Hooray! Another SMALL BOAT FESTIVAL…

How About Starting Your Summer With This Great Event?

Last summer’s first Pacific Northwest SMALL BOAT FESTIVAL was such a hit that we decided to do it again…this time soon after Memorial Day weekend. The dates will be Friday, May 30 for setup at Port Ludlow Marina (in the water or on land), and Saturday May 31 for the day-long show…with dinner following that evening in the marina’s big Pavilion tent.

Registration just opened and we’ve already had a rush of folks signing up. If you want more details, or you’re ready to commit, here’s a link: https://pocketyachters.com/events/sbf/#register-today

Port Ludlow Marina and the surrounding bay, with a spectacular view of the Olympic Mountain Range, is a great place for the SMALL BOAT FESTIVAL. About a dozen miles south of Port Townsend, the marina has a terrific, welcoming staff, along with a marina store. Next door is Port Ludlow Resort’s hotel with a restaurant overlooking the marina, and down the road at the end of the bay is a larger store for those who might need supplies.

The SMALL BOAT FESTIVAL’s registrants receive two nights’ guest moorage (we’ve reserved almost all guest slips), and there’s a large grassy area for land-display boats, along with lots of parking space for boats displayed on trailers. Dinner is also included in the registration fee, and additional dinners may be purchased for only $10 each. The registration fee for boats and their owners is $75. (See our website, linked above, or full details.)

Below are some of the boats registered for last year’s initial SMALL BOAT FESTIVAL. We’ll have a lot of new entries this year, along with some returning favorites.