Adult sailing classes on Port Townsend Bay involve the Risa. Submitted Photo
Thanks! We Couldn’t Do This Without You The Wooden Boat Festival is a community labor of love, but also takes time, money and commitment to make this very special event happen. We are so grateful to all of the following businesses, organizations and individuals for all of their support. Please take a moment to thank these folks when you see them – there would be no Festival without them! Thank You, Major Sponsors! Center of Excellence for Marine Manufacturing & Technology, Sea Marine, Chesapeake Light Craft, OffCenterHarbor. com, the Port of Port Townsend and WoodenBoat magazine. Your continued generosity through challenging economic times is so appreciated! Thank You, Festival Sponsors! Lee Valley Tools, Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, 7 Cedars Casino, Port Townsend Brewing Co., Sirens Pub, Townsend Bay Marine, Homer Smith Insurance, First Federal, Club Sunglasses, Fisheries Supply Inc., Goodman
Sanitation, Edensaw Woods, Platt Irwin and NTI Engineering & Surveying. We could not produce the Festival without your valuable in-kind and financial contributions! Special thanks this year to Edensaw Woods, First Federal Savings & Loan, Sirens, New Day Fisheries, and Jerry Hampton. We thank Edensaw for supporting the Festival in so many ways, from being a sponsor to filling the woodworking stages with interesting presentations to making sure the kids in the boatbuilding area have supplies! Thanks to First Federal Savings and Loan for sponsoring the volunteer dinner to honor the over 500 volunteers it takes to put on the festival! Much gratitude goes to Kris Nelson and Sirens for years of providing the food and putting on the Boater’s Chowder Feed, the Boater’s Breakfast, and helping with the volunteer dinner! New Day Fisheries has been generously supplying ice to keep your beer cold in Bar Harbor and Wee Nip for many
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years, and Jerry Hampton has been picking up and delivering ice to the festival for 23 years! We thank Edensaw for supporting the Festival in so many ways, from being a sponsor to filling the woodworking stages with interesting presentations to ensuring the kids in the boatbuilding area have supplies! Thanks to First Federal for sponsoring the volunteer dinner to honor the more than 500 volunteers it takes to put on the Festival! And much gratitude goes to Kris Nelson and Sirens for years of providing the food and hosting the Boaters’ Chowder Feed and the Boaters’ Breakfast, and helping with the volunteer dinner! Thank You, Boat Owners! Because of your love and care of your beautiful vessels, we have something to celebrate! Your dedication to the spirit of wooden boats makes it all happen. Thank You, Festival Captains, Staff & Volunteers! Our heartfelt thanks to the Festival captains who put in
hundreds of hours organizing and running this wonderful event. It continues to grow and be refined by all your ideas and thoughtfulness. It’s such a joy to be part of such a dedicated team! Extra-special thanks goes to Katie Davis and Nicole Sexton, who organize all the volunteers; Libby Urner, voice of reason and experience; harbormasters Daniel Evans, Doug Rathburn, Libby Urner and Melissa Groussman; Ace Spragg, on-the-water activities; Joey Pipia, North Star Stage; Scott Marble, grounds; Jordan Pollack, medical and advisory; Chuck Henry, docks; Janeen Armstrong, goddess of membership and awesomeosity; Scott Walker, Bar Harbor; Joel Goldstein, AV and technology; Marty Loken, trailer boats; Eileen Johnston, Green Team; Misha Meng & Luna, presenter coordinators; Joyce Mottola, will-call; John Mottola, greeters; Don D’Alessandro, kids’ boatbuilding; Scott Jones, kids’ boatbuilding; Kelly Liske, main gate; Neville Pearsall, music;
Jan Stone, point coordinator; Myron Gauger, races; David Badion, radio communications; Ted Pike & Betsy Carlson, Lifetime Achievement Awards; and Brock Tidball, bell toll ceremony. Thank you to the Wooden Boat Festival Committee, whose members include Kim Aldrich, Ted Pike, Blaise Holly, Martin Mills and Piper Dunlap. And special thanks to Ted Pike for continuing to take our calls. Thanks to the staff, board and trustees of the NWMC, to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Program, Jefferson Transit, Jefferson County Parks and Recreation, our Point Hudson neighbors, Port Townsend marine trades family, Port Townsend Police Department and City of Port Townsend. Most of all, thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who help put on the biggest Festival in town!
Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader