Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival 2026: Full Schedule

9:00am PDT

Thursday September 10, 2026 9:00am - Sunday September 13, 2026 3:30pm PDT

Watch a rope grow from raw fiber in your hands. Learn a knot that sailors have trusted for centuries. Take home something beautiful you made yourself.

Speakers

Sue Pennison

Rigging and Ropework

A lifelong sailor with experience ranging across a variety of sizes and rigs, Sue has always had a fascination for knots and the maritime tradition of Marlinspike Seamanship which links craftsmanship with functionality. Sue now operates as a yacht rigger and professional rope maker... Read More →

Thursday September 10, 2026 9:00am - Sunday September 13, 2026 3:30pm PDT
Ropemaking tent

hands on

9:15am PDT

Woodworkng Tent

Thursday September 10, 2026 9:15am - Sunday September 13, 2026 3:30pm PDT

Make something with your hands! A Wooden Boat Festival Keychain or a cheese board.
Magnet etc.
Come have fun and make some sawdust!

Thursday September 10, 2026 9:15am - Sunday September 13, 2026 3:30pm PDT

Hands on

11:00am PDT

Hands on - The Great Baggy Wrinkle Contest - The Artful Sailor

Sunday September 13, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am PDT

Sail Stage

Sunday September 13, 2026 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Sail Stage

Hands on

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival 2026

9:00am PDT

Sue Pennison

9:15am PDT

11:00am PDT

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