Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C.

Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival - Boats on Display

 

By Andy Adams

More than just a show, the 2015 Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival on Granville Island, Vancouver will feature a floating exhibition of wooden boats, displays, hands-on boatbuilding and demonstrations, including knot tying and marlinspike seamanship.

Hear some sea shanties (and sing along) or join in the workshops, listen to First Nations maritime storytellers, explore a replica of an 18th century Spanish long boat and far more including on-site wooden boatbuilding. 

The festival runs from 1000 to 1700 hours each day, August 27-30, 2015 and admission is free. 

 

27th Annual Wooden Boat Festival, Granville Island, Vancouver

www.vancouverwoodenboat.com/home.html

August 27 to 30, 2015

 

Photos courtesy of Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival

Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival - Granville Island Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival - Beautiful Wooden Boats Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival - Bowsprits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Photo Tours:

ACBS Toronto, Summer Boat Show, Gravenhurst, Ontario

Canadian Canoe Museum, Peterborough, Ontario

Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston, Ontario

Pumphouse Steam Museum, Kingston, Ontario

Gananoque, Ontario, Thousand Islands – Boldt Castle Yacht House

Antique Boat Museum, Clayton, New York

Victoria Classic Boat Festival, Victoria, B.C.

 

Related Articles

Video Gallery

Starcraft SV 16 OB

By Craig Ritchie

Photos by Starcraft Marine

Building great boats has always come down to a mix of art and science, and that’s particularly true when it comes to meeting the biggest challenge of all—creating an appealing yet affordable family runabout. Buyers want a boat that is affordable but not stripped to the bare bones.

Enter Starcraft and its delightful SV 16 OB, an all-new-for-2025 family deck boat that elegantly balances comfort, amenities and affordability.

Read More

Destinations

The Erie Canal – An Extraordinary Waterway

By Mark Stevens

Photos by Sharon Matthews-Stevens

As I shift our chartered canal boat into neutral, I’m soothed by the soundtrack of bird calls, the occasional plaintive horn of a distant train and the hum of our engine.

I reach for the VHF to radio the lockmaster in charge of Erie Canal’s Lock 32 dead ahead. Our boat spins gently in the current like a maple key in a mud puddle.

“This is Onondaga,” I say. “Headed westbound and requesting passage.”

Read More

Lifestyle