For anyone in the area, the Mystic Seaport Wooden Boat Show, which starts today and runs through Sunday, is well worth stopping by. The show is sponsored in partnership with WoodenBoat Publications.
A video about the show: 20th Annual WoodenBoat Show
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See more than 100 traditional classics and contemporary wooden boats of every type at the 20th-annual WoodenBoat Show — a festival celebrating the design and craftsmanship of wooden craft.
Described by Yankee Magazine’s Travel Guide as “one of Connecticut’s Top 20 Events for the Summer,” the three-day WoodenBoat Show offers something for all wooden boat enthusiasts and marine history buffs. Wooden boats of every type — large and small, old and new, power, sail, oar and paddle — will be on display including cruising yachts, launches, runabouts, fishing boats, performance powerboats, daysailers, dinghies, rowboats, canoes, performance shells, multi-hulls and racing boats.
In addition to all the beautiful boats and exhibits, there will be a book signing on Saturday by Author Tom Dunlop and photographer Alison Shaw, authors of “Schooner: Building a Wooden Boat on Martha’s Vineyard.” See our review from last June. On Sunday Vivian Volovar will be signing her book, “Lobster Lady.”