Classic and Wooden Boat Festival 16-17 October

The 2010 Classic & Wooden Boat Festival at the National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour is a fantastic weekend for everyone. This year it will be bigger than ever with more than 100 superb boats - from graceful yachts to streamlined speedboats, a festive marketplace selling all things nautical and an outstanding display of boating products.

Discover the skills of traditional maritime craftsmen including blacksmiths, rope knotters, caulkers and sail makers. Old favourites, including the Deckhand's Line-throwing contest, will return and new activities and demonstrations will keep the crowds enthralled all day.

There will also be Australian icons and Sydney Harbour classics galore with a host of activities and events that include:

* Hundreds of magnificent visiting vessels at the wharves
* Gleaming classic speedsters, dories, dinghies, skiffs and canoes
* Traditional maritime crafts and demonstrations by skilled craftsmen
* Heritage boat rides
* Giant model display
* Working marine engine display
* The famous, hotly contested Deckhand Line-throwing contest
* Specialty food and refreshment stalls

Registrations now open

Registrations for exhibiting vessels as well as the trade and food stalls are now open. If you'd like to be involved in the festival, please email the organisors at events@anmm.gov.au.