The Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival is the most talked about wooden boat festival in the world, "the Woodstock of wooden boats". A beautiful location, 200 boats and hundreds of experts make this a one of a kind event in a one of a kind town. You don't have to own a boat to experience the inspiration or meet the people for which this festival is famous.

The Wooden Boat Foundation was founded in 1978 after the first Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival in September 1977. During the first decades, programs grew from wooden boatbuilding symposiums to wooden boat regattas, youth sailing and experiential programs for youth that integrated history, sailing skills, boatbuilding and maritime culture. In the third decade of life, the Wooden Boat Foundation programs grew to year round activity for "youth of all ages", a top quality Wooden Boat Chandlery was built and the Wooden Boat Festival reached world-wide recognition.