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School: Silva Bay Shipyard School

Cedarstrip Kayak Building
Course Format: Classroom
Six students build a beautiful kayak, one of them takes the kayak home for the cost of the materials.
 

Marine Woodworking
Course Format: Classroom
Introduction to Marine Woodworking is offered twice a year in April as the first two weeks of Ships Cabinetry and Joinery and again in September as the first two weeks of Wooden Boat Building. It can also be taken as a stand-alone course for those who wish to ‘test the waters�or expand their woodworking skills. Students are required to take this course before entering the more advanced Ships C...
 

Ships Cabinetry
Course Format: Classroom
Our May to August Ships Cabinetry course is an intensive overview of ships joinery; the projects undertaken and completed provide solid experience in design, construction, tool use, fitting, and finish of beautiful woodwork. Skills acquired and practiced in this course have broad application in marine construction and renovation, cabinetry and joinery shops, and general woodworking practice. ...
 

Wooden Boatbuilding
Course Format: Classroom
Wooden boatbuilding as taught at the Silva Bay Shipyard School includes complete construction by students of round bottom, bent frame, carvel or lapstrake planked small boats under 18’ length of a classic style. Maximum size of the boatbuilding class is 16 and the boats are built by small teams of 3 or 4 students under the close supervision of two instructors. Students will complete loftin...
 

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