Small Boats

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 UTC | 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.
