The Cowichan Bay Fast & Furious Boatbuilding Challenge

Fast and Furious

May 24, 2017

Don’t miss all the fun!

The 32nd Annual Wooden Boat Festival will be held June 17 & 18, 2017 and includes the legendary

Fast & Furious Boatbuilding Challenge on June 18th.

The Cowichan Bay Maritime Centre is an active community-based maritime museum and is operated by the Cowichan Wooden Boat Society, a non-profit organization founded to preserve, exhibit and demonstrate the maritime heritage and culture of wooden boats, especially as experienced on Canada’s West Coast.

Cowichan Bay Maritime CentreThe Society was originally conceived in the 1970s as a wooden boat building centre but has expanded its role to become a maritime centre, a museum and a wooden boat workshop. In addition to the exhibits and museum the Centre holds wooden boat building classes for adults and children in its superbly equipped workshop. The Society also operates an “historic marine ways” for the hauling and cleaning of boats and maintains a small fleet of traditional small craft.

It is a family friendly festival with lots to see and do with demonstration racing, an opportunity to learn knot tying techniques, a rowing competition, the ever popular ‘Fast & Furious’ boat building contest and much more!
For complete Information go to: https://www.classicboats.org/

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