Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival

Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival

Zapata II Winner in Class of the 2014 Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival
Website bycwoodenboatfestival.com

The Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival is an annual event held at the Balboa Yacht Club in Newport Beach, California. The festival celebrates wooden boats of all sizes including wooden canoes, kayaks, and dinghies, as well as yachts and tall ships.[1]

The first Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival was held June 6, 2014 and featured 47 boats on display.[2]

Awards

Awards are given in the following categories:

2016 events

The 2016 Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival was held on June 4, 2016. One notable entry was the Polynesian Concept. She was built in 1968 as a racing catamaran for Buddy Ebsen, star of the TV series ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ and later ‘Barnaby Jones.’ Though constructed in Southern California, Polycon was designed by Rudy Choy, one of the best marine architects of his time and a famous catamaran designer from Hawaii. Polycon competed in the 1968 Trans Pacific Yacht Race (Transpac) from Los Angeles to Honolulu, finishing first overall, correcting over another famous and much larger 60 foot catamaran, Gun Smoke, owned and skippered by actor James Arness.

2015 events

The 2105 Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival was held on June 6, 2015, in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the Newport Beach Harbor Patrol.[3] The yacht America, for which the America's Cup is named, was on display at the event.[4]

2014 Winners

Sail:

References

  1. ↑ "BYC Wooden Boat Festival". BYC Wooden Boat Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Wooden Boat Festival at Balboa Yacht Club". Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. ↑ "40 Year Open House – OC Sheriff Harbor Patrol". BYC Wooden Boat Festival. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  4. ↑ http://bycwoodenboatfestival.com/yacht-america/

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