If Ya Ainโ€™t Rowinโ€™, Ya Ainโ€™t Goinโ€™: Teenager Tackles SEVENTY48 Solo

In Festival Highlights on September 10, 2021
By Ross Anderson Sixty miles into the SEVENTY48 race, Akeyla Behrenfeld decided she was done. The 14-year-old Port Townsend middle schooler had rowed her home-built boat solo through rain, three
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The Purpose Behind the Project: Restoring Helma

In Festival Highlights on September 10, 2021
By Robert dโ€™Arcy For me, working on classic wooden boats is about values. Good design: these vessels are drawn for seakeepingโ€”finely tuned to their purpose and environment, highly functional, and
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2021 Wooden Boat Festival Canceled due to COVID-19

In Festival Highlights on August 27, 2021
Dear friends, Itโ€™s with a heavy heart that, despite our best efforts, we are cancelling this yearโ€™s Wooden Boat Festival. Itโ€™s a big shift since last weekโ€™s announcement of our
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Wolfhound

In Festival Highlights on August 10, 2021
Written by Andy Gale. Wolfhound photos by Paul Wyeth Marine Photography. Crewed by owners Steven and Louise Dews, the 64-foot schooner Wolfhound is on a 25,000-plus mile delivery, from the
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The Story of Alcyone

In Festival Highlights on August 5, 2021
By Sugar Flanagan (owner) When we think about boats, we often wonder, โ€œIs she a keeper?โ€ Alcyone is definitely a keeper. She was designed and built by Frank Prothero in
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Orca

In Festival Highlights on July 30, 2021
The Gartside Workboat โ€œOrcaโ€ is a Paul Gartside designed motor boat, constructed of cedar planking bronze fastened over oak frames. A heavy workboat of traditional construction, the Gartside is ideal
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Sockeye

In Festival Highlights on July 12, 2021
Sockeye is an Ed Monk Sr. design, built by Jacobson Brothers in Ballard, WA. She started a long trolling career in 1944. Known back then as Nestor, she retired from
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We are BACK and ready to celebrate Wooden Boats!

In Festival Highlights on July 7, 2021
The excitement is buildingโ€ฆ You can feel it in the airโ€ฆ Wooden Boat Festival is comingโ€ฆ We are BACK and ready to celebrate Wooden Boats! Hereโ€™s a taste of whatโ€™s
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Let’s Plan on a Festival!

In Festival Highlights on March 27, 2021
Hope is in the air. Vaccinations are up and cases are down, we are moving into Phase 3 and there is talk of normalcy by July 4th. The sun even
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Tribute: Brion Toss

In Festival Highlights on October 14, 2020
Rigger, Husband, Teacher, Friend โ€ฆ Honoring the Life and Memory of the Extraordinary Brion Toss This article was written by Scott Wilson and Ian Weedman, and originally published at 48north.com.

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