Center for Wooden Boats

Center for Wooden Boats

CWB's "lagoon", with a Beetle Cat in the foreground and several wooden rowboats in the background
Location 1010 Valley Street
Seattle, Washington
Coordinates 47°37′35″N 122°20′09″W / 47.62639°N 122.33583°W / 47.62639; -122.33583
Website cwb.org

The Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) is a museum dedicated to preserving and documenting the maritime history of the Pacific Northwest area of the United States. CWB was founded by Dick Wagner in Seattle in the 1970s and has grown to include three sites; the South Lake Union campus in Lake Union Park, the Northlake Workshop & Warehouse at the North end of Lake Union, and The Center for Wooden Boats at Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island.

Collection

The CWB collection includes more than 170 vessels, mostly small sailboats and rowboats.[1] The boats are divided into a number of sections. The livery fleet includes daysailers, rowboats, and two pedal boats.

The 20-foot (6.1 m) Blanchard Junior Knockabout is the mainstay of CWB's rental fleet. These boats were designed and built at the Blanchard Boat Company on Lake Union. They have eight, which are used for teaching and rentals.[2]

See also

References

  1. Retrieved from http://www.cwb.org/ExploreBoats.htm.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
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