The Wooden Boat Festival (Port Townsend)

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this blog. My life circumstances took me away from photography for the most part. And then, a friend asked me to enter a photography competition with Leica Camera USA. When I worked on my portfolio for that competition I fell in love with boats. And that led me to photograph the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend.

Now, let me tell you about this festival. It’s the second-largest wooden boat festival in the world. The festival held on the weekend of September 6 – 8, 2019 showcased over 140 boats ranging from skiffs to commercial fishing boats–all made of wood. I, along with 649 others volunteered at this year’s festival. I did not attend any of the numerous workshops because I spent my spare time viewing and photographing the boats.

Whether you like boats or not, feel free to enjoy these photographs.

I'm missing Port Townsend and the fun I had there last summer, 2019. Photo by Patricia Herlevi, All Rights Reserved

2 thoughts on “The Wooden Boat Festival (Port Townsend)”

So happy you sailed by.
Great pictures. Wooden boats have such a nice natural look and feel. Can’t go wrong with photographs of them. (Might try selling some of these lovely portraits? Sailing magazines? Really nice work.)