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Arshay Cooper and “A Most Beautiful Thing” to Headline Wooden Boat Festival 2023!

In on July 5, 2023

Join us on Saturday night at Festival for a special cinematic experience as we present A Most Beautiful Thing with Arshay Cooper—the movie’s inspiring protagonist—on-site to hold a Q&A session

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Jake’s Fave Five

In on August 24, 2022

Before he was hired here (and helped us improve event security), Northwest Maritime Center Executive Director Jake Beattie brought boats, volunteered, and snuck into Wooden Boat Festival for the better

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The Harbormaster’s Picks

In on August 22, 2022

Header photo by Mitchel Osborne Harbormaster, Daniel Evans, has scoured over every boat application—learning about each vessel and filling this year’s harbor with wooden boats from near and far. Through

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Get inspired at the Adventure Stage!

In on August 17, 2022

Header photo by Thomas Hawthorne We have an epic line-up of speakers on the new Adventure Stage across the harbor in the newly renovated Pygmy building. Some of the speakers

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A Member of the Family: Wooden Boats and the Legacy of Ownership

In on August 4, 2022

By WBF staff As anyone with a wooden boat will tell you, owning one is like having another member of the family. A little high-maintenance, yes, but strong and beautiful,

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Building a batana: a symbol of Croatian heritage takes shape in Gig Harbor

In on July 26, 2022

Michael Vlahovich says “from design to construction, from launch to adventure, from maintenance to restoration, wooden boats are what maritime stories are made of.” A master shipwright, commercial fisherman, and

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Announcing This Year’s Festival Headliners!

In on July 13, 2022

Lin Pardey A pioneer of long-distance voyaging and longtime Wooden Boat Festival icon, Lin Pardey is most certainly the real deal. Since the 1960s, Lin has accrued more than 217,000

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Riptide

In on June 29, 2022

By Pete Leenhouts, owner RIPTIDE was built in 1927 by the Schertzer Brothers Boat and Machine Company, then located on the north shore of Lake Union near the foot of

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Meet the Artist: Steven Dews

In on April 25, 2022

Bio Famed for his spectacular maritime paintings, Steven Dews is one of the most successful living maritime artists in the world. After graduating art school and returning to his childhood

Meet the Artist: Chris Witkowski

In on September 14, 2021

Artist Statement Two years ago, when the Wooden Boat Festival team and I were brainstorming a concept for the 2020 Festival, little did we know that the image I created