WoodenBoat Show News
Late May 2007
Things are really heating up for a great show! More boats, more programs, more excitement! You won't want to miss any of it, so make sure you order your two-day ticket NOW!
First Annual Film & Video Series
View Vintage Footage from Mystic & WoodenBoat Vaults
From small boat racing to worldwide cruising; in America to Sweden, Ireland, and Japan; during the 1930's to the twenty-first century - the first annual WoodenBoat Show Film & Video Series covers it all!
Irving Johnson: High Seas Adventurer, a two- time grand prize award winning program, traces seven circumnavigations plus the inland waterways of Europe and the Nile.
Yachting in the '30s, comprised of newsreels and home movie footage, features the J-Boats Weetamoe, Yankee, Ranger and Endeavour II plus Dorade and Brilliant.
25 years of Yachting Photography by Benjamin Mendlowitz. The Rosenfeld Collection of photography. Irish shipwrights building a wooden Currach. Chesapeake Oyster Boat building. The Concordias of Waldo Howland. Sailing of Tehini with James Wharram.
Many other fascinating films, videos, and photo presentations will occur throughout the 3-day run of the show.
See the entire schedule here...
Show Boats of Interest
Appreciate These Beauties & More
The incredibly beautiful 1907 Herreshoff designed and built Neith will be proudly displayed at the show docks by Rick Waters Boatbuilders who recently completed some extensive refit work.
The 42-foot ketch Walter Green, built in 2003 by Damian McLaughlin Jr. Corp., is a near perfect reproduction of Arion, designed by Sidney Herreshoff, and built in 1951 at the Anchorage Plastics Corp. The Walter Green is a true tribute to Sidney Herreshoff.
Learn more about the boats at the show here...
Featured Exhibitors
Don’t Miss These Displays
Women Under Sail offers 3-day live aboard sailing programs for women. With a limit of just 4 or 5 students per class, Captain Sharon Renk Greenlaw can provide plenty of individual instruction. Sharon has sailed the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Great Lakes for 30 years. Classes are held aboard the 44-foot sailing yacht AVATRICE in Casco Bay, Maine.
Wood-Mizer is the leading manufacturer of portable band sawmills and offers an extensive line of mills covering a wide range of cutting capabilities. Offering both manual and hydraulic models, Wood- Mizer eight sawmill models turn logs into lumber. "The Proof's in the Performance" so stop by and see these mills in action!
Find Out More About Show Exhibitors here...
One Ticket = Two Days + Two Attractions
Plan to Spend the Weekend
Make sure you have plenty of time to board the boats, visit the exhibitor displays, learn expert boat building skills at the workshops, view the best ever video and film series, AND enjoy all of Mystic Seaport great exhibits and activities.
Also, don't forget to order your tickets for the the special tribute to Phil Bolger on Friday night.