17/08 - Regattas

This race is NOT about speed, it's about seamanship. Boats can be of any hull material.  Race starts on the beach with one crew member rowing, with a dog (stuffed dogs allowed) out to their an ... more

icon Meet Jerry Fry, Chandlery Manager
4/2/08 - Chandlery

Retirement doesn't look like it used to. Jerry Fry, who took over management of the Chandlery in early April, moved to Port Townsend in 2006 after a decades-long career in human resources managemen ... more

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