May 14-16th in Wiscasset, Maine

In this 3.5-day class, students learn the basics of how to build your own boat starting with a kit. We build a 9-foot canoe and a Frosty. We’ll run through all the skills from reading plans, to mixing epoxy, to hand tool use, and through the steps and skills of building a small boat from our kits and plans. The boats are available for cost of materials at the end of the class.

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TBD | Location: Our new shop in Wiscasset, Maine | Tuition TBD | email us to reserve spot

It’s Santa’s workshop in Saco where we build beautiful scale models of the Echo Bay Dory Skiff - whether for gifts or your own pleasure, this weekend class is a joy. The class fee includes the model kit and the supplies you need to build it in the two days. Take t home for paint and varnish.

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April 24-26th at Rocking the Boat in the Bronx

During this three-day session at Rocking the Boat in the South Bronx, noted designer, boatbuilder and kit-boat entrepreneur Clint Chase will lead participants in the assembly of a pair of 14-foot-long Caravelle Skiffs. In addition to gaining experience with contemporary plywood-epoxy building techniques, participants will have the satisfaction of helping to assemble a fleet of versatile lightweight rowing craft for use in free community boating programs in New York City.

May 14-16th at WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine

In this two-week course, students will get a fantastic introduction to boatbuilding building an outboard motorboat that utilizes multiple building techniques. Stitch and glue hull with a traditional glue-lapstrake plywood sheer plank, so students will learn both methods as well as all the basic skills you need to build your own boat. Kerisper is a classic, fuel-efficient power skiff by François Vivier, a renowned French Naval Architect. Named after a beautiful hamlet along the Brittany coast, she is a stable, seaworthy skiff intended for day boating, fishing, picnicking, and zipping about in both sheltered waters and open coastal waters.

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August 2-8th at WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine

Build your own speed pram, a new design for the WoodenBoat School we are calling name. This new pram is unique in that it is especially designed for use by gas or electric motor making it a great replacement for a clunk RIB or an easy way to cruise sheltered waters with 2-3 people aboard. In this week-long class, groups will build their own pram from a kit put together by Chase Small Craft, known for their tradition style boats packaged in an easy-to-build kit format. All sorts of new skills will develop during the week as you learn to put together the wood parts with glues, and screws, and hand tools. You will not only take away new skills and learning, but an experience you will never forget. And along the way you’ll make new friends, be able to enjoy the beautiful surroundings of our campus and most importantly leave with your own boat to take home. (note the photo here is not representative as the design is in progress).

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August 9-14th, 2026 ~ WoodenBoat School ~ Brooklin, Maine

The third edition of this new course will take you through the basic of designing a simple boat of your choosing using sketching, traditional hand drafting techniques with splines and ships curves, and basic calculations to refine the design into a well performing boat. We will draw, build scale physical models, andyou will see how a computer model can be made at the end of the class.

Learn more and register at WoodenBoat School starting Jan 1