WORKSHOPS

Traditional Wooden Boatbuilding Workshop
10' Cedar on Oak Lapstrake Tender

Dates: July 19 - 26 August 16 – 23

Cost: $650.00 + GST

A $250.00 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your spot

Description

Our courses run for 8 days (Sunday to Sunday) and requires a minimum of 6 persons per course. The boat building program is a hands-on approach focusing on traditional wooden boat construction. The small class size offers the student opportunities for one-on-one instruction from our instructor, Eric Sandilands.

There are other options for building and/or repairing your own boat. If you have a project you would like to tackle Eric is the fellow to talk to. We also encourage you to become a member and volunteer for one of our wooden boat restoration projects.

.RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY. For more information call 250.746.4955.

TESTIMONIAL:

Building the Acorn Tender was an incredibly enjoyable and intensely interesting exercise in traditional boat building. The instructor, Eric Sandilands, is not only an accomplished shipwright but also a very capable instructor. The hands-on approach used in the class offered by the Cowichan Wooden Boat Society resulted in a wonderful learning experience, not only in traditional boat-building techniques but also served to develop useful and practical skills with tools that I have been able to subsequently apply to other construction projects. I particularly appreciated the time he took to address my individual interest in alternative boat building techniques by offering a primer on working with plywood and epoxy. I consider the event it the highlight of my summer.

Andy - Saskatchewan