Three Wooden Boat Shows in California This Coming Weekend
Anyone who owns a wooden boat must be certifiably insane. Or that’s what most owners of plastic boats like ours think — until they step aboard. There’s all that varnish, maintenance, and tender loving care required to keep a wooden boat afloat and shipshape. But if you’re not careful, once you step aboard, you risk getting captivated by their spell. The beauty, craftsmanship, sound, art, and aura of a wooden boat convince many that there’s simply nothing better than being the owner and steward of a classic wooden boat.
If you’re willing to tempt fate, there are three wooden boat festivals happening along the California coast this coming weekend. The owners of some of the coast’s most beautiful boats are offering them up for boarding in San Francisco Bay, Newport Beach, and San Diego. The three shows are as follows:
San Francisco: The Master Mariners Wooden Boat Show at the Corinthian Yacht Club on Sunday, June 15. Learn more here. See the sights of last year’s show here.
Newport Beach: The Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival June 13–14. Learn more here.
San Diego: The San Diego Wooden Boat Festival at Koehler’s Boatyard June 14–15. Learn more here.
Wooden boat shows come just once a year. This weekend, Californians have three to choose from.
Port Townsend, WA Wooden Boat Festival draws the largest crowd on the West Coast. September 5,6 & 7.Dan and Inwill be speakers. We are doing Prep for Doing the Inside Passage
For Alaska and Dan speaking on Lessons Learned from Offshore Sailing.
I might be able to attend that Linda. TBD