Welcome to the Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival 2007
Welcome to the 2007 Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival.
This is the eighteenth and undoubtedly the busiest festival yet! This year we welcome the Nova Scotia Boat Builders Association as a partner to present the first In-Water Boat Show. It is a unique opportunity for you to inspect the design and building skills of Nova Scotia's premiere boat builders. Check out their vessels, participate in workshops focussed on those building techniques, visit local boat yards or just talk with many of our local marine specialists. Take advantage of an invitation from one of the builders to go aboard the vessels and examine the craftsmanship up close. You won't be disappointed.
The festival is a result of the combined effort of a committee supported by dozens of volunteers, a group with one thing in common, a passion for boats. A wooden boat stirs the soul of the purist. At our festival, you will have the opportunity to see some of the finest wooden boats ever built. You will also see boats constructed of a variety of different materials; different construction materials but still built with many of the same craft techniques. Our festival welcomes all type of boat and we truly appreciate them all.
The festival would not be possible without our Corporate Sponsors as well as the Friends of the Festival. The support of Key Event Sponsor, Mahone Insurance Group, was instrumental in getting the festival planning process underway. Our many other sponsors have provided us with the resource to bring those plans into reality and present you with this great festival. I would encourage you to give them your support in return.
The Town of Mahone Bay is here for you to enjoy. After a down-wind sail from everywhere, drop the hook or snag a mooring, settle back to relax a bit and then call for the tender to bring you ashore. Pick up a Schedule of Events! After you have seen everything at the Classic Boat Festival, visit our town with its many merchants, shops and services. I know you will find what you need at the Mahone Bay Classic Boat Festival to go home renewed and refreshed.
Enjoy your time with us. If you do so, our efforts will have been successful. I encourage your feedback and thoughts on this festival and those planned for the future.
Dave Devenne
Festival Chairperson, 2007