You will find lavish costumes and unique vessels hit the water this weekend as the Door County Classic and Wooden Boat Festival returns to Sturgeon Bay.

One of the marquee events of the Door County Classic and Wooden Boat Festival is the Sikaflex Challenge. The decade-plus old event features participants coming together on Saturday to build boats using nothing but wood and the marine construction sealant known as Sikaflex before taking them out on the water on Sunday. It was one of the most missed rites of summer of last year when the pandemic put many events on hold. As the Door County Maritime Museum announced the Classic and Wooden Boat Festival would return this year, Community Engagement Director Paige Funkhouser says the calls about the Sikaflex Challenge closely followed.

Funkhouser hopes people who own classic and wooden boats, especially those won through the museum’s annual raffle, also find their way to the Sturgeon Bay campus.

The Door County Classic and Wooden Boat Festival caps off the city’s Maritime Week celebration, which will also include a Saturday boat cruise and parade and a Sunday Bloody Mary social. You can find the full schedule by clicking the link.