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Festival Wrap-up

Thank You!

To all those who help make our annual Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival possible, a big THANK YOU!

In addition to our sponsors and the more than 250 volunteers who make this event happen, there are also many, many people who pitch in in too many ways to count - we'd like to extend to them our special thanks:

Clark Cundy - for keeping our volunteers fed and watered!
American Music - donation of sound stage equipment
Phil Borgnes at Media Bay Productions - for pulling off the first Seattle Maritime Film Festival during our event!
Paula Weir - webmaster extraordinaire, for keeping up with this evolving event!
National Yacht Brokers Association - donation of 6 docks
Trammell Crow - donation of dockspace
Blackfish Marine - donation of dockspace
Aqua Verde - raffle donor
Emerald City Charters - raffle donor
Voula's Offshore Cafe - raffle donor
Wooden Boat Magazine - raffle donor
Electric Boat Company - raffle donor
Salmon Bay Cafe - raffle donor
Jack Cora - donated bike racks
Discovery Modelers Association - program partner & exhibitor
Pocock Foundation - program partner & exhibitor
International Guild of Knot Tyers - program partner & exhibitor
Northwest Seaport - program partner & exhibitor
Jim & Liz Nason, Chris Glanister - music stage gurus
West Marine - donation of parking spaces
Vulcan Inc - donation of parking spaces
Hollywood Lights - donation of electrical infrastructure
Maritime Pacific - beer donations
Red Hook Brewery - beer donations
Elysian - beer donations
Hales Brewery - beer donations
Seattle Fire Department
Seattle Harbor Patrol
City of Seattle Special Events Office
Seattle Parks Staff: Victoria Schoenberg, Carrie Fulton, Barry Firth, Patricia Young & Kathy Whitman

Volunteers also make CWB programs possible year-round. If you would like to become a CWB volunteer, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Lauren Kuehne, at (206) 382-2628.

Competition Results

There were a few competitions at our Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival. Following are the results:

Ed Clark Memorial Regatta



Lake Union Cup/Ed Clark Trophy , First to finish and first on corrected time: T-Red,
CWB - Kemp Jones



Second on corrected time: Eclipse,
Cyr

Third on corrected time: SommerFlugel,
Henderson

 Small Boat Winner:
Snipe, John Watkins & Ken Wagner
Blanchard Jr Winner:
Jim McMullen/Dan Pence

People's Choice Awards
 Best Sail under 25': Chesuki, David Smith
Best Sail over 25': Pirate, CWB
Best Power under 25': Ginger, Dan Pence
Best Power over 25': Harold Streeter, NOAA
Best Human Powered: Patience & Spirit,
Sound Opportunities
Best Quick & Daring: Still White Trash
Best Overall: Harold Streeter, NOAA

Quick and Daring Participants
(Boatbuilding & Sailing)
Catenary
Tom Vincent & John LaSala
Vicissitudes (2nd Place)
Scott Durkee & Mark Bennett
P-5 Yawl (1st Place)
John Dean & Alan Pritchard
Short Dory (3rd Place)
Alex McCloud & Jonathan Frodge
Square
Dylan Martin & Cyrus Durgin
Mint Chocolate Chip
Chris Butler & Bob Mohr
Still White Trash
Jessica & Rob Smith
Spruce Moose
Michelle Boland & Cathy Myers

Festival Images
Nearly 10,000 people voyaged down to South Lake Union Park over the 4th of July weekend
More than 800 people experienced Lake Union from rowboats, steamboats and sailboats
Visitors "experienced the craft" of many skilled boatbuilders and craftspeople
More than 250 CWB volunteers contributed 1,500 hours toward making this event happen
A huge crowd lined the new city pier to witness one of the more popular (and silly) festival events - the Quick and Daring race

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