The 31st Annual WoodenBoat Show is returning to Mystic Seaport Museum!

We can’t wait to return to Mystic Seaport Museum for the 31st Annual WoodenBoat Show.

- New Skills Demonstrations

- Speakers’ Series

- New and returning vendors

- Over 100 boats at the docks and on-land

- I Built It Myself boats

- and so much more!

Summer begins at the WoodenBoat Show!

Schedule:

Friday, June 23, 2023

Speakers’ Series

Masin Room (shore side of North Entrance building)

10:30 am: Early Herreshoff Electric Launches

Evelyn Ansel

Evelyn, the curator at the Herreshoff Marine Museum in Bristol, Rhode Island, tells of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company’s adoption of electric motors for steam yacht tenders in the early 20th century, a time when electric motors were viable head-to-head competitors with internal-combustion engines for small-craft auxiliary power as the era of the steam engine waned.

2:00 pm: Restoring the schooner L.A. DUNTON

Walt Ansel and Roger Hambidge

The historic 1921 fishing schooner is hauled out in the Mystic Seaport Museum shipyard for an estimated 10-year reconstruction project. With a model by Roger and a new lines plan by Walt, these veteran shipwrights will explain their research, their long relationships with the schooner, and the plans to restore the hull’s original shape. The schooner has been at the museum since 1963.

Skills Demonstrations

Note: Skills Demonstrations will be held in the Paint Shop in the Shipyard unless otherwise noted.

9:30 am: Bird’s Mouth Spars with Krit Singh, Mystic Seaport shipwright
11:30 am: Measuring & Marking with  Pat Mahon, Port Townsend shipwright
12:30 pm: Bronze Casting (pole barn) with  Mike Saari, Metalsmith
1:30 pm: Plank spiling with Scott Gifford, Mystic Seaport shipwright
3:30 pm: Sharpening Tools with Warren Dolphin, Mystic Seaport volunteer

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Speakers’ Series

Masin Room (shore side of North Entrance building)

10:30 am: WINDWARD PASSAGE book presentation and signing

Randall Peffer and Capt. Dave ‘Halfdeck’ Johnson

Conceived by a lumberman-sailor, drawn by a young and then-untested designer, and built of spruce on a Bahamian beach in 1968, the 65′ maxi yacht WINDWARD PASSAGE had an improbable rise to stardom during her 20-year racing career. Randall, the author of a new book about the yacht published in association with WoodenBoat Publications, and Halfdeck, her skipper, will tell of her storied career; books will be available for sale and for signing.

2:00 pm: A Maine Peapod built the old way

Ben Fuller, David Cockey, Will Swenson, and Max Mihelich

The double-ended peapods used for lobstering in Maine were once built using now-rare techniques: working by eye, without molds, and using pre-bent frames in what today seems a rudimentary setup. Small-craft historians Ben and David commissioned The Apprenticeshop second-year students Will and Max to build a boat this way; the boat will be on hand during the presentation.

Skills Demonstrations

Note: Skills Demonstrations will be held in the Paint Shop in the Shipyard unless otherwise noted.

9:30 am: Oarmaking with Graham McKay, Lowell’s Boat Shop
11:30 am: Steam-bending with  Tom Daniels, Mystic Seaport shipwright
12:30 pm: Bronze Casting (pole barn) with  Mike Saari, Metalsmith
1:30 pm: Half Model making with Roger Hambidge, Independent shipwright
3:30 pm: Strip-planking with Rose Woodyard, Newfound Woodworks

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Skills Demonstrations

Note: Skills Demonstrations will be held in the Paint Shop in the Shipyard unless otherwise noted.

9:30 am: Glued-lapstrake boats with Clint Chase, Chase Small Craft
11:30 am: Strip-planking with Rose Woodyard, Newfound Woodworks
1:30 pm: Caulking with Frank Townsend, Independent shipwright

Date:
June 23-25, 2023

Show Hours:
9am - 5pm

Location:
Mystic Seaport Museum,
75 Greenmanville Avenue,
Mystic, CT 06355.

Tickets

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