Annual Downrigging Weekend/Tall Ship & Wooden Boat Festival

Now in its twelfth year, Sultana Projects’ Downrigging Weekend is one of the largest annual tall ship and wooden boat festivals on the East Coast. Originally established to mark the end of the schooner SULTANA’s sailing season, Downrigging Weekend has grown to become a celebration of maritime culture, wooden boats, and everything else that makes the Chesapeake Bay great. What can you expect at Downrigging? A waterfront packed with ships, schooners, and wooden boats; performances by world-class musicians; lectures by nationally recognized authors and filmmakers; opportunities to go sailing as part of a fleet of “Tall Ships;” and the chance to spend the weekend in one of America’s best preserved historic seaports.

Schedule of events: http://sultanaprojects.org/downrigging/eventschedule.htm