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Sunday, Feb. 20 – Classic Boat Festivals of Europe

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Classic Boat Festivals of Europe

Sunday, Feb 20th, 2022 at 12:00pm (noon) EST in the U.S. (UTC 17:00)

You’re going to get a private tour of some of the best wooden boat festivals of Europe by the leaders of these festivals.

Speakers:

Here’s a recorded video of the live presentation.

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32 responses to “Sunday, Feb. 20 – Classic Boat Festivals of Europe”

  1. Duffy Avatar
    Duffy

    Wonderful presentation, thanks for sharing the passion and joy.

  2. Gary McKaveney Avatar
    Gary McKaveney

    Cheers to the panel of presenters. Very informative and well done. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise.

  3. Stephen Dahlen Avatar
    Stephen Dahlen

    A few moments on the status of boat building schools, specifically in the Hardonger Fyord in Norway.

  4. David Sinclair Avatar
    David Sinclair

    Great discussion on what’s happening across the pond. It would be most interesting to delve a little more closely into the steel boat building of the Dutch. The lines are the same, yet the materials and techniques must surely incorporate both metal and wood building expertise. Tom’s esprit de corps, as always, most welcome and entertaining.

  5. Francis Santos Avatar
    Francis Santos

    Having trouble getting in to it.

    1. Sandy Lam Avatar
      Sandy Lam

      Hi Francis,

      What kind of issue are you having?

  6. Paul Marinaccio Avatar
    Paul Marinaccio

    Wonderful presentations. Enjoyed them all. Love wooden boats and loved sailing. Thanks for the ticket! Paul

  7. Tiyana Wolf-Whitehead Avatar
    Tiyana Wolf-Whitehead

    Thank you Morten for adamently encouraging the use of traditional wood, linseed oil, and linseed oil paint in boat building and restoration!! I have dreaming of building a boat entirely naturally and we are currently restoring a small wooden boat and I am dedicated to using only natural paint. What do you use for bottom paint?

  8. dirk gevaerts Avatar
    dirk gevaerts

    I have the impression that most of the talk is about larger boats, and they are quite expensive to restore//rebuild; but isn’t it so that there is quite a lot of people, and I think all over Europe, building smaller wooden boats for themselves using plans of François Vivier, Iain Oughtred and quite some other designers who get their inspiration from older working boats?

    1. Raban Stumme Avatar
      Raban Stumme

      Yes, I think so too. But small boats are often not so in the focus like big ships. The small bot scene is growing, but they do not get the attention they, in my opinion, preserve. The festival in Douarnenez is awesome to visit with a small boats. We went their with our over 120 year old Thamesgig, a small roeing boat build for the river Thames, and it was a lot of fun. But for example in Germany there are no such festivals, where smaller boats could have fun. The big Festivals like the “Kieler Woche” are manly for Tallships or other big sailing boats. Small boat types may have their own regatta but no general festival.

    2. Vincent van der Post Avatar
      Vincent van der Post

      Agree, I think there should be more attention for boats and boat builders of “new” wooden boats based on classic designs too. These people will keep the building traditions alive and pass on the feel for classic beauty to the next generations since most older boats are indeed already restored or not available anymore. Of course possible restoration projects are very important learning experiences keeping maritime cultural heritage alive.

  9. George Boggs Avatar
    George Boggs

    Is there a calendar of shows available? List of websites?

    1. Sandy Lam Avatar
      Sandy Lam

      Hi George,

      If your scroll up above the presentation window, the presenters and their festivals are listed with links to their show! You can also find them in the Festivals & Shows category in the show.

      1. George Boggs Avatar
        George Boggs

        I will start with thise, but wondering about others that didn’t make today’s list. I suppsei could also just search the WWCB website for festivals too. Put me on a mailinlist for festival tours. Thanks again.

        1. Sandy Lam Avatar
          Sandy Lam

          Oh there are SO MANY festivals around the world it would be so hard to cover all in a presentation. You can definitely explore more under the Festivals & Shows category. I love the idea of a list mailing list for current festivals this summer. I will add it to the list!

          1. George Boggs Avatar
            George Boggs

            Thank you Sandy. Sorry for all misspelling but just so excited.
            Cheers.
            SV Trine
            Bellingham, WA USA

  10. George Boggs Avatar
    George Boggs

    Thanks to all the presenters. This is fantastic! Your passion is invigorating and inspiring. Can hardl6 wait for the next Port Twonsend festival…fingers crossed.

  11. Paulo Alves Avatar
    Paulo Alves

    LEGENDS!. Thank you for sharing

  12. Eric Fickeisen Avatar
    Eric Fickeisen

    Fabulous presentations, Thanks!

  13. Kaci Cronkhite Avatar
    Kaci Cronkhite

    Ah, to be there again. Thanks for pulling together such a wonderful group of people and festivals, Tom!

  14. René Audet Avatar
    René Audet

    Thank you for all these great presentations.

    Wish I could attend at least one of those festivals one day… Added to my bucket list!

  15. Gene Fusch Avatar
    Gene Fusch

    All the presentations were great. I now have some new destinations to sail to in the future. Thank you.

  16. Joe Spellini Avatar
    Joe Spellini

    Wonderful presentation. Moving and exciting!

  17. Richard Sewall Avatar
    Richard Sewall

    No audio.

    1. Steve Stone Avatar
      Steve Stone

      Hi Richard. Click on the gray bars on the bottom right of the video and they’ll turn blue. Click the far right one for full volume.

  18. Charles Nowak Avatar
    Charles Nowak

    I’ve been enjoying this presentation with no technical issue’s.

  19. dirk gevaerts Avatar
    dirk gevaerts

    Willemsoord is also the base of the Fairtransport guys

    1. Sandy Lam Avatar
      Sandy Lam

      Love Fairtransport! Tres Hombres is not only an amazing vessel but the cargo they carry is most excellent! I was never a rum gal until I tried theirs.

  20. Steve Stone Avatar
    Steve Stone

    I’m surprised to hear from Ron about so much boat building happening of new/big wooden boats in Holland. Is that the case? And it would be interesting to hear how much building of new boats is happening in the areas represented by each speaker.

  21. Chris Jones Avatar
    Chris Jones

    Can’t seem to get the live feed.
    Chris jones

    1. Sandy Lam Avatar
      Sandy Lam

      Hi Chris,

      Did you try refreshing the page? The live feed is working.

  22. Mike Smith Avatar
    Mike Smith

    Are there lines plans of any of these boats?

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