2024 Courses

A modern take on a Grand Canyon Classic.

Learn the entire planking process for Carvel and Lapstrake hulls.

Lessons aboard the traditional American sailing craft BELFORD GRAY.

Creating the components and properly setting up to build a traditional small boat.

Help build this sail & oar boat for the WoodenBoat School fleet.

Help build this sail & oar boat for the WoodenBoat School fleet.

Help build this sail & oar boat for the WoodenBoat School fleet.

Techniques and tips for getting that perfect digital shot on and around the water.

Figuring out what’s wrong and how to fix it right.

Create beautiful, balanced oars that turn minimum effort into maximum power.

The theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.

A guide to building small boats with wood strips and epoxy.

Completing a custom boat for the WoodenBoat School Fleet

The theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.

Introductory techniques for first-time carvers.

The perfect blend of stitch & glue plywood construction with a beautiful strip-planked deck.

Finding and fixing issues in vintage wooden boats

Designed to help build confidence and experience handling and cruising small sail & oar craft.

The skills for adventuring.

Learn and enjoy big-boat sailing with a master.

Learn to sail courses that emphasize seamanship, instill confidence, and are fun.

Restore/complete your own pond yacht and get it ready for sailing or display.

The theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.

Learn basic joinery through a useful, fun project.

Learn how to build and tune a new set of sails for your remote controled sailboat

Learn to sail courses that emphasize seamanship, instill confidence, and are fun.

Learn and enjoy big-boat sailing with a master.

The art and science of finishing prep work to final coat.

Learn to sail courses that emphasize seamanship, instill confidence, and are fun.

Learn the steps to building both solid and hollow spars.

Making them beautiful again—keelson to varnish.

Learn to sail courses that emphasize seamanship, instill confidence, and are fun.

Designed to help build confidence and experience handling and cruising small sail & oar craft.

Learning the basics while building a Shellback dinghy.

The pleasures of a distinct American sailing craft.

A fast plywood daysailer for the whole family

A Vintage Marblehead-class pond yacht designed for radio control.

Taking the mystery out of fitting parts to the inside of a small boat.

Learn and enjoy big-boat sailing with a master.

Record and Replicate a unique little dory

A fast-paced week building the iconic plywood river dory.

A Vintage Marblehead-class pond yacht designed for radio control.

Glued-lapstrake construction of a beautiful daysailer.

How to “see” in black and white.

Learn the fundamentals of blending wood, epoxy, and composites to enhance your boatbuilding skills

The theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.