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.

 

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