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Inaugural Sturgeon Bay Maritime Festival
By Door County Maritime Museum
Jul 13, 2011 - 8:25:41 AM
In an effort to better celebrate the area’s rich maritime heritage the Door County Maritime Museum, Sturgeon Bay Visitor’s Center, City of Sturgeon Bay Coast Guard Committee and Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club are bringing together a collection of loosely associated events to create the first annual Sturgeon Bay Maritime Festival. The festival includes many long-standing annual events along with new and exciting activities to help honor local Coast Guard personnel and their families for their service and many contributions to the community.
Officially titled the “Sturgeon Bay Maritime Festival: Salute to the U.S. Coast Guard”, the week of community events kicks off with the Sail Thru the Avenues Side Walk Sale on Thursday, July 28. A Sturgeon Bay tradition for both residents and visitors, this is THE Sidewalk Sale to attend. Merchants and vendors bring out tables and tables of fantastic bargains. The sale stretches throughout the historic downtown encompassing Madison Avenue and Jefferson Street. The Maritime Festival continues on July 30 with a picnic for active duty and retired Coast Guard personnel and their families at Sunset Park hosted by the city’s Coast Guard Committee and sponsored by local merchants and businesses. Sunday, July 31, brings the second annual Mariner Award Dinner at the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club. Initiated in 2010 by the Door County Maritime Museum and Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club, the Mariner Award recognizes individuals, both living and deceased, who’ve had a significant, positive and lasting impact on the Door County maritime community. The museum is seeking nominations for the award from the community and the dinner is open to the public. “Like the Mariner Award itself, the dinner is intended to be very inclusive,” said Maritime Museum Director Bob Desh. “We encourage everyone to participate.” This year’s dinner will also honor the local Coast Guard Person of the Year. Contact the Maritime Museum at 743-5958 for details. On Monday August 1, the Maritime Museum will open the “Sufficient for Life Saving” exhibit. Created by the U.S. Life-Saving Heritage Association, this fascinating and fun exhibit chronicles the work of the Board of Life-Saving Appliances and the many outlandish life-saving tools they reviewed in the late 1800s. Imagine a gun designed to shoot manned lifeboats as projectiles! The Harmony by the Bay Summer Concert Series continues the festival on Wednesday, August 3, with the blues and rock of Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio. The concert kicks off at 7:00 p.m. in Martin Park. The Coast Guard Day Golf Tournament highlights festival activities on Thursday, August 4. This public golf event celebrates the Coast Guard’s birthday with a fun four-person scramble format at the Idlewild Golf Course. Cost is $50 per player and includes cart and lunch along with a host prices and special events. Contact the Maritime Museum for an entry form and additional details. Other Thursday activities include the “TGIT” Sail Racing and dinner buffet at the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club that evening. Friday, August 5, see young sailors taking to the water for the Sail Training Foundation youth sail racing and games at the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sikaflex Challenge.
The weekend is literally packed with maritime activities on Sturgeon Bay’s working waterfront. Saturday, August 6, opens with the first day of the Door County Classic and Wooden Boat Festival on the grounds of the Door County Maritime Museum and concludes with a host of “Evening on the Bay” events at the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club. In addition to the always popular Sikaflex Challenge boat building completion, the Boat Festival annually features a remarkable assortment of power, sail, and rowing vessels. The “Paint the Bay” plein air painting event returns this year and a “Maritime Mart” nautical flea market and craft fair has been added for 2011. The Coast Guard Auxiliary’s robot boat “Coastie” is sure to delight kids of all ages. Boat owners, boat building teams, nautical vendors, and those just interested in having some maritime fun should contact the Maritime Museum at (920) 743-5958 or visit its website www.dcmm.org for details. Evening on the Bay events at the Yacht Club include a dinghy “poker run”, kid’s games, live music and the annual “Venetian Night” boat parade followed by fireworks. All events are open to the public. The boat parade will feature vessels from the Coast Guard and the Sturgeon Bay Police & Fire Departments. The Yacht Club is actively seeking mariners interested in decorating and entering a boat in this fun parade. Contact the Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club at (920) 743-6934 for details on all the “Evening on the Bay” events.
Classic and Wooden Boat Festival.
The Classic and Wooden Boat Festival continues on Sunday and the day’s activities are highlighted by “sea trials” of the often wild and wacky boats constructed by the Sikaflex Challenge teams. Tickets for the event cover both days and include admission to the maritime museum, deck tours of the immaculately restored tug John Purves as well as all Boat Festival activities.
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