'To provide a gathering place where maritime history comes alive through direct experience, and our small craft heritage is enjoyed, preserved, and passed along to future generations.'

-Mission Statement, The Center for Wooden Boats

The Center for Wooden Boats is a unique museum in that we not only maintain and interpret original historic wooden boats for public use, but we are also a community that is greatly defined by our corps of more than 600 active volunteers. You can find volunteers here who can tell you the type of hardware used on a 1926 R-boat, or the best place to drop anchor in the San Juans. Our volunteers obviously have a lot to offer – in the last year volunteers here have:

• Contributed more than 1,200 hours to our Wooden Boat Festival
• Contributed donations and time to our biggest fundraising auction ever!
• Given more than 3,000 public rides to visitors
• Taught over than 300 adults and kids to sail
• Spent 3,000 hours staffing our front desk
• Led trainings in sailing, racing, rigging, knot tying
• Sailed a historic longboat to Port Townsend and back
• Rented 2,926 boats
• Led tours, written grants, sanded boats, planted flowers, created databases, kept our computers running….

Volunteering at CWB has many rewards:

• A chance to support CWB educational and community outreach programs
• An opportunity to utilize your talents and develop new skills
• Flexible hours for students, professionals and seniors
• Exposure and access to our collection of traditional wooden boats
• Invitations to volunteer parties and special events
• A supportive environment where you can perform and grow
• Receive training in maritime skills (sailing, construction, etc)
• One free hour of boat time for every three hours

Join our crew! Volunteer at CWB! Click here to get started.

Applications accepted daily.

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