WoodenBoat Show 2026



Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355 

Dates: June 26th - 28th, 2026

Hours: Friday-Saturday-Sunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Aspiring boatbuilders and wooden boat enthusiasts within a few hours' drive of Mystic, Connecticut, should join us for one of our favorite events of the year.  We will have a select group of boats from our fleet—including our newest models—on hand for you to inspect.

The WoodenBoat Show is at Mystic Seaport, an active living-history museum featuring a recreated village, ships, and 17 acres of exhibits depicting 19th-century coastal life in New England. The official show website is here: WoodenBoat Show. 

We'll have lots going on and plenty of boats on display. In the booth we'll have a full selection of boat plans, materials, and supplies—and great discounts on everything.

John Harris and Nick Schade will hold forth on technical aspects of boatbuilding—and we'll be demonstrating strip-building techniques on a boat in the booth all weekend. John's schedule includes technical seminars as well.

Our boat-building school partner, Bob Emser of The Boat Building Academy, and host of the popular "The Art of Boat Building" YouTube channel, will be in his own booth next door, with the boats he built in the video series and more technical demonstrations.


On a turn, Jim S's Cocktail Class Racer RIVER MADNESS is almost out of the water.

Cocktail Class Wooden Boat Racing Association will be on hand, too, with a fleet of these ridiculously fun speedsters, and they'll be competing for real on the river on Friday, with a high probability of some on-water demos taking place throughout the weekend as well.

 

Got a CLC boat you're proud of? Bring it with you and enter it into the I Built It Myself exhibit. Don't forget you can exhibit, too! We're looking forward to seeing what you've brought!

A woman with a small dog admiring an Annapolis Wherry built by Gregory C. in a WoodenBoat School class

Boats on Display!  We'll have some great boats available to inspect at the WoodenBoat Show. This year's list will be posted when it's been finalized.

Want to try out one of our rowing or paddlecraft on the water? Early-morning and late-afternoon paddle and rowboat demos are available by pre-arrangement. Contact liam@clcboats.com to schedule your demo.

 




Southwester Dory built by Dan N, seen at the WoodenBoat Show in Mystic, CT.


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