Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival 2026: Full Schedule

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10:00am PDT

Pattern Making, Spiling and Glue Tabbing

Friday September 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am PDT

During this demonstration we will work through the steps typically taken to pattern planks for traditional wooden boats. During each step, attendees will get a glimpse of the complexity involved in shaping rough sawn lumber into compound curved planking.

Speakers

Tucker Piontek

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Tucker’s relationship with boats started young with canoes and fishing boats on the rivers of Oregon and lakes of Wisconsin. That relationship quickly transferred into racing modern sailboats on the Columbia river and ocean races along the Pacific Northwest and Canadian coastlines... Read More →

Friday September 11, 2026 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Boatbuilding Stage

Presentation

11:00am PDT

Fire Extinguishing Systems on Boats

Friday September 11, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am PDT

Boatbuilding Stage

Fire on a boat is one of the biggest risks owners manage. Fire extinguishing equipment and technology is evolving - learn about the different types of extinguishers and extinguishing systems, and what is best for your boat. Taught by Evan Bailly, Lead Marine Systems Instructor at the Boat School.

Speakers

Evan Bailly

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Evan is a Seattle native who joined the army as a helicopter mechanic right out of high school. During his tenure in the military, Evan started sailing any time leave would allow, and worked off and on as an engineer and deckhand on Gray’s Harbor Historical Seaport’s tall ships... Read More →

Friday September 11, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Boatbuilding Stage

Presentation

12:00pm PDT

Steam Bending

Friday September 11, 2026 12:00pm - 12:45pm PDT

Boatbuilding Stage

Steam bending involves exposing wood to heat and moisture from steam, which softens the lignin and cellulose fibers, making the wood pliable. Once bent around a form or jig and allowed to cool, the wood retains its new shape. This method has been used in boat building for centuries and is still used today.

Speakers

Orrin Webb

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Orrin’s path to boatbuilding was shaped by a lifelong passion for working with his hands. Before finding wooden boats, he built custom homes, worked with timber framing, cabinetry, and furniture, and honed his skills in high-end residential construction and finish carpentry, all... Read More →

Friday September 11, 2026 12:00pm - 12:45pm PDT
Boatbuilding Stage

Presentation

1:00pm PDT

Fiberglassing Techniques

Friday September 11, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT

Boatbuilding Stage

Learn the basics of fiberglass laminating techniques. Presentation and demo.

Speakers

Bruce Blatchley

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Bruce has been teaching at the boat school since really late in the last century. He has been other places and done other things as well. As a life long learner he realizes that the old adage: "the more I learn, the less I know" is apropos. Plus, crafting sentences that flow and/or... Read More →

Friday September 11, 2026 1:00pm - 1:45pm PDT
Boatbuilding Stage

Presentation

2:00pm PDT

Care and Feeding of the Jointer

Friday September 11, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT

Boatbuilding Stage

How to tune up and use your jointer safely and effectively.

Speakers

Seb Eggert

Rain Shadow Woodworks

In 1977 Sebastian Eggert rowed a lapstrake launch built by Peter Lentini of Olympia at the first
Wooden Boat Festival. He is the owner of Rain Shadow Woodworks, a general contracting,
woodworking and millwork business that employs ten people. He has crewed on the Hudson
River Sloop... Read More →

Friday September 11, 2026 2:00pm - 2:45pm PDT
Boatbuilding Stage

Presentation

3:00pm PDT

Port Townsend Foundry

Friday September 11, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT

Boatbuilding Stage

Friday September 11, 2026 3:00pm - 3:45pm PDT
Boatbuilding Stage

Presentation

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival 2026

10:00am PDT

Tucker Piontek

11:00am PDT

Evan Bailly

12:00pm PDT

Orrin Webb

1:00pm PDT

Bruce Blatchley

2:00pm PDT

Seb Eggert

3:00pm PDT

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