Camden’s strong ties to the sea are celebrated every year with three days of fun and learning on the Penobscot Bay town’s famously picturesque harbor.

The Windjammer Festival includes a Maritime Heritage Fair, featuring history displays and workshops where visitors can learn skills like knot tying and bollard line tossing.

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Aidan Acosta, 13, of Rockport leaps for the dock while competing in the lobster crate race on Saturday during the Camden Windjammer Festival. Photos by Tim Greenway/Staff Photographer

Abby Doherty, 10, of Kennebunk keeps smiling after taking a plunge during the lobster crate race.

Eric Stockinger uses a plane to round an oar at a Maritime Heritage Fair booth as part of the Camden Windjammer Festival. Stockinger is executive director of The Apprenticeshop in Rockland, which teaches traditional boat-building techniques.

Windjammers are docked in the harbor for visitors to climb aboard from 2 to 4 p.m. today.

A pirate known as Blood Thirsty visits with kids after a duel presentation in Harbor Park on Saturday.

Visitors also may tour docked windjammers from 2 to 4 p.m. today.

Pirates staged a duel on Saturday and will return for more mayhem today.

Also today, the products of Saturday’s build-a-boat contest will be tested in the harbor. Owners of any seaworthy vessel are welcome to join the All Comers Boat Parade through the harbor at 4 p.m. today.

For more information, go to www.camdenwindjammerfestival.com.

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