It’s not just a festival for dads, but let’s face it: it’s great for dads… and moms, aunts, uncles, kids, and really anyone who digs pretty boats. Round up the whole family and take them to St. Michaels the weekend of June 17-19 (Father’s Day weekend) for the Antique and Classic Boat Festival on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. The pretty, waterfront museum campus at Navy Point is enough to bring people into the town in all seasons, but when it’s filled with wooden classics, vintage race boats, and other antique boats on a summer day, it’s a visual treat.
This year, the festival features Chesapeake Bay-built workboats, including the Chesapeake deadrise and buy boat seen dockside at the museum. Along with the East Coast’s largest collection of antique and classic boats, the festival’s signature Arts at Navy Point pavilion brings 70 juried fine artists, craftspeople, and vendors offering nautical and maritime-themed items for boat and home.
Boats range from runabouts to yachts, including race boats, work boats, launches, hydroplanes, and utilities. Workshops and seminars, building demonstrations, family activities, and a nautical flea market will be available throughout the weekend, along with a selection of regional and grilled foods, music, and a Pyrat rum bar for libations and other drinks.
Children’s activities include boatbuilding craft projects and the Hagerty Insurance Marine Youth Judging program, where youth learn about the award-winning qualities of preserved and restored classic boats. Along the Fogg’s Landing side of CBMM’s campus, the festival’s Field of Dreams features an array of restorable classic boats and motors, along with other items in a nautical flea market sale.
During such festivals, dogs are not permitted on museum grounds, with the exception of certified service dogs. Festival hours run Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Father’s Day, Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event costs $5 for CBMM members and children under six, or $18 for adults; $15 for seniors and students with ID; and $6 for children six-17. cbmm.org
Tuesday, May 10, 2016 - 08:45
It’s not just a festival for dads, but let’s face it: it’s great for dads… and moms, aunts, uncles, kids, and really anyone who digs pretty boats. Round up the whole family and take them to St. Michaels the weekend of June 17-19 (Father’s Day weekend) for the Antique and Classic Boat Festival on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. The pretty, waterfront museum campus at Navy Point is enough to bring people into the town in all seasons, but when it’s filled with wooden classics, vintage race boats, and other antique boats on a summer day, it’s a visual treat.
This year, the festival features Chesapeake Bay-built workboats, including the Chesapeake deadrise and buy boat seen dockside at the museum. Along with the East Coast’s largest collection of antique and classic boats, the festival’s signature Arts at Navy Point pavilion brings 70 juried fine artists, craftspeople, and vendors offering nautical and maritime-themed items for boat and home.
Boats range from runabouts to yachts, including race boats, work boats, launches, hydroplanes, and utilities. Workshops and seminars, building demonstrations, family activities, and a nautical flea market will be available throughout the weekend, along with a selection of regional and grilled foods, music, and a Pyrat rum bar for libations and other drinks.
Children’s activities include boatbuilding craft projects and the Hagerty Insurance Marine Youth Judging program, where youth learn about the award-winning qualities of preserved and restored classic boats. Along the Fogg’s Landing side of CBMM’s campus, the festival’s Field of Dreams features an array of restorable classic boats and motors, along with other items in a nautical flea market sale.
During such festivals, dogs are not permitted on museum grounds, with the exception of certified service dogs. Festival hours run Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Father’s Day, Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event costs $5 for CBMM members and children under six, or $18 for adults; $15 for seniors and students with ID; and $6 for children six-17. cbmm.org