Center for Wooden Boats - hands-on historic small craft

The Center for Wooden Boats is a maritime museum and education nonprofit on South Lake Union that preserves and operates a large collection of historic small craft. Founded in 1976, the center offers public boat rentals, free wooden-boat rides on select weekends, and experiential classes in boatbuilding and seamanship. It is recognized for keeping traditional wooden-boat skills accessible to the public and for its active fleet of classic vessels.