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Pocket Yachter Events

No rules, just fun. Come join us for an event.

We the Pocket Yachters have a long history of organizing events for like minded folk:

  • The annual Pocket Yacht Palooza (now retired)
  • The annual Salish 100 (now being lovingly tended by Port Townsend’s Northwest Maritime Center)
  • Coming back in 2026 is our second annual Small Boat Beach Rendezvous
  • Our Small Boat Festival held in both 2024 and 2025 (on hold for 2026 for now)

In a normal year there are many events and messabouts that you are welcome to join. For a (very incomplete) list of previous years' events, take a look at our archive

And if you have an event taking place in the Salish Sea that you’d like to have appear here, please Contact Us

2026

Seventy 48 Race start ↗ ↖
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This race still runs every year. Human powered boats only (no sail, no motor) race from Tacoma to Port Townsend, covering 70 miles and completed in 48 hours.
Classic Mariners' Regatta ↗ ↖
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Join us on Port Townsend Bay for this two-day regatta. Open to sailboats of all designs and materials!
Race to Alaska Start ↗ ↖
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Now happening once every other year, this sail and human powered race to Alaska from Port Townsend, WA begins this day with winners traveling the 750 miles in roughly four days or so while the entire fleet is usually complete within a month.
Bell Street Pier Classic Yacht Weekend ↗ ↖
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A weekend long event at the Bell Street end pier in downtown Seattle.
Sucia Small Boat Rendezvous ↗ ↖
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This weekend long event (July 10 to 12th) takes place on the crown jewel of Washington State’s marine park system. This rendezvous is planned for the narrow strip of land separating Fox Cove from Fossil Bay on the southwest. We will be using Fossil Bay unless a strong south-easterly wind makes it uncomfortable – it has the better beach for landing on.
Start of Salish 100 ↗ ↖
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The largest organized small-boat cruise in North America. Join a hundred or so other small boaters, cruising in a relaxed way from Olympia, WA to Port Townsend, with stops each night. The inaugural Salish 100 was created and run in 2019 by the Port Townsend Pocket Yachters.
Small Boat Beach Rendezvous (Blake Island)
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The Pacific Northwest Pocket Yachters are bringing back the Small Boat Beach Rendezvous in 2026 for the second annual installment to be held Saturday, August 8th on a rising tide at Blake Island State Park. Small boats will be beached side-by-side along the northwest shore of Blake Island which features a soft-gravel strip of shoreline that’ll be ideal for the rendezvous.
Barefoot Raid 2026 ↗ ↖
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Do you want the SAILING ADVENTURE of the Race to Alaska, but without Canada’s entire coastline of hostile wilderness? Do you want the SALTY CAMARADERIE of the Salish 100, but with a mothership providing hot-cooked meals? Do you want the PHYSICAL CHALLENGE of the Seventy 48, but much more time to enjoy it?
Victoria Clasic Boat Festival ↗ ↖
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Hosted in the inner harbour in Victoria, BC, this festival encourages visitors to explore the docks, view up to 100 classic boats, cheer on their favourites during the races, and take part in a wide range of engaging activities throughout the weekend (September 4th to 6th)
Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival ↗ ↖
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Don’t miss the largest wooden boat festival in North America. It is three days long full of beautiful boats with plenty of opportunity to learn new things.