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24th Annual Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival is October 7 at CBMM

ST. MICHAELS, MD—One of the most popular gatherings of small and unique water crafts in the U.S.—the Mid Atlantic Small Craft Festival—will take place at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum on Saturday, October 7th from 10:00am - 5:00pm.

Celebrating its 24th year, the Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival will have over two hundred small craft on display, including kayaks, canoes, paddle boats, rowing shells, sailing skiffs, prams and the unusual one-of-a-kinds.

Festival goers are encouraged to participate in boatbuilding demonstrations, watch sailing, paddling, and rowing competitions, and chat with the proud boat owners—many who hail from ports up and down the East Coast. The festival also includes workshops on wooden cleat making, and new this year for women, a workshop on how to tie one on, entitled, Baggy Wrinkles for Feet, will be held at 9:00am Saturday morning. Museum Boat Yard staff will also provide on-going demonstrations on oar making and knot tying.

Children of all ages will also have plenty to do, with activities like cardboard boat races, model boat building and sailing, and kite making workshops to choose from.

Admission to the Small Craft Festival is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, and $5 for individuals ages 6 to 17. Museum members and children five and under are admitted free.

For more information or to receive registration materials to participate in this years Small Craft Festival, please contact CBMM Special Events Coordinator Cristina Calvert at 410-745-2916, ext.14.

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