Vancouver Wooden Boat Society
60 Columbia Street East V3L 0E3 Vancouver, BC, Canada

October Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/61323685ed48/october-newsletter

New flooring went into the office at the Vancouver wooden boat center.

August Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/45d96ca5dc57/august-newsletter

2020 Annual General Meeting - https://mailchi.mp/3bdab8338e1d/2020-annual-general-meeting

June Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/8dcb16da2ae8/april-newsletter-12290401

Wooden Boat Festival Cancelled - https://mailchi.mp/78534ad38/wooden-boat-festival-cancelled

Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival Registration - https://mailchi.mp//vancouver-wooden-boat-festival-registr

The board of the society and its members is sad to hear of the passing of Dave Sharrock. Dave was a long time member of the society, served on the board and was a past chair. In the last few years, Dave live on Vancouver Island and remained dedicated to wooden boats and volunteering his time and efforts to organizations such as the Classic Yachting Association.

Even though these are challenging times, we are still in full planning mode for the festival in late August. Registration is open for vessels, exhibitors, non- profits. You can apply now, fill in the forms on our web site and we will not be reviewing all applicants until early May, so be sure to get your application in now. We know that this is a fluid situation, so as things develop we will make decisions about moving dates for registration, deadlines for payments and more. So dont miss out by waiting and not making it in this year. www.vancouverwoodenboat.com

The board of the society and its members is sad to hear of the passing of Dave Sharrock. Dave was a long time member of the society, served on the board and was a past chair. In the last few years, Dave live on Vancouver Island and remained dedicated to wooden boats and volunteering his time and efforts to organizations such as the Classic Yachting Association.

Due to the coronavirus and health regulations, all upcoming courses in our wooden boat center are on hold. If you have registered for a course that is coming up in March or early April, we will either refund your payment or we can hold it until the course is re-scheduled. We will be in contact with you. Stay healthy.

Greenland paddle making class was a big success this past weekend. Students kept warm in the old shop by working hard to finish up by the end of the day. Due to low registration and the need for "social distancing", we may be looking at cancelling some of our upcoming programs. Stay tuned.

There are a couple of new listings on our "Boats for Sale" page on our web site. Check them out at http://vancouverwoodenboat.com/market/marketplace-listings/

Greenland paddle making class was a big success this past weekend. Students kept warm in the old shop by working hard to finish up by the end of the day. Due to low registration and the need for "social distancing", we may be looking at cancelling some of our upcoming programs. Stay tuned.

Vancouver Wooden Boat Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/554f9d/february-2020-newsletter-12206541

There are a couple of new listings on our "Boats for Sale" page on our web site. Check them out at http://vancouverwoodenboat.com/market/marketplace-listings/

March classes still have spaces. Greenland paddle making March 14 and kids kayak building March 28-29. Sign up on our web site courses page. http://vancouverwoodenboat.com/courses-classes/

February 2020 Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/b72b6b61e8c6/february-2020-newsletter

Thanks to all the members who volunteered to hand out information at our booth at the boat show. We handed out hundreds of pamphlets on our spring programs and met tons of wooden boat owners and enthusiasts. We have already had some feedback on our programs, so all your hard work pays off.

We are at the Boat Show in booth 456 on the concourse. Come and see some of the wooden boats on display and enter to win a radio controlled sail boat by simply making a donation to the society. Funds help to run programs at the wooden boat center.

Boats on display at the Van. Boat Show

Just one week until the Vancouver International Boat Show. We will be in booth 456 on the concourse level. Drop by and say hi, purchase some merchandise, enter a raffle and learn about our course offerings.

The Society is gearing up for Wooden Boat Alley at the Boat Show at BC Place stadium. Check out the Ken Douglas row boat that will the featured artwork on the 2020 poster, post cards and t-shirts. Also course schedule is now up on our web site for Spring courses at the wooden boat center. www.vancouverwoodenboat.com

News From Wooden Boat - https://mailchi.mp/2988ea0c/news-from-vancouver-wooden-boat

News from Vancouver Wooden Boat - https://mailchi.mp/649c3326/news-from-vancouver-wooden-boat

Members were at the wooden boat center in New Westminster yesterday to take stock of tools, boats and work on a design for some new workbenches and cabinets that we plan to begin work on in the new year. Serene day on the waterfront.

Photos of the 2019 festival have been added to our web site. http://vancouverwoodenboat.com/festival-gallery-2/ Click on any of the photos to scroll through the gallery.

Wooden Boat Society newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/6f30bdc21/wooden-boat-society-newsletter

We would like to thank all those that provided feedback on our public and participant surveys about our festival. The information will be very helpful as we plan for the 2020 festival and once the board meets, we will make some of the findings public. The surveys are now closed to any more responses.

Still room in the upcoming classes at our wooden boat center. Canoe paddle making - Nov. 16th Introduction to Boat Plans - Nov. 30th Greenland paddle making - Dec. 7th Registration is easy on our web site.... http://vancouverwoodenboat.com/courses-classes/ See more

Did you take some nice photos at the 2019 Wooden Boat Festival? Share some with us and we might even choose one for our next poster. There is a cash prize if your photo is chosen. It must be high resolution and it is also best if it is portrait format, but we can always crop to suit. You can share via Facebook or send them directly to us at [email protected]

Help required by one of our followers. We have recently acquired a beautiful 38 foot Wahl wooden boat and are currently in the process of bringing it over to our marina. Looking for recommendations in regards to insurance- which companies any of you would recommend who are able to insure beautiful old wooden boats like this! We are new to the wooden boat community and any guidance would be much appreciated! (We are located in the lower mainland) ...... See More looking for recommendations. See more

Today is voting day. No not that vote. We are talking about the survey in which you can vote on how we did on the festival these past few years. If you registered to be part of the festival with your vessel, an exhibitor, volunteer or in the I Built it Myself in the past three years, be sure to fill in our survey. https://forms.gle/U2YX25FwWc1pkpr77 You have till the end of the month then we will publish the results.

Still time to have your input into our survey about our annual festival. We will be tabulating results at the end of the month. If you attended the festival in the past three years, let us know how we are doing. Click on link to answer a few questions. https://forms.gle/VUxbyNsfuoto3XrS9

Still room in some of our fall courses at the wooden boat center in New Westminster. Coming up is the woodworking class for women only. Leave the men at home and learn some new skills with power and hand tools as you make a simple project. Oct 26-27 with registration on our web site course page under the wooden boat center heading. http://vancouverwoodenboat.com/courses-classes/

Help us improve our annual wooden boat festival by filling in our anonymous survey. As we plan for 2020, we are always looking for feedback on how we did this year, how we can improve and maybe add some new features. Simply click on the image below.

News from Vancouver Wooden Boat - https://mailchi.mp/9/news-from-vancouver-wooden-boat-340125

A throw back to 1965 from our archives of photos. The SS Master at Ocean Cement, Granville Island, Vancouver, B.C.

We are looking for feedback on this years wooden boat festival. We will be sending out a questionnaire and would hope anyone interested in providing feedback on the event to fill it in for us. Anyone can fill it in, even if you did not participate in the event or attend as a visitor. It all helps us to improve and add new features that are of interest to the public. We will share with via our newsletter and put up a link here. Stay tuned.

News from Vancouver Wooden Boat - https://mailchi.mp/1a62514f/news-from-vancouver-wooden-boat