2024 Courses
From designing a flat bottom skiff, to building a scale model of one, we have a course for you. Never sailed before? We’ve got you covered. Maybe you’ve been sailing your whole life, but you never had a chance to do it on a gaff-rigged sloop? With over 95 courses, there is something for everyone here at WoodenBoat School!
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Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Northeaster Dory
April 3 - April 8This event has passedThe elegance of a traditional workboat in stitch-and-glue construction.
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Building the Chub River Dory
June 18 - July 1This event has passedA modern take on a Grand Canyon Classic.
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Boatbuilding
Concepts of Stitch-and-Glue Design
June 25 - July 1This event has passedUsing models to learn modern plywood boatbuilding techniques suitable for small and large boats.
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Boatbuilding
Build Your Own Northeaster Dory
July 2 - July 8This event has passedThe elegance of a traditional workboat in stitch-and-glue construction.
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Core Skills: Planking
July 9 - July 15This event has passedLearn the entire planking process for Carvel and Lapstrake hulls.
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Taking Lines Off Small Craft
July 23 - July 29This event has passedLearn the basic skills and techniques to capture the lines off old boats
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Core Skills : Setting up the Building Jig
July 30 - August 5This event has passedCreating the components and properly setting up to build a traditional small boat.
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Building the 18’ Calendar Islands Yawl
August 6 - August 19This event has passedHelp build this sail & oar boat for the WoodenBoat School fleet.
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Building the 18’ Calendar Islands Yawl, Week One
August 6 - August 12This event has passedHelp build this sail & oar boat for the WoodenBoat School fleet.
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Building the 18’ Calendar Islands Yawl, Week Two
August 13 - August 19This event has passedHelp build this sail & oar boat for the WoodenBoat School fleet.
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Small Boat Repair
August 20 - August 26This event has passedFiguring out what’s wrong and how to fix it right.
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Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Annapolis Wherry
October 30 - November 4This event has passed Off-SiteExperience the ultimate in a recreational, open-water pulling boat.
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Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Sassafras Canoe
March 18 - March 23This event has passedLapStitch™ construction of a 12′ or 16′ lovely, featherlight double-paddle canoe.
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Returning for 2024
Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Jimmy Skiff II
April 8 - April 13This event has passedA simple, versatile craft for rowing, motoring or sailing
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Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Annapolis Wherry
April 15 - April 20This event has passed Off-SiteExperience the ultimate in a recreational, open-water pulling boat.
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Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Stitch-And-Glue Kayak
May 6 - May 11This event has passedVersatile, durable, easy-to-build designs for both the recreational and serious kayaker.
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Boatbuilding
Fundamentals of Boatbuilding
June 2 - June 15This event has passedThe theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.
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Boatbuilding
Introduction to Boatbuilding: Skiffs & Dories
June 2 - June 8This event has passedA one-week primer on building small boats.
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Boatbuilding
Fine Strip-Plank Boat Construction
June 9 - June 15This event has passedA guide to building small boats with wood strips and epoxy.
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Fitting Out the Calendar Islands 20
June 16 - June 22This event has passedCompleting a custom boat for the WoodenBoat School Fleet
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Boatbuilding
Fundamentals of Boatbuilding
June 16 - June 29This event has passedThe theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.
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Boatbuilding
Build Your Own Annapolis Wherry
June 16 - June 22This event has passedExperience the ultimate in a recreational, open-water pulling boat.
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Boatbuilding
Building the Hybrid Kayak
June 23 - June 29This event has passedThe perfect blend of stitch & glue plywood construction with a beautiful strip-planked deck.
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Boatbuilding
Core Skills: Lofting
June 23 - June 29This event has passedMaking sense of all those lines and numbers.
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Boatbuilding
Surveying and Restoring the Herreshoff 12 ½ Sailboat
June 30 - July 13This event has passedFinding and fixing issues in vintage wooden boats
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Boatbuilding
Advanced Fundamentals of Boatbuilding
June 30 - July 13This event has passedThe next steps in classical boatbuilding.
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Boatbuilding
Build Your Own Sassafras Canoe
June 30 - July 6This event has passedLapStitch™ construction of a 12′ or 16′ lovely, featherlight double-paddle canoe.
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Boatbuilding
Build Your Own Eastport Pram/Passagemaker Dinghy
July 7 - July 13This event has passedChoose either the 7’9” Eastport Pram or the 11’7” Passagemaker Dinghy.
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Boatbuilding
Introduction to Boatbuilding: Skiffs & Dories
July 7 - July 13This event has passedA one-week primer on building small boats.
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Build Your Own Skerry Daysailer
July 14 - July 20This event has passedA beautiful lapstrake double-ender for oar or sail.
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Fundamentals of Boatbuilding: Focus on Backbone and Planking
July 14 - July 27This event has passedThe theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.
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Build Your Own Echo Bay Dory Skiff
July 21 - July 27This event has passedA 12′ lightweight rower that’s fast and easy to build.
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Wooden Boat Repair & Restoration Methods
July 28 - August 10This event has passedStrategies and techniques for common wooden boat repairs.
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Boatbuilding
Core Skills: Sparmaking
August 4 - August 10This event has passedLearn the steps to building both solid and hollow spars.
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Boatbuilding
Runabout Repair and Restoration
August 4 - August 10This event has passedMaking them beautiful again—keelson to varnish.
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Boatbuilding
Stitch-and-Glue Construction
August 11 - August 17This event has passedLearn introductory and advanced modern plywood boatbuilding techniques suitable for simple or heavy-duty boats.
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Glued Plywood Lapstrake Construction
August 11 - August 24This event has passedBuilding LOUISE, a traditional 14′ Pulling Boat, in plywood
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Building the Naskeag 16
August 18 - August 24This event has passedA fast plywood daysailer for the whole family
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Boatbuilding
Introduction to Boatbuilding: Traditional Plywood Construction
August 18 - August 24This event has passedLearning the basics while building a Shellback dinghy.
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Building the Doryak River Dory
August 18 - August 31A fully decked, solo river boat.
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Building the 12′ Peapod Dory
August 25 - August 31This event has passedRecord and Replicate a unique little dory
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Concepts of Boat Design
August 25 - August 31This event has passedA hands-on primer in bringing your design ideas to life
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Boatbuilding
Core Skills: Fitting Out Small Boats
August 25 - August 31This event has passedTaking the mystery out of fitting parts to the inside of a small boat.
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Boatbuilding
Building the Penobscot 13
September 1 - September 14This event has passedGlued-lapstrake construction of a beautiful daysailer.
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Boatbuilding
Build Your Own Annapolis Wherry
September 1 - September 7This event has passedExperience the ultimate in a recreational, open-water pulling boat.
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Building the Ultimate McKenzie River Drift Boat
September 1 - September 7This event has passedA fast-paced week building the iconic plywood river dory.
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Build Your Own Stitch-and-Glue Kayak
September 8 - September 14This event has passedVersatile, durable, easy-to-build designs for both the recreational and serious kayaker.
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Concepts of Wood Composite Construction
September 15 - September 21This event has passedLearn the fundamentals of blending wood, epoxy, and composites to enhance your boatbuilding skills
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Boatbuilding
Fundamentals of Boatbuilding: Focus on a Gartside Skiff
September 15 - September 28This event has passedThe theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.
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Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Skerry Daysailer
September 16 - September 21This event has passedA beautiful lapstrake double-ender for oar or sail.
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Boatbuilding
Introduction to Boatbuilding: Skiffs & Dories
September 22 - September 28This event has passedA one-week primer on building small boats.
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Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Eastport Pram/Passagemaker Dinghy
September 23 - September 28This event has passedChoose either the 7’9” Eastport Pram or the 11’7” Passagemaker Dinghy.
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Boatbuilding Off-Site
Build Your Own Tenderly Dinghy
October 21 - October 26This event has passedA classic 10’ lapstrake daysailer.
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