Press & Presentations

Port Ludlow USCG Auxiliary special guest presenter 2009

2009-12-19T17:02:27Z

Kaci Cronkhite will present "When a Cowgirl Goes to Sea", as special guest speaker at the annual Change of Watch dinner and ceremony for the Port Ludlow Flotilla of USCG Auxiliary. The dinner will be held December 7, 2009 at the Ajax Cafe in Port Hadlock. USCG Auxilliary members are dedicated to assisting the USCG in non-military action and education and play a vital role in recreational boater education and safety.

Wooden Boat Festival presentations announced

2009-05-19T15:47:41Z

Kaci Cronkhite will present Finding Pax, the story of her Danish spidsgatter. Kaci bought the boat from a young Canadian artist with a tangled, undocumented history of importation to LA, a sketchy mastless arrival in Sausalito, a fire, a night journey with a woman shipwright to a remote bay on Vancouver Island and without proof of birth. In June 2009, Kaci will travel to Denmark and Sweden to interview people who own boats with similar design detail, hull shape, and access to the microfilm where her mystery may be revealed. As those who own wooden boats know, the journey is much more than just sailing. It's a tale of love, passions, adventure and skills. Visit Kaci onboard the boat during Festival or year round at Center Dock, in Point Hudson. Finding Pax will be presented during the Wooden Boat Festival, September 11-13, 2009 at Point Hudson Marina. For more information about the Festival and for the latest on all the presentations, go to www.woodenboat.org/festival.

Main Street Working Together with NWMC

2009-05-19T15:42:01Z

On Friday, May 22, 2009... Kaci Cronkhite, Managing Director of Northwest Maritime Center & Wooden Boat Foundation, the "new" kid on the Main Street block this summer, will present "Working Together", a discussion and question/answer session with Main Street member businesses. The free presentation starts at 8:30am at The Public House restaurant on Water Street. Light breakfast is served. At noon, May 22, from 12-12:30, Kaci will guide free public "hard hat" tours of the new NWMC facilities at Water Street & Point Hudson. For more information, contact Mari Mullen, Executive Director of Port Townsend Main Street.

Seattle Women's Sailing Association welcomes Kaci Cronkhite

2009-03-25T21:55:16Z

Monday, April 13, 2009 Seattle Women's Sailing Association monthly meeting presentation

Shilshole Marina, condo meeting room A

For time and directions, contact Laura Dangel, SWSA President at 1-866-769-7972.

Finding Pax: Women in the Wooden Boat World by Kaci Cronkhite

As the only woman on her first ocean passage, then the lone all-woman crews on two different boats crossing oceans (one was Seattle-based Tethys, circumnavigating) from 1993-2001, Kaci's fifteen-year journey aboard boats and into the wooden boat world is full of insights, some hilarious experiences, a harrowing incident or 5 and an inspiring end result. In August 2007, after a decade avoiding boat ownership, she was smitten with a 1936 Danish double ender named PAX. The lessons learned on this 28 foot boat in a town world famous for wooden boat restoration and still with few women in the hands-on trades, adds another layer to her journey into the rich history and growing modern network of women sailors, owners and boatworkers she's met in the wooden boat world. In addition to her role as Managing Director of the Northwest Maritime Center & Wooden Boat Foundation, she is an advocate, a mentor, a passionate collaborator for women and men who support women's pursuit of their bluewater and wooden boat dreams.

American Schooner Association Award

2009-01-07T15:25:46Z

Rear Commodore Sam Hoyt delivered the 2008 American Schooner Association Award to Kaci Cronkhite (Wooden Boat Festival & Foundation) and Stan Cummings (Northwest Maritime Center) in recognition of the organizations role as the "center for maritime heritage on the west coast". For three decades, the Wooden Boat Festival has consistently drawn international attention to wooden boat heritage and skills, hosted the NW Schooner Cup regatta during festival and promoted wooden boat and maritime heritage year round. With the opening of the Northwest Maritime Center facilities summer 2009, the NWMC will exponentially expand year round programming, including conference facilities, an expanded Wooden Boat Chandlery and deep water dock space for historic vessels.

To find out more about the American Schooner Association, visit their website.

First Woman of the Wind video created

2008-11-25T03:54:18Z

The first video that could be used in 2009 presentations was posted today on youtube. The video features photos and short video shot while on vacation on Heron Island, Australia. Green turtles lay their eggs on this tiny island, a combination of marine research staff and resort guests and staff are the only people allowed on the island. Take a look. Video of Pax projects will follow.

Kaci featured on Seattle PI and Kitsap Sun Vlog

2008-09-04T11:10:11Z

Video reporter, Jack Olmsted interviewed Kaci Cronkhite, Wooden Boat Festival director, in Port Townsend the week before festival. Learn more about the festival history, a few of the boats, how to get there and some of the latest preparation for festival.

Seattle PI Reader Blog interviews:

Wooden Boat Festival Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcB92s5Qsbo&feature=user

Wooden Boat Festival Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMgSJVejR1g&feature=user

Wooden Boat Festival Part 1: http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/videoblogging/

Kitap Sun, interview on the front page:
http://www.kitsapsun.com/videos/detail/32nd-port-townsend-wooden-boat-festival/

Finding Pax: Women in the wooden boat world

2008-08-14T15:53:07Z

Meet Kaci and see her presentation at the 2008 Wooden Boat Festival Marina Room. No charge once inside the gate. To purchase tickets to the Wooden Boat festival, go to http://www.woodenboat.org/festival.

About Kaci: WBF Program Description
Circumnavigator, author, NWMC & WBF managing director & Festival director, Kaci resisted owning a boat for a decade, even with the extreme temptations crossing her path every day at the Wooden Boat Foundation. In August 2007, she succumbed to an almost 70 year old Danish double-ender named Pax. In 11 months of restoration, peace (pax in latin) is redefined.

9/5/08 3:00 - 4:00 PM
Location: Marina Room
Presenter(s): Kaci Cronkhite

Find out more about Talks & Demonstrations at the Wooden Boat Festival.

Kaci & Pax in Living on the Peninsula feature article

2008-06-23T17:20:00Z

In the summer issue of Living on the Peninsula, author Blythe Lawrence wrote "A boat of her own", a four-page article with photos about Wooden Boat Festival Director Kaci Cronkhite and her 1936 spidsgatter, Pax. Kaci remains indebted to the esteemed editors who chose to take her quote about the boat... and hang it out on it's own with a mixed message. "Best buns in the boat yard" was a quote about the boat, you guys! lol

Read the article here. Starts on page 23.

Keynote Speaker at Jefferson Community School

2008-06-12T04:35:52Z

Tonight, Kaci Cronkhite presented Woman of the Wind, with a focus on Eleanor Roosevelt's famous quote "You must do the thing you think you cannot do" for the graduates and matriculates of Jefferson Community School. In addition to slides from the sail around the world, Kaci encouraged the graduates to "dare to do" in more ways than just travel. Dare to travel with your family. Dare to stay calm in dangerous situations. Dare to help people when you don't know their language. Dare to go. Dare to do. Dare to live this way right here in PT, anywhere in the world, or both. It was obvious from the many impressive speeches given by teachers and student, that JCS mission is being accomplished and that these kids, their teachers and their parents "dare to do". "It was an honor to be part of their celebration and to see William Bennett and Phoebe Reid, among other students whose parents I know, reach such impressive milestones and have such tremendous opportunity ahead."