A long-running festival celebrating Seattle’s maritime heritage is setting sail once again.
Now in its 44th year, the Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival showcases some of the area’s most beautiful boats with workshops, races and more. The festival is the highlight of the season for the Center for Wooden Boats, an organization that uses hands-on education to promote boating in Seattle.
The Center was founded in 1976 by Dick and Colleen Wagner, who had a collection of boats that they rented out from their houseboat near the Aurora Bridge.
The couple believed that the best way to promote boating and educate the public was with hands-on learning, so they established a “living museum” where visitors could handle, sail, and take boats out onto the water, where they are best appreciated.
Today, the Center for Wooden Boats does educational programs with young and old and is an important part of maritime life in Seattle.
Every year, the center puts on a free festival and welcomes the public to visit and tour a collection of boats. There are workshops and games over the two-day event. Events such as these can use flyer printing for promotional purposes.
The Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival is scheduled to take place Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27 at the Center for Wooden Boats, 1010 Valley Street in Seattle.
