Wooden Boat Festival - Boat Application

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Step 1 of 3 - Owner Info

Boat Name*

Wood Hull?*

Yes

Sorry the Wooden Boat Festival is for wooden boats only!

Boat Owner Information

Name of Owner*

First Last

Address*

Street Address City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Email Address*

Please enter an email address you check frequently. All communication about your boat registration will use this email.
NWMC does not to sell or distribute email addresses to third parties.

Enter Email Confirm Email

Primary Phone*

Please use the best phone number for contact during the Festival!
A mobile phone number is preferred. If you do not have a mobile phone, please enter a number where you can receive urgent messages.

Secondary number/contact or if you only have an international number

Please enter a secondary phone number for the festival. This could be the mobile number of a crew member, partner, or spouse. If your main contact is an international number put it here.

Emergency Contact Name*

First Last

Emergency Contact Phone*

Physical Disabilities*

Do you or any crew have any physical disabilities that make boarding difficult?

Yes

Owner / Captain*

Owner is Captain

Captain is a different person

Captain's Name*

If captain and owner are the same, please leave this field blank.

First Last

Captain's Mobile Phone*

If captain and owner mobile phone is the same, leave this blank.

Captain's Email Address*

If captain and owner email address is the same, please leave blank.

Enter Email Confirm Email

Port Townsend, WA. Festival Policies for Boats
1. Accept Liability: Owners of boats shall be solely responsible for the safety of own boat and persons onboard while at festival and solely responsible for any damage that their boat may cause while entering or leaving the festival.
2. Follow Signage Policy: Wooden Boat Festival is the largest event in our region and one of the top wooden boat events in the world. In order to maintain the aesthetic and spirit of the event, commercial "For Sale" signage is not permitted within visible range of cameras photographing the event. “For Sale” signage is not permitted above decks.
3. Comply With Harbormasters’ Instructions: Harbormasters are in charge of all on-the-water activity and placement of all vessels during the Festival. Harbormasters are experienced mariners and have logged thousands of accident-free hours parking Festival boats. They need your help to keep WBF safe and accident free. By submitting this application to participate in the Wooden Boat Festival, you agree to follow the directions of the harbormasters at all times. Please note: Harbormasters are festival volunteers. As such, Harbormasters are not personally liable for damage to vessels or persons.
4. Cancellations must be in writing (email is acceptable) and received no later than August 2, 2024, to receive a full refund—less a $75 application processing fee. Cancellations received after August 2, 2024, will not be refunded. As a courtesy to boats on the waiting list, please contact us as soon as possible regarding late cancellations so we can fill your space with a similar-size vessel

Festival Policy Agreement*

I agree to the above policy.

Bilge Agreement*

I will either turn my automatic bilge pump off during the festival, inside the marina, or will allow a short bilge inspection to make sure no oil will be accidentally leaked into harbor,

I agree to the Wooden Boat Festival Bilge Agreement.

Wooden Boat Festival Dog Policy*

The Northwest Maritime Center and Wooden Boat Festival love dogs and recognize that many festival participants can't imagine not bringing their dog along. However, the Wooden Boat Festival cannot allow dogs on the Festival grounds during open hours.

If you do bring your dog with you, your dog's access to the docks and Festival grounds will be limited to early mornings and evenings. Also, you are responsible for your dog at all times, must clean up any dog waste, and afix a Festival wrist band to the dog's collar to signify they’re attending aboard a Festival boat.

Once the Festival opens, we ask that you keep your dog aboard your boat, or, better yet, at one of the many boarding/day-care facilities available in Port Townsend.

We thank you for you understanding and adherence to our Festival dog policy.

I will be bringing a dog and fully accept the dog policy.

I won't be bringing a dog

Anything else we need to know?

Please include any additional information about your vessel or your situation that will help us process your application.

If you have any further questions, concerns, or urgent information, please email us directly at festival@woodenboat.org.

What are your boat's main and auxiliary propulsion energy sources/fuels, and your fuels for cooking and heating?

Have you added any carbon/pollution reducing or efficiency increasing practices or features to your boat? Please briefly describe.

Are you planning any future carbon/pollution reducing or efficiency changes for your boat or its operations. Please briefly describe.

2025 WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY

Herein the undersigned is the “Participant” desiring to participate in an Activity offered or managed by NWM; “NWM” means Northwest Maritime, Wooden Boat Foundation, and Salish Sea Expeditions, along with any of their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, partnerships, joint ventures, employees, agents, subcontractors, management, and boards of directors; Activity is the NWM youth or adult education program, event, tour, and other participatory activity (herein the “Activity”); NWM offers to the Participant involvement and/or participation in the Activity, on material condition that Participant acknowledge and agree to each of the terms below; and Participant agrees and acknowledges as follows:

RECOGNITION AND ACCEPTANCE OF RISK

Participant acknowledges program activities may be inherently dangerous and the risks posed can be mitigated but not eliminated. Participant acknowledges that the Participant’s risks include but are not limited to: loss, physical or psychological injury, pain, suffering, illness, and death. Participant understands the Activity is dangerous and accepts any and all risks associated with the Activity.

NWM RULES

Participant acknowledges that NWM has adopted rules and procedures related to: the Activity; use of NWM’s equipment, facilities, and real property; and health and safety. Participant agrees to make themselves aware of and to follow all rules and procedures of NWM. Participant acknowledges that failure to abide by NWM’s rules and procedures may result in injury to the Participant, property, and/or other individuals. Violation of the rules and procedures may result in suspension or expulsion from the Activity, or forfeiture of any payment or deposit made by the Participant.

STATEMENT OF RELEASE

Participant releases and forever discharges NWM, from liability for any loss or injury to the Participant and the Participant’s property, be the risk of such loss or injury is known or unknown by the Participant. NWM is not responsible for, and Participant releases NWM regarding, the errors, omissions, acts or failure to act, of any third party. This means NWM is not responsible for the acts or omissions of any person or entity conducting the Activity on behalf of NWM, or of any fellow crew member, fellow participant, or invitee of Participant. Participant understands injury or loss could arise from Participant’s or others’ negligence, conditions related to travel to and from the Activity, or conditions at the Activity location(s). Nonetheless, Participant assumes all related risks, both known and unknown to Participant, of involvement in travel to and from the Activity and the Activity itself.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Participant agrees that, should the NWM be held liable to the Participant for any reason, Participant’s recovery shall be limited to the fee paid by the Participant to participate in the Activity. This limitation shall include but is not limited to, direct, indirect, special, and incidental, consequential damages. This limitation extends to any form of claim Participant may have, be it tort, equity, contractual, regulatory, or statutory, in nature. This limitation shall include any award Participant may seek for attorney’s fees, costs of litigation, and any right of contribution Participant may have against the NWM.

PARTICIPANT’S WARRANTY

Health and Fitness

Participant warrants that they are aware of the physical and mental demands posed by the Activity. Participant is physically and mentally capable of participating in the Activity without posing a danger to themselves or anyone else. If Participant suffers from a condition, ailment, or injury that may impede Participant’s safe participation in the Activity, Participant warrants that they have consulted with a medical professional regarding the Activity, the medical professional approves of Participant’s participation in the Activity, and that Participant is able to manage the condition, ailment, or injury independently and without the help or intervention of NWM or any third-party.

No Legal Limitation to Participate

Participant warrants their participation in the Activity, execution of any of the agreements and covenants required by NWM, and travel to and from the Activity is not in violation of any law or court order and shall not breach the terms of a contract to which the Participant is bound.

MEDICAL CARE

If Participant should require medical care or treatment at or during the Activity, Participant authorizes NWM to provide all emergency medical care deemed necessary, including but not limited to, first aid, CPR, use of AEDs, emergency medical transport, and sharing of medical information with medical personnel. Participant further agrees to assume all costs involved in such care and agrees to be financially responsible for any costs incurred therefrom.

NO COMMISSION OF CRIME

Participant will not violate any federal, state, provincial, or local law while participating in the Activity. Participant will not use any property of NWM, including any part of its intellectual property, or the Activity, in furtherance of a crime or commission of fraud.

INDEMNITY

Participant will indemnify, defend, and hold NWM harmless for any injury caused to any individual or business entity, including the Participant. This means, if any damage or injury to equipment, facilities, or individuals occurs as a result of Participant, Participant’s family’s, Participant’s agents’, Participant’s invitees’ or any individual’s or business entity’s known or unknown to the Participant willful actions, negligence, or recklessness, Participant agrees to be responsible for any and all costs, assessments, judgements, and financial responsibility associated with any such claim for damage or injury. HOWEVER, Participant shall not be responsible for indemnifying the NWM for injuries and damage that results from the sole and exclusive reckless or intentional actions of the NWM.

PHOTO/VIDEO RELEASE

Participant gives permission for NWM and/or anyone acting on its behalf, to photograph, video, and sound record the Participant. Participant irrevocably licenses to NWM the use of the name, and the Participant’s image, likeness, and voice, as they are captured in the photographs, videos, and sound recordings, in any manner and in whatever medium NWM sees fit. This shall include, but is not limited to the advertisement and promotion of NWM and any of its activities, programs or events.

RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE/PARTICIPATION

NWM reserves the right to refuse service to the Participant and/or participation in the Activity at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all. NWM may, but is not obligated to, terminate Participant’s further participation in the Activity, or NWM event, based on Participant’s violation of any local, state, provincial, or federal law, violation of any rules or policies for the Activity or of the NWM, or Participant’s refusal to abide by the verbal instructions of an authorized designee of NWM. Participant shall have no right to a refund of any fees or deposits paid to NWM for the Activity or event.

WASHINGTON STATE JURISDICTION

Participant agrees this release shall be governed for all purposes by Washington State law, without regard to any conflict of law principles. This release supersedes any and all previous oral or written promises or other agreements.

PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNDERSTANDING

Participant acknowledges having carefully read this “waiver and release”, and fully understands it is a release of NWM from any liability.

RELEASE Agreement*

I have read and agree to the above RELEASE Policy

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Wooden Boat Festival – Boat Application

Sorry the Wooden Boat Festival is for wooden boats only!

Boat Owner Information

Trailer Info

Length Overall (LOA)

Boat Beam

Boat Draft

Boat Descriptions

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