Cronkhite speaks at Port Townsend Chamber lunch

Wooden Boat Festival Director Kaci Cronkhite talks about ways the largest festival in Port Townsend and Jefferson County can and does work with local, national and international businesses. With a playful comparison to a song from the musical Oklahoma, Cronkhite shows how festivals and business "should be friends". Instead of festival crowds being a hardship, local businesses have creatively worked with us to exponentially leverage the branding and potential profits from this iconic Port Townsend event. This lunchtime presentation takes place at Fort Worden Commons, April 14.

Pax ready for winter on-the-hard

After a flurry of work by shipwright Diana Talley, apprentice Amy Schaub, and the crews at Sea Marine, I'm now working away in solitude - planning, installing, testing, thinking, ticking off one small item on the perennial list of To Dos.  We've decided to leave Pax on the hard at Sea Marine until February when we'll hope the weather will be kind enough to let us launch to a slip at Point Hudson. 

If you're curious how we're doing, send an email.  Or check in on the Spidsgatter Pax gallery for photos with captions, when I can get my fingers clean enough for the keyboard! 

Northwest Maritime Center goes to bid

With unanimous approval and applause, the Northwest Maritime Center and Wooden Boat Foundation boards voted to go forward with the construction bid announcement on January 28, 2008. Stan Cummings, Executive Director and David King, Board President are available to answer questions from news media, members and general public through December.

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Pax Hauled and Ready for Ask a Shipwright

One day after her arrival in the US, Pax was hauled by the travel lift at Sea (former Fleet) Marine in Point Hudson, Port Townsend.  The 5-ton 28' wooden boat was hauled

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Wooden Boat Festival Presentation: Women Circumnavigators

Kaci Cronkhite will present at the 31st Wooden Boat Festival, Saturday, September 8 at 3:30 in the Marina Room.  One of 50 faculty presenters

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