2025 Courses

Versatile, durable, easy-to-build designs for both the recreational and serious kayaker.

A light, fast seaworthy rowboat anyone can build.

Experience the ultimate in a recreational, open-water pulling boat.

A beautiful lapstrake double-ender for oar or sail.

An introduction to evaluating small marine diesels.

The theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.

A one-week primer on building small boats.

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

A rewarding woodworking project steeped in tradition.

Crafting pictures and designs in wood.

Tools, Materials, Skills, and Satisfactions.

Experience the ultimate in a recreational, open-water pulling boat.

Knowing where you are on the water.

Take the next steps to improve and expand your skills

A hands-on primer in bringing your design ideas to life

The theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.

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

A beautiful lapstrake double-ender for oar or sail.

Continuing work on SKOOKUM, our 1943 Sailboat.

Expert guidance for enjoying paddling in all types of water.

Understanding wood and woodworking techniques with an emphasis on hand tool usage.

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

Building LOUISE, a traditional 14′ Pulling Boat, in plywood

Introductory techniques for first-time carvers.

Learn and enjoy big-boat sailing with a master.

Making sense of all those lines and numbers.

Versatile, durable, easy-to-build designs for both the recreational and serious kayaker.

Create a beautiful boat with time-tested techniques and expert guidance

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

Strip-plank construction of a 19’6” outboard-powered skiff.

The perfect companion to your Kayak or Canoe

Learn and enjoy big-boat sailing with a master.

Spend a week on the coast of Maine sailing and talking about small boats

Learn basic joinery through a useful, fun project.

Coastal sailing adventures in a traditional Crotch Island Pinky.

Choose either the 7’9” Eastport Pram or the 11’7” Passagemaker Dinghy.

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

Learn introductory and advanced modern plywood boatbuilding techniques suitable for simple or heavy-duty boats.

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

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

Learn the steps to building both solid and hollow spars.

The skills for adventuring.

Finishing A fast plywood daysailer designed for WoodenBoat

Building a new sailboat with classic lines and techniques

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

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

Learn layout, prep, paint and metal leafing for all your maritime needs.

Coastal sailing adventures in a traditional Crotch Island Pinky.

The theory and practice of classical boatbuilding.

The practice and pleasure of carving half-hull models.

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

The pleasures of a distinct American sailing craft.

Spend a week building a boat as a family, and then bring it home.

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

Learn the principles and process—then practice on your own design.

Making them beautiful again—keelson to varnish.

Building a fun family tender.

An Introduction to Drawing: Exploring Coastal Landscapes in Plein Air

Understanding wood and woodworking techniques with an emphasis on hand tool usage.

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

The process of patternmaking and casting custom hardware.

The skills for adventuring.

Introducing math and inspiring students through boatbuilding.

A fully decked, solo river boat.

Capturing the Beauty of Coastal Landscapes in Plein Air

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

Learning the basics while building a Shellback dinghy.

The pleasures of a distinct American sailing craft.

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

Putting traditional practices to work

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

Revealing the secrets of how to get big ships into small bottles.

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

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

The elegance of a traditional workboat in stitch-and-glue construction.

Experience the ultimate in a recreational, open-water pulling boat.

Learn how to carve letters using only one tool.

A chance to sail and row all our classic boats.

A beautiful strip built boat for recreation or fishing, based on the historic type.

The next steps in classical boatbuilding.

Building the Yankee Tender Skiff

An intriguing woodworking project for the beginning or intermediate woodworker.

Project design, tools of the trade, industrial machine stitching, materials, and lots more.

All the skills to restore a canvas canoe.

How to “see” in black and white.

Learn the repair techniques to get your boat back on the water.

Building a dovetailed utility box with a focus on traditional hand skills.

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

An introduction to evaluating small marine diesels.

A one-week primer on building small boats.

A simple, versatile craft for rowing, motoring or sailing

Experience the ultimate in a recreational, open-water pulling boat.

Choose either the 7’9” Eastport Pram or the 11’7” Passagemaker Dinghy.

LapStitch™ construction of a 12′ or 16′ lovely, featherlight double-paddle canoe.