"29th Annual Wooden Boat Festival - Port Townsend, Washington
Sloop, Cutter, Ketch, Schooner, Yawl, Cruiser, Workboat, Canoe, Kayak, Dinghy, and Rowboats. All with one thing in common. They are all hand crafted and now restored with loving care in wood. This is the 29th Annual Wooden Boat Festival and the first I've had the pleasure to attend. If these boats were not at the docks for public display, they were out sailing for the enjoyment of us all. All three days started out pretty much the same. The mornings were overcast and cool. By mid day the sun was out and the winds built in the warmth of the afternoon. The last day of the show was fortunately and by far the best day for sailing. To see all of the boats out of their slip and cruising by provided us with a great display of sail handling. There was plenty to do all three days of the show. The parents and kids made small sailboats and workboats and then hand lined them in the harbor. And there were kids as well as adults that participated in the skits and plays which entertained lots of the visitors.
John Harris of Chesapeake Light Craft (Annapolis, MD) and previous owner of M-15 "Chimpanzee", made a commanding appearance with lots of display boats and plenty of personnel to man the area. To the right is "Godzilla" designed for log salvage and Bird watching. Full headroom in the pilothouse and a single bunk forward. She has a fully supported towing bit and is powered by a 25hp outboard. She is designed and built by the local Sam Delvin Shipyard. Far right is "Heather" her design started as a 60 foot Canoe Ketch. With a sharp pencil and lots of erasers, the design evolved into a compact, fully appointed, year round cruiser. Her tall fractional rig has no stays and bends to control mainsail draft. She is said to be easy to sail and quite weatherly. She was launched in 1973 in Port Townsend, Washington.
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Trekka (above) is a piece of wooden boat and sailing history. She was built in Victoria, British Columbia at the back of Johnny Bell's Fish and Chips. Trekka means to wander in Afrikaans and she did just that. Trekka left Victoria on September 10, 1955 and sailed to Hawaii, then on to New Zealand, Australia, The Indian Ocean, The Cape of Good Hope, across the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal. She returned to Victoria just over four years later. At the time the smallest to ever circumnavigate the globe.
Above left is one of the prettiest boats on display at the show. She is a sister ship to Trekka and shows well. The two photos on the right are of "Katie". She was built in 1995 by the NW School of Wooden Boat Building. She daysails as many as six and cruises two in comfort. She weighs in at a comfortable 1500 pounds which makes her a trailerable classic. Easily singlehanded, beachable and a joy to sail, she home ports in Port Townsend, WA
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