Classic wooden boats on display during the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina, in Port Townsend, on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Classic wooden boats on display during the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina, in Port Townsend, on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Celebrating boats in Port Townsend

Classic wooden boats on display during the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina, in Port Townsend, on Friday. The festival will run until Sunday.

Spectators enjoy looking at small wooden runabouts on display at Point Hudson Marina, in Port Townsend, during the 45th Wooden Boat Festival on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Spectators enjoy looking at small wooden runabouts on display at Point Hudson Marina, in Port Townsend, during the 45th Wooden Boat Festival on Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Puffin, a 1906 steam launch, takes passengers for a free ride in Port Townsend Bay during the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina on Friday. The Puffin was originally built as a gasoline launch but converter to steam power in the 1970’s. The little boiler burns wood to make the steam. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Puffin, a 1906 steam launch, takes passengers for a free ride in Port Townsend Bay during the 45th Wooden Boat Festival at Point Hudson Marina on Friday. The Puffin was originally built as a gasoline launch but converter to steam power in the 1970’s. The little boiler burns wood to make the steam. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News

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