Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival 2026: Full Schedule

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9:30am PDT

Saturday September 12, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT

Learn the basic parts and functions of your standing rig. Understand how it is built and sized along with knowing the questions to ask when replacing it.

Speakers

Lisa Vizzini

Port Townsend Rigging, Inc

Lisa traces her interest in boats to a pond sailboat program at her elementary school in Westchester/Playa del Rey,California. She & her father finished and rigged a wood sloop which Lisa raced in a county-wide competition where she came away with a blue ribbon. That experience sparked... Read More →

Saturday September 12, 2026 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Technical Stage

11:00am PDT

Catch a Rising Star! Celestial Noon Shot by Sextant

Saturday September 12, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT

Technical Stage

Capt. Sanders of U.S. Maritime Academy will tackle and simplify the process of finding your latitude at noon by the use of Sextant. and the Sun. Following the presentation, he will conduct a real time noon shot (1pm local time) out on the wharf where participants will "find themselves" using provided sextant.

Speakers

Captain Jeff Sanders

U.S. Maritime Academy

Captain Jeffrey Sanders founded United States Maritime Academy in 1987 and has since trained over 5.000 thousand students for their Coast Guard Master Captain’s License. He was among the first instructors in the country certified to teach Coast Guard Approved License classes offering... Read More →

Saturday September 12, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Technical Stage

12:30pm PDT

Sailing through life

Saturday September 12, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT

Technical Stage

Power point presentation exploring 60 years of boatbuilding, sailing

Speakers

Lin Pardey

L Pardey books

Lin Pardey literally wrote the book—many books—on cruising, inspiring generations of sailors to embrace the ethos of go small, go simple, go now. Over several decades, she and her late husband, Larry, built two boats—the 24-foot Seraffyn and the 29-foot Taleisin—and sailed... Read More →

Saturday September 12, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm PDT
Technical Stage

2:00pm PDT

Reefing in 5 min

Saturday September 12, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT

Technical Stage

When your sailboat is struggling to stay on her feet and sail to weather efficiently do you wonder if you should have put in a reef?The solution is a quick and easy reefing process.This seminar demystifies common hurtles to reefing. If you can reef quickly you will be more inclined to reef early and often. Conversely shaking out the reef is a piece of cake

Speakers

Lisa Vizzini

Port Townsend Rigging, Inc

Saturday September 12, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Technical Stage

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival 2026

9:30am PDT

Lisa Vizzini

11:00am PDT

Captain Jeff Sanders

12:30pm PDT

Lin Pardey

2:00pm PDT

Lisa Vizzini

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