Port Hadlock, WA: Even beginners can build beautiful boats. This spring, the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (NWSWB) is offering a weekend series of eleven courses beginning April 10th designed for wood workers of all skill levels.

In collaboration with the Wooden Boat Foundation, the boat school has co-developed a design for a 10-foot plywood rowing and sailing dinghy called the Skunk Island Skiff. Plans for the skiff are available free of charge to students enrolled in the spring boatbuilding classes. According to NWSWB instructors, the skiff is handsome, seaworthy and well suited for use on lakes, rivers and protected bays.

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding

Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding



Students will choose a dinghy design based on the amount of time they have available for the construction and upon their own woodworking experience. Students may choose other dinghy or small craft designs and the school promises individual instruction in the boatbuilding method of choice. Techniques may include plywood construction, traditional lapstrake, glued lapstrake, stitch-and-glue and strip-planking. The courses will also cover basic hand and power tool safety, sharpening and use.

The program is offered on Saturdays and Sundays from 9am to 5pm and runs from April 10th to June 20, 2004. Participants are required to attend the first weekend session in order to receive training with the tools, and can then set their class attendance schedule with the instructor. All classes will be held at the Port Hadlock Heritage Campus at 330 Water Street, Port Hadlock. To learn more about the program including tuition and materials costs, call the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding at 360-385-4948 or visit the school online at www.nwboatschool.org

Contact:William Curry, Managing Director
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding
360-385-4948
[email protected]