Small Boats

R2AK: Race to Alaska
2018-06-14 05:00 UTC | Start in Port Townsend, Washington, WA, United States
The inside passage to Alaska has been paddled by native canoes since time immemorial, sailing craft for centuries, and after someone found gold in the Klondike the route was jammed with steamboats full of prospectors elbowing each other out of the way for the promise of fortune.
It’s in the spirit of tradition, exploration, and the lawless self-reliance of the gold rush that Race to Alaska was born. R2AK is the first of its kind and North America’s longest human and wind powered race, and currently the largest cash prize for a race of its kind.
The race has two stages:
Stage 1: The Proving Ground
Port Townsend to Victoria BC (40 miles)
R2AK starts with an initial race across open water, two sets of shipping lanes, and an international border. The first stage is designed as a qualifier for the full race and as a stand-alone 40 mile sprint for people who just want to put their toe in. Stage one winners get to bask in the glory for a full day and a half.
Stage 2: To the Bitter End
Victoria, BC to Ketchikan, AK (710 miles)
Racers start in Victoria at high noon on Sunday, June 17, and continue until they reach Ketchikan—or are tapped out by the sweep boat. Other than two waypoints along the way, Seymour Narrows and Bella Bella, there is no official course. To quote the bard, You can go your own way.
If this sounds like your brand of whiskey, R2AK is the race for you.
The application for 2018’s race is now open. You should do a couple things first:

Read the Participant Qualification.
Read the Rules.

And we’ll close the doors to applications on April 15, 2018. Apply now.
Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, WA
registration@r2ak.com ~ https://r2ak.com/

The Texas 200
2018-06-11 - 2018-06-16
The Eleventh Annual Texas 200 June 11 – 16, 2018
The Texas 200 is a “Raid”-type event; that is, it involves a scheduled gathering of small boats traveling more or less in company from Point A to Point B over a period of several days, camping along the way. The Texas 200 goes through the Laguna Madre and the bays of South Texas for five to six days and about 200 miles. Shallow draft boats will have options in terms of routes through the bays, while deeper draft vessels will spend more time in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW). For any who may be unfamiliar with the ICW, it follows the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from New Jersey to the southern tip of Texas, providing a more or less protected waterway of canals and bays for commercial barge traffic, an alternative to open ocean shipping.
What the Texas 200 is:
• A “rolling messabout” where people bring boats of all shapes and sizes and sail them on the south Texas coast.
• A moving, exhausting, endurance test of boat, captain, and crew.
• A chance to see areas of America rarely visited by man.
• An exercise in planning, preparation, and problem solving.
• A chance to make new friends and legends of the small boat world
More information: http://www.texas200.com/

Meet at the Beach: A gathering of kayak builders
2018-06-02 | Bluff Point State Park, Groton, Connecticut, Bluff Point State Park, Groton, CT, United States
Meet at the Beach: A gathering of kayak builders
An annual gathering of kayak builders and like-minded individuals at Bluff Point State Park. This is a fun gathering which gives us all a chance to meet other builders and paddlers and talk shop a bit. People generously let others try out their boats. A total of about 50 boats show each year. It is great fun to see the variety of designs and techniques used. There is everything from very traditional skin-on-frame Greenland style kayaks to innovative new skin-on-frame hybrids, as well as strip-built and stitch-and-glue.
The gathering is free and open to all. It is held in sheltered waters which are suitable for beginners and novice paddlers. A short paddle brings you to the open waters of Long Island Sound. People will start showing up around 10 a.m. and stay until they are tired. You do not need to bring a boat. The event happens rain or shine.
If you have any questions please post them to the Kayak Forum.

OkoumeFest 2018
2018-05-18 - 2018-05-19 | Matapeake State Park, 1112 Romancoke Rd, Stevensville, MD, 21666, United States
Chesapeake Light Craft will present its 20th annual small boat rendezvous, OkoumeFest, on Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, 2018.
“Okoume” is the plantation-grown African hardwood used in tens of thousands of CLC’s build-your-own-boat kits. OkoumeFest features an open house with technical seminars on Friday at the CLC plant in Annapolis, and on Saturday an on-the-water rendezvous at Matapeake State Park on Kent Island. This event is RAIN OR SHINE. Please note that if thunderstorms are detected nearby we’ll bring the boats off the water.
The Friday seminars are informative and fun, but the highlight of OkoumeFest always comes on Saturday, when we bring virtually everything in our shop over to the beach at Matapeake for our friends to paddle, row, sail, and generally put through their paces. We also encourage fellow boatbuilders to bring their homebuilt watercraft to show and compete for best-in-show honors and various awards.
OkoumeFest is also a special chance to try some of the boats, such as PocketShip, that they can’t usually take on the road with them. You’ll also be able to try out new designs, such as the Jimmy Skiff II, Tenderly XP, and the Waterlust Sailing Canoe. Attendance is free on both days this year, but please RSVP so that CLC can plan for the hordes.
Friday [schedule] features an open house at the CLC factory with shop tours, boatbuilding seminars with experts, and a cookout. Everything in the CLC store will be discounted, including boat kits.
On Saturday [schedule] the event moves to Matapeake State Park on Kent Island, where nearly 60 CLC boats will line the beach. They welcome you to try out boats all day long, or bring your own to show off.

Florida Gulf Coast Traditional Small Craft Festival
2018-04-20 - 2018-04-22 | SarasotaSailingSquadron, 1717 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota, FL, 34236, United States
The 12th Annual Great Florida Gulf Coast Traditional Small Craft Festival will be held on April 21-23 at the Sarasota Sailing Squadron. The Sarasota Sailing Squadron will be hosting the festival in partnership with the Florida Gulf Coast Traditional Small Craft Association.
Saturday will include a boat building demonstration by Bedard Yacht Design, and talk by Halsey Herreshoff. A Squadron provided dinner will be available for a nominal ticket price. Amenities available at the Squadron include camping, limited RV options, clubhouse, bar with snack foods, large porches and meeting pavilions. There are plenty of launching options including beaches, ramps and a hoist.
Registration is free but required so Squadron management can designate a location for your craft. To help with planning we request that you email your intentions with number of people attending and boat details to: fgctsca@gmail.com
Florida Gulf Coast Traditional Small Craft Association — fgctsca@gmail.com
The Sarasota Sailing Squadron is in Ken Thompson Park on City Island — near the north end of Lido Key.
For more information on our facility, go to http://www.sarasotasailingsquadron.org or call 941-388-2355.
Sarasota Sailing Squadron 1717 Ken Thompson Pkwy Sarasota, FL 34236
Michael Jones 727.560.5782 mj.woodwork@gmail.com
1717 Ken Thompson Pkwy, Sarasota, FL 34236

CFCC Riverfront Boat Show
2018-04-07 09:30 - 16:30 | CFCC RIVERFRONT, Water Street, Wilmington, NC, United States
Cape Fear Community College Boat Building Program in Wilmington NC is excited about this years Riverfront Boat Show!
April 7, 2018 Saturday from 9:30-4:30 with dock and land access for vessels of all sizes! The boat show serves as an annual celebration of the craft of boat building and to raise scholarship funds for students in CFCC’s boat building programs! Held on the banks of the Cape Fear River in downtown Wilmington, CFCC’s boat show attracts thousands of visitors every year!
The event will feature a wide variety of wooden and fiberglass boats, including kayaks, skiffs and boats from the Simmons Sea Skiff Club. Professional boat builders and boating supply companies are also encouraged to exhibit their products. Students in CFCC’s two boat building programs will exhibit their own work in wooden and fiberglass boat building. CFCC’s boat building shops will be open for self guided tours.
Boat building demonstration, and other educational demonstrations will be throughout the day along with in the water activities and food and beverage supplied by the culinary department of Cape Fear Community College.
Bring the family for a day of fun on the water!
To register or find out more info you can check out CFCC Riverfront Boat Show facebook page, cfccboats on Instagram or http://cfcc.edu/boatshow/ for registration information or call Mark Bayne 910-362-7151
411 North Front Street Wilmington, NC 28401
Mark Bayne 910-362-7151

Port Aransas Family Boat Building
2018-04-06 09:00 - 2018-04-08 17:00 | Port Aransas, Texas, Port Aransas, TX, 78373, United States
Would you or your family like to build a boat with expert supervision along with 3 other families? If so, sign up now for the Family Boatbuilding event at the Port Aransas Wooden Boat Festival (April 6-8, 2018). Class size: Space limited to 4 boats. Details here.
The double-ended Quick Canoe 155 comes from the drawing board of Australian designer Michael Storer. It is a simple to build yet capable canoe of the Pirogue family. The kit is built from marine grade miranti plywood and cypress timbers. This boat is 15′5″ and weighs in around 45 pounds.
If you prefer a motorized craft, the Quick Canoe Electric with a transom for mounting the engine may be just the thing (motor not included). At 15′5″ this boat offers a quiet, effortless way to enjoy the fresh air, sun and water.
Each family (it can be a single adult or up to 4 people including kids as young as 10) will take home a completed, unpainted boat at the end of the class. The boats all weigh well under 100 pounds and can be carried in the back of a pickup truck or on top of a car. All materials except paint are included in the cost.
Roberts Point Park in Port Aransas, Texas
Check website for updates: http://portaransaswoodenboatfestival.org/fbbsign.htm

Varnishing 101
2018-03-28 | Gig Harbor, 3805 Harborview Drive, Gig Harbor, WA, 98332, United States
Join us in the wood stove heated joiner shop for a new workshop focused on varnishing! We’ll begin by discussing the tools, materials, and techniques used. Then we’ll break out the sandpaper and brushes, and practice varnishing various items around the shop. And since here in the PNW varnishing sometimes needs to be done under less than ideal conditions, we’ll look into what can be done to get the best results possible in difficult circumstances. With the hands-on experience you gain in the workshop, you’ll leave with confidence to tackle those Spring varnishing projects.
All materials are provided, please wear work clothes.
Wednesday, March 28th 2018 6PM-9PM
Class is limited to six participants
Workshop Fee: $45 members | $55 non-members
To register please call (253) 857-9344 or email info@gigharborboatshop.org http://gigharborboatshop.org/varnishing-101/
Gig Harbor BoatShop
253-857-9344

Marine Weather Workshop for the Northwest Boater
2018-03-22 09:00 - 16:00
Washington Sea Grant and the Gig Harbor BoatShop are cosponsoring a marine weather workshop in Gig Harbor.
Topics to be covered include:

The relationship of atmospheric pressure and wind
Determining the path of speed and squalls
The strong wind systems found in the Northwest and how to avoid them
The key features of low pressure systems
How 500mb wind patterns can help you find “weather windows” for safe passages
How pressure gradients affect wind and Washington waters
What a computer model is, how it works and what it can give you
How to get national Weather service and associated weather, forecast, and model data on your computer

Thursday, March 22nd, 2018
9 am to 4 pm
Class Fee: $60
Pre-registration is required
To register or for more information, contact Sarah Fisken, Washington Sea Grant, 206-543-1225, or sfisken@uw.edu

Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong
2018-03-10 - 2018-03-12 | The Royal Geelong Yacht Club, 25 Eastern Beach Road, Geelong, Australia
The love of wooden boats throughout the ages will again be on display at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club Wooden Boat Festival held every even year over the Victorian Labour Day Weekend with the next Festival being Saturday 10th March and running until Monday 12th March, 2018.
Royal Geelong Yacht Club, 25 Eastern Beach Rd., Geelong, Victoria, Australia
info@rgyc.com.au
http://woodenboatfestivalgeelong.com.au/

Rhyll Wooden Boat Festival
2018-03-02 00:00 - 2018-03-05 00:00 | Rhyll Wooden Boat Festival 2018, Phillip Island, Rhyll, 3923, Australia
A free Community Event celebrating 150 years of settlement on Phillip Island, featuring: a fabulous display of wooden boats both on land and in water, yacht racing, maritime history multimedia display and knot tying, art exhibition, street market, model boats, classic cars and vintage caravans, youth boat-building workshop, classic ferries, live music, pirate trail, and street performers. Fun for ALL the family.
Located on the foreshore of the quaint little Fishing Village of Rhyll, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia.
Judy Lawrence
rwbf@iinet.net.au
www.rwbf.com.au

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding Admissions Open House
2018-02-23 11:00 - 14:00 | Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, 42 N. Water Street, Port Hadlock, WA, 98339, United States
From NWSWB:
OPEN HOUSE EVENTS
Meet and speak fellow perspective students, current NWSWB students, alumni, and NWSWB staff and faculty.
Learn about the School’s history and future plans from the Executive Director and Chief Instructor
Take an extensive tour of the campus, shops, and facilities.
Get up close to the current boatbuilding projects.
Learn about the career paths and professional opportunities of NWSWB alumni.
Meet the Admissions Manager and learn about the application process and financial aid.
Enjoy all that Port Townsend has to offer, including the Annual Rhododendron Festival on Saturday and Sunday.
*Optional: Attend lecture and shadow a current student in the shop from 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM. Please choose option when registering.

Head of the Weir River Race
2017-10-21
Hull Lifesaving Museum’s 31st Annual Head of the Weir River Race is a celebration of the estuary at the height of its fall beauty and the fabulous array of the region’s open water rowers. As many as 60 boats jockey for position racing out the narrow estuary and onto open water, traveling from West Corner (on the Hingham/ Hull/ Cohasset line), past Bumpkin Island, across Hull Bay, to the museum’s Windmill Point Boathouse at Hull Gut.
A highly-contested 5 1/2 miler, the Weir draws coxed youth and adult rowers in gigs, single and double livery and workboats, currachs, and ocean shells, as well as experienced kayakers. In the “head of the river” format, boats kick-off the starting line at closely-timed intervals, and times are collated at the finish to determine the race winners. The Weir is an exceptionally exciting race and a great spectator event, featuring over 150 of the region’s finest rowers from all over New England and New York.
Saturday, October 21, 2017
Registration: 11:30 – 12:30
Coxswains’ Meeting: 12:45
Race Start: 1:30
Entry Fee: $35 per person
(Registrations received after 10/6/17 do not include Weir Race hat)
Registration & information is available at: http://bit.ly/1bdyrx4
Hull, Massachusetts

James Wakefield Rescue Row
2017-10-07
On Saturday, October 7th, the Champlain Longboats Program at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum will hold it’s annual James Wakefield Rescue Race. The race is named after James Wakefield who was responsible for the courageous rescue of the passengers and crew of the The Canal Schooner General Butler on December 9th, 1876 after it crashed into Burlington’s breakwater during a fierce winter gale.
Last year over 120 youth from area schools, including Burlington High School, South Burlington High School, Vergennes Middle and High School, Champlain Valley Union High School, Mt. Abe Middle & High Schools, Rice Memorial High School as well as students from North Haven, Vinalhaven, and Rockland Maine. The youth row 25 and 32-foot boats in a series of heats. The boats used in the event were built by Vermont high school and middle school students at Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.
High wind location is at LCMM.
Perkin’s Pier, Burlington, Vermont
Nick Patch: 802-475-2022 nickp@lcmm.org

International Maritime Film Festival
2017-09-29 - 2017-10-01
The International Maritime Film Festival (IMFF) is a juried contest of films celebrating the heritage, spirit of adventure, and ingenuity of boats and waterborne pursuits. It is the premier event for maritime-themed filmmaking.
The IMFF is a joint venture between Main Street Bucksport (MSB) and WoodenBoat Publications, Inc. (WBPI), in Brooklin, Maine. Bucksport’s state-of-the-art Alamo Theatre will host a gala awards event on the weekend of September 29-October 1, 2017.

5th Annual Wellfleet Rowing Rendezvous
2017-09-23
We are proud to announce the Fifth Annual Wellfleet Rowing Rendezvous, to be held Saturday, September 23, 2017, at Mayo Beach, Wellfleet, 11AM to 3PM. The purpose of this free event is to promote rowing, and to be able to try and compare different boats . We will have boats to row, and you are invited to bring your boat for others to row. Last year we had 19 different boats. Boats can be launched for free from trailers at the boat ramp at the Wellfleet Marina, next to the beach, or hand launched at the Town landing right next to the commercial pier. Please bring PFD’s and an anchor for your boat. This event is free, but please register via email or phone if you are planning to attend. More details will be available as we get closer to the event.
Register at : walter@oldwharf.com
Phone- 508-349-2383
More info will be posted at www.oldwharf.com and on the Old Wharf facebook page.
Hope to see you there !
Mayo Beach , Wellfleet, MA 02667
Walter Baron
508-349-2383
walter@oldwharf.com
www.oldwharf.com

G-11 Gathering of Glen-L Boatbuilders
2017-09-14 - 2017-09-17 | Guild, Tennessee, Hale’s Bar Marina and Resort, 1265 Hales Bar Road, Guild, TN, 37340
All builders of Glen-L boats are invited to this year’s Gathering of Glen-L Boatbuilders held September 14 to 17, 2017, on Lake Nickajack at Hale’s Bar Marina and Resort, 1265 Hales Bar Road, Guild, Tennessee. All non-builders are invited, too; actually anyone with an interest in boats should just come and join the fun.
This is a free event organized by the members of the Glen-L Marine Forum, and the only thing they ask is that you let them know you’re coming. Connect with them on the Forum. You can also email us at info@Glen-L.com with any questions.
Now in its 11th year, the event remains informal with no serious awards or competitions, though fun awards are presented from time to time. These builders love to talk about boats, so even you don’t have a Glen-L boat, you can still come. It is a great place to see boats you might want to build and learn some of the tricks and tips of the process. Typical attendance is about 20-30 boats and over 100 people throughout the weekend. On Friday morning the boats make the 35-mile run to Chattanooga for lunch.
You can just show up, but it’s best if you let us know on the Forum if you’re going. Our Forum members prepare food for meals and everyone is welcome to help them. There are floating cabins available that we reserve in advance for the event. There are also land cabins and camping sites available.
Photographs of past gatherings from the Glen-L website

41st Annual Alton Bay Boat Show
2017-08-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Alton Bay, NH, The Town Docks, Alton Bay, NH, 03809
Enjoy plenty of classic runabouts and other small craft at the Alton Bay Boat Show
Come join us on Saturday morning, August 12, in Alton Bay, New Hampshire to view some beautiful wooden boats. This informal, non-judged vintage boat show is held at the Alton Bay town docks as part of the Alton Old Home Day. No advance registration necessary. All “woodies” welcome on a first-come-first-served basis. Visitors can vote for the 2017 People’s Choice Awards. Call the museum for questions. This is a free event!

Alton Bay Town Docks Alton, NH 03809
We are located at the extreme southern tip of Lake Winnipesaukee.

Rob Aitcheson, Operations Manager
New Hampshire Boat Museum
rob@nhbm.org
603–569–4554

40th Annual Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show and Festival of Arts
2017-08-12 | Hessel, MI, Hessel Marina, Hessel
Michigan’s beautiful Upper Peninsula is home to one of the largest antique boat shows in the nation. Les Cheneaux Antique Wooden Boat Show is held in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the village of Hessel, Michigan. Founded in 1978, it is held every year on the second Saturday in August. This year we are showcasing “The Best of 40 Years” which will include many Best of Show winners from the previous 39 shows. All boats awarded the “Best of Show” by either judges or spectators in the past 39 years will be invited back to the show to be honored in this milestone event.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday August 11th
Classic Car Show—11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Awards start at 4:30 p.m. Both are in downtown Cedarville
Antique & Classic Boat Corral and Auction—Corral begins at 8:30 a.m. and runs until 5:00 p.m.
Auction begins at 5:00 p.m.
Cedarville Trojans Athletic Boosters—Whitefish or Chicken Dinner 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Boat Show August 12th
All events at Hessel Marina
Pancake Breakfast—7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Opening Ceremony—10:00 a.m.
Festival of Arts— 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Juried Art Show with artworks of more than 60 artists on display.
Food Concessions—10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Awards Ceremony—4:00 p.m.
Arnold Transit Co. offers a Channel Cruise exploring the beautiful Les Cheneaux Islands at 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Entertainment throughout the day on the lawn.

Since the 2017 show is our 40th show, we will be featuring “The Best of 40 Years”.

We are very proud to be celebrating “The Best of 40 Years”. The years from 1978 until 2001 the “Spectators’ Choice Best of Show” was chosen by Boat Show Spectators. In 2002 to present, the “Best of Show” has been chosen by the Boat Show Judges and the People’s Choice Award by spectators. For this milestone event we are showcasing many of the Spectators’ Choice Best of Show and Best of Show winners for the past 39 years.
The Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show is held each year in the beautiful Upper Peninsula town of Hessel, Michigan. Some of the country’s finest boats call our rustic Les Cheneaux Islands home. Most of these boats are used daily during the summer months as a primary mode of transportation to and from the cottages dotting the area’s 36 sheltered islands. Les Cheneaux has a rich heritage in boat building and repair. Our craftsmen continue to offer some of the finest restoration and repair services available.
Entries in the boat show arrive each August from as far as California and Florida and include dinghies, rowboats, canoes, launches, sailboats, utilities, runabouts, large cruisers, racers and classic non-wood.

41st Annual Festival of Art, August 12th, 2017

The Festival of Arts is held in conjunction with the Antique Wooden Boat show and invites artists to display and sell a variety of artwork, including photographs, painting, pottery, stained glass, textiles and jewelry. Around 65 of the midwest’s finest artists participate in this juried show.

Boat Show Week
Enjoy the sites and sounds of the Les Cheneaux Islands. Boat Show brings many visitors and show participants to the area. You may feel you have stepped back in time to the heyday of the wooden boat. The Channels, Bays and Boat Houses of Les Cheneaux are hosts to some of the very classic boats that you will see at the show. To fully appreciate all that Les Cheneaux has to offer….Get out and enjoy our waterways! As our local area Chamber of commerces says…Les Cheneaux, easy to reach, hard to leave.

History of the Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show
The Les Cheneaux Islands Antique Wooden Boat Show has been a major attraction since it began in 1978 and it continues to improve every year. Two seasonal residents of the Islands, Chuck Letts and Ken Horsburgh each had beautiful antique wooden boats and felt there were more boats from early 1900 through the 1930’s still used in the Islands than anywhere else because of the cold water and short boating season. Thus the boat show began in the small town of Hessel. They formed a committee and had 30 volunteers to help. Today we attract about 150 antique and classic boats and have more than 300 volunteers to assist with this amazing show. It is known as one of the largest shows featuring antique and classic wooden boats. Mertaugh Boat Works, which is included at the eastern end of the boat show, had the first Chris-Craft franchise in the United States and continues to thrive.

Admission Price
Spectator Admission: 12 years to Adult: $7.00; Children under 12: free
No animals are allowed in the show.

Directions and Transportation
Hessel can be reached by car, plane or boat. The Albert Lindberg Airport has a paved 3,700 foot runway. If traveling via highway, take Exit 359 off I-75 and drive east on M-134 just 16 miles.

For more information, contact lciboatshow@gmail.com.

WCHA Annual Assembly
2017-07-11 - 2017-07-16 | Paul Smith, New York, Paul Smith's College, 7833 New York 30, Paul Smith, NY, 12970
http://smallboatsmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/WCHA2014Assembly-SD.mp4
Bring your wooden canoe to this year’s WHCA Assembly at Paul Smith’s College beginning July 11, 2017. Video from the 2014 WCHA Assembly courtesy of Ed and Zach Heaton. For more of their work, see www.edheaton.com or www.zachheaton.net.

The Annual Assembly of the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association will be held at Paul Smith’s College in Paul Smiths, New York, within the grounds of Adirondack Park. The event begins on the afternoon of Tuesday July 11 and continues until Sunday July 16.
Pre-registration is due by June 20, 2017. Registration fee for adults is $20 per day or $75 for the whole event. There is plenty going on all week, including birdwatching excursions, children’s events, raffles, campfires, and of course, paddling expeditions. Learn all about paddle carving or how to make folding seats, backrests, and packbaskets. Find out about in canoeing techniques, poling, photography, wilderness lore, and lapstrake canoe building.
Lodging is available on campus in the dormitories or at the Paul Smith College Alumni Campground for an additional fee. Meals are available at the Student Center dining hall. Pre-registrants can pay by the meal or buy the full meal plan in advance. Children under 12 eat free.
The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association is a non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring, and using wooden and bark canoes, and to disseminating information about canoeing heritage throughout the world. For more information about this event, see wcha.org, email Annie Burke at the WCHA Office at annie@wcha.org, or call 603–323–8992.

Wooden Boat Festival, Portland, Oregon
2017-07-09 | Portland, Oregon, 6336 SW Beaver Ave, Portland, Oregon
Now in its seventh year, the Portland Wooden Boat Festival celebrates the final day of a Family Boat Building weekend, sponsored by RiversWest Small Craft Center and the Willamette Sailing Club. The event, which takes place on the banks of the Willamette River, will celebrate the families and teams, each building a Salt Water Bay skiff, with mentoring from expert wooden boat builders. Saturday morning the teams receive their kits of supplies and commence building. Sunday afternoon they will launch their finished boats.
CALL FOR WOODEN BOATS:
On Sunday the festival runs from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and includes a display of wooden boats from local boat builders and owners. Space is available on the grounds for canoes, kayaks and boats on trailers, as well as dock space for larger vessels. There is no charge to display a boat, but you must be registered before the event. To enter your boat, send email to johnwhitehouse1@msn.com, using the subject line WBF 2017 Boat Registration.
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
In addition to the boat displays, the Wooden Boat Festival offers free sailboat rides and the use of paddleboards and other small craft, plus live music, food, toy boat building for youngsters, and a beer garden.
MORE INFO:
Willamette Sailing Club, 6336 SW Beaver Ave., Portland, OR

Chuck Stuckey at chuckstuckey1 @ gmail.com

Inland Empire Chapter Antique and Classic Boat Show
2017-07-07 - 2017-07-09 | Sandpoint, ID, Dock St , Sandpoint, ID, 83864
Inland Empire Chapter, ACBSSpectators at last year’s show enjoyed impeccable classic boats and beautiful weather.
The Inland Empire Chapter of ACBS invites you to attend their 15th Annual Antique and Classic Boat show in beautiful Sandpoint, Idaho, at the northwest corner of Lake Pend Oreille.

Schedule
Friday July 7th
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. launch boats at City Beach Boat Launch
6:00 p.m. Welcome Aboard Party at Dover Bay Resort
Saturday July 8th
8:30 a.m. Skippers Meeting under tent at Power House
9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Boat Show Open to the Public
9:30 a.m. Boat Judging Begins—Skippers Stand near their Boats
11:30 a.m. Ladies Luncheon at Trinity’s at City Beach
3:00 p.m. Boat Parade along Sand Creek to City Beach
5:30 p.m.–7:00 p.m. No-Host Cocktails and Silent Auction at the Columbia Bank Atrium
7:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m. +/- Awards Banquet at Columbia Bank
Sunday July 9th
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Boat Show Open to the Public
3:00 p.m. Boat Retrieval at City Beach Boat Launch
3:00 p.m. Run to Bottle Bay for End-of-Show Celebration

For more information please contact B.K. Powell at bk@officetechusa.com or 509–994–0512 The 15th installment of our show again promises to be another fun event. So come to Sandpoint where the mountains meet the lake and enjoy all that North Idaho has to offer. Find out more about the Inland Empire Chapter at our website.
