Port Townsend's annual Wooden Boat Festival is a place where kids and adults alike experience the magic of getting on the water, the beauty of wooden boats, and the richness of our maritime culture.

Come learn from the experts, gawk at hundreds of beautifully crafted vessels, and swap stories with wooden boat aficionados. Bring your family and build a toy boat with the kids, watch them print t-shirts with real fish, and row Port Townsend Bay together on a historic longboat. Or grab a few friends and check out the variety of vendors, dig into some local eats, and dance the night away. Whatever your flavor—there’s something for everybody at Wooden Boat Festival.

Schedule Of Events:

September 4, 2025

Technical Stage

8:00am-11:00am - A Detailed Look at DIY Engine Maintenance
12:00pm - 3:00pm - My Diesel is Acting Up: What May Be Wrong and Can I Fix It

Cruising Stage, Technical Stage    
5:00pm - 7:00pm - Lifetime Achievement Awards

Main Stage
6:00pm - 6:45pm - Holy Carp
8:00pm - 10:00pm - Joe Crecca and the Homewreckers

September 5, 2025

Adventure Stage
9:30am - 10:15am - Creating a Floating Stories Lab
10:30am - 11:15am - My Life with Wharram Catamarans
11:45am - 12:45pm - Coast Salish Canoes and a History of Tribal Journeys
1:15pm - 2:15pm - What the Canoes Can Teach Us: Unlocking the Wisdom of Ancient Haida Canoes
2:45pm - 3:45pm - Docking with Two People, One Line, Any Conditions, Full Control
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Bermuda Triangle and an Upside Down Rowboat
6:00pm - 6:45pm - 2026 R2AK and SEVENTY48 Race Decree
7:00pm - 8:30pm - Movie: 76 Days Adrift

Boat Yard Stage
10:00am - 10:45am - Sharpening Chisels and Planes
11:00am - 12:30pm - Turning for Boats: Making Mallets, Belaying Pins, etc.
1:00pm - 2:00pm - Hauling a Wooden Boat
2:30pm - 4:00pm - All About Dovetails
4:00pm - 5:00pm - Prepare for a Haulout

Boatbuilding Stage

10:00am - Spiling for Carvel Planking
11:00am - Engine Troubleshooting
12:00pm - Outboard Engine Maintenance and Troubleshooting
1:00pm - Fiberglassing Techniques
2:00pm - Design Considerations for Safe Lithium Battery Systems
3:00pm - The Foundryman's Craft

Cruising Stage
9:00am - Ship to Shore: from Montevideo, Uruguay with Schmidt Ocean Institute
10:15am - Navigating the New Charting Environment: Best Practices for Electronic and Paper Charts
11:45am - Passenger Fishermen
1:15pm - Keepers of the Fleet: Marine Trades PNW
2:45pm - Yacht Designer Panel

Cruising Stage, Technical Stage
4:30pm - Keepers of the Historic Fleet Panel
6:30pm - Celebration of Shipwrights

Discovery Stage

9:30am - Bluewater Sail Inventory
11:00am - Nautical Light: Advanced Maritime Photography
12:30pm - Marine Weather in the Digital Age
2:00pm - Sew What? Sewing While Cruising
3:30pm - Sail Trim & Handling

Innovation Stage
10:00am - Awlwood: Are You Tough Enough?
11:00am - Finding Yourself at Noon - Celestially with a Sextant
12:00pm - Tips for Keeping a Dry Boat
1:00pm - Electric Propulsion: It's More than Just a Motor & Batteries
2:00pm - Hideaway, My 22' Trailerable Electric Boat's Construction & Performance
3:00pm - Green Boating with Sailors for the Sea
4:00pm - So You Want to Get Your Captain's License

Main Stage

12:00pm - Dr G
1:00pm - Days of Future Past
1:00pm - Combo Chorro
3:00pm - Caribe Band
4:00pm - Deadwood Revival
5:00pm - Hot Club or Port Townsend
6:00pm - Lowire
8:30pm - Mars Garden

Marine Science Stage
10:00am - What's in the Water? Live Plankton Collection
11:00am - Racing Red Tides: Managing Harmful Algal Toxins in Shellfish
12:00pm - Invasive Green Crab: Hands on Citizen Science
1:00pm - Derelict Vessel Removal Program
2:00pm - Bringing Pintos Back! Abalone Restoration in WA State
3:00pm - Puffins: Winged Masters of the Sea
4:00pm - The Secret Lives of Harbor Porpoises
Northwest Maritime Beach
2:30pm - 26' and Under Race

Technical Stage
8:00am - Commonly Seen Electrical Installation Mistakes & How to Fix Them
12:00pm - Practical Electrical: Systems Troubleshooting for Boaters

September 6, 2025

Adventure Stage
9:30am - Six Months Before the Mast on the Rum Running Brigantine, Tres Hombres
11:00am - Destination Undetermined
12:15pm - Real Life Lessons Learned: Fun and Terror While Racing and Cruising
1:30pm - How The Old Fella Done It: Milford Buchanan and the Shelburne Dory Shop
3:00pm - Haida Sails Resurgence Project
5:15pm - ‘The Journey for Peace’ Documentary Screening and Discussion
6:00pm - Pete Seeger Sing Along

Boat Yard Stage
10:00am - Sharpening Chisels and Planes
11:00am - Buying and Selling Boats
12:00pm - HMS Victory Conservation Project
1:00pm - Adventure Sketching
2:00pm - Varnishing Tips & Tricks

Boatbuilding Stage
10:00am - Chopping a Rabbet
11:00am - Intro to Marine Electronics
12:00pm - Peel and Stick Carbon or Glass Laminating
1:00pm - Vacuum Bagging Basics
2:00pm - Engine Troubleshooting
3:00pm - How to Haul a Wooden Boat

Cruising Stage
9:30am - Lady Washington, Then and Now (or A Mid-Life Crisis)
11:00am - Care and Feeding of the Star of India Over the Decades
1:00pm - The Trades: Day in the Life
2:30pm - Wharram Women: Past, Present and Future (panel discussion)
3:30pm - HMS Victory: The Big Repair
7:00pm - Movie: Women and the Wind
8:30pm - Women and the Wind Q&A
Cruising Stage & Technical Stage
5:00pm - Working Boats of the Pacific Northwest

Discovery Stage
9:30am - Puget Sound’s Golden Age of Yachting by Photographer Kenny Oller
11:00am - Confessions of a Yacht Designer
12:30pm - Prepare Your Boat for Offshore Sailing
2:00pm - Hemp and Tar
3:30pm - Reefing in 5 Minutes or Less

Innovation Stage
10:00am - Tips for Keeping a Dry Boat
11:00am - Traditional Sailing Boats in Venice Lagoon
12:00pm - Medicine at Sea: 5 things Everyone Should Know Before Leaving Port
1:00pm - Cruising on Sunshine- Panel with Builders, designers and owners
2:00pm - Composting Toilets: The Science and Practical Benefits
3:00pm - Injuries, Illness, and Decision Making: When to Treat, When to Evacuate
4:00pm - Decarbonization Awards
4:00pm - Decarbonization awards

Main Stage
11:00am - Bertram Levy and Ryan Hoffman
12:00pm - Shifty Sailors
1:00pm - William Pint and Felicia Dale
2:00pm - Cap'n Matt
3:00pm - Jill and Kevin
4:00pm - Andy Koch's Badd Dog Blues Society
5:00pm - Sandy Bradley and The Snakeskinners
6:15pm - Global Heat
8:45pm - Uncle Funk

Marine Science Stage
10:00am - What's in the Water? Live Plankton Collection Demo
11:00am - Deep Sea Mining: The Pursuit of Valuable Minerals on the Ocean Floor
12:00pm - On the Water with Wild Whales: Be Whale Wise in the Salish Sea
1:00pm - Restoring Olympia Oyster Habitat
2:00pm - Salish Sea Beaches, Our Glacial Legacy
3:00pm - (SPLASH! What Was That?! How to ID Salish Sea Marine Mammals)
4:00pm - Puffins: Winged Masters of the Sea
Northwest Maritime Beach
10:00am - Rowing Race
3:00pm - NW Schooner Cup

Technical Stage
9:30am - Tides & Currents - Science and Survival
11:00am - Keeping a Craft Afloat: What Keeps the Trade of Boatbuilding Thriving - or Not
12:30pm - Restoring the 120' Gloucester Fishing Schooner LA Dunton at 
Mystic Seaport
2:00pm - Visual History of Port Townsend's Marine Trades
3:30pm - Then and Now: History of Americas Oldest Operating Boat Shop

September 7, 2025

Adventure Stage
9:30am - Pacific Northwest Marine Weather
11:00am - First Trip to Alaska Demystified
12:30pm - You Don't Have to be Rich to Do This

Boat Yard Stage
10:00am - Sharpening Chisels and Planes
11:00am - Carvel Planking
12:00pm - Outboard Motor Repair

Boatbuilding Stage
10:00am - Outboard Maintenance & Troubleshooting
11:15am - Intro to Marine Corrosion
12:30pm - Peel and Stick Carbon or Fiberglass
1:45pm - Design Considerations for Safe Lithium Battery Systems

Cruising Stage
9:30am - Keeping the Old Crafts Alive in Norway

Cruising Stage, Technical Stage
11:00am - The World of Seabirds
12:30pm - The Boat That Gave Me Time: Stories of Wind, Wood and Wild Women

Discovery Stage
9:30am - Book Discussion: All Present and Accounted For
11:00am - Steam Powered Mosquito Fleet of the Salish Sea
12:30pm - Wooden Boats and Icebergs: the 1789 Christmas Eve Collision

First Fed Commons
10:00am - Bell Tolls Ceremony
1:30pm - Sing Out the Boats

Innovation Stage
10:00am - Tips for Keeping a Dry Boat
11:00am - Advanced Medical Prep: the Role of Telehealth, Equipment, and Prescription Medicines
12:00pm - Awlwood: Are You Tough Enough?
1:00pm - Electric Propulsion: It’s More Than Just a Motor and Batteries

Main Stage
10:45am - Joe Euro
12:00pm - Jonas Myers with Naomi
1:00pm - Strikes a Bell

Marine Science Stage
10:00am - Whats in the Water? Live Plankton Collection Demo
11:00am - Safeguarding Shellfish from Micro-invasive Species
12:00pm - Kelp and Eelgrass: The Super Powered Forests and Meadows of the Salish Sea
1:00pm - Dam Removal and the Coastal Ocean, Elwha Example
2:00pm - Orcas Around Us

Northwest Maritime Beach
10:15am - Row, Row, Row Your Boat Rally
3:00pm - Sail By

Technical Stage
9:30am - Film: Ocean Watch, a Story of Deep Sea Exploration

Date: September 5-7, 2025

Location: Northwest Maritime - 431 Water St, Port Townsend, WA 98368

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