2002 Calendar January 8 -- Building the Salisbury Point Skiff with master LBS boatbuilder Doug Scott February March Maine Boatbuilders Show March 22 -24 in Portland, Maine April 8 -- Build an Adirondack Guide Boat with Master Builder Steve Kaulbeck 20 -- Make your own Greenlandic-style Kayak Paddle Floats in the water Members Rowing Begins May Memorial Day Weekend -- Livery Opens to the public June 24 - Boating/Boatbuilding Summer Camp Begins Small Boat Celebration Held in June in Portland, Maine July The Wooden Boat Show July 12 -14 in Rockland, Maine (held this year with the Atlantic Challenge and the Watercraft Challenge) Lowell Folk Festival July 26 - 28 in Lowell, Massachusetts Yankee Homecoming July 27 - August 4 in Newburyport, Massachusetts August Boston Antique and Classic Boat Festival August 24 - 25, Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem, Massachusetts Mighty Merrimack Rowing Race September Labor Day Weekend -- End of Public Livery, Member Rowing Continues Reunion Days at Lowell's Boat Shop September 21-22. A chance for owners, students, teachers, builders and friend of LBS to meet, talk and play with boats. A midday high tide makes it an ideal weekend to come up from Newburyport on the flood and return on the afternoon ebb. Trails and Sails September 28-29. Essex National Heritage Area Event. NMS will participate by providing a water connection with LBS boats between Newburyport and Amesbury. October Topsfield Fair October 5 - 14 in Topsfield, Massachusetts This year, the Shop will be building a boat from scratch at the fair. November December