The spaulding marine center, (formally the spaulding wooden boat center), in sausalito, california, is a living museum where one can go back in time to experience the days when craftsmen and sailors used traditional skills to build, sail or row classic wooden boats on san francisco bay.. The arques school teaches adults all aspects of traditional wooden boatbuilding, including design and lofting, timber harvesting, and all of the techniques of tool use and methods of plank-on-frame boatbuilding.. The center for wooden boats is excited to be partnering with chesapeake light craft to provide build your own boat classes at the center for wooden boats. in these week-long classes, students will be guided through the construction of one of the clc kit boats listed below..
Through a combination of technical instruction and practical boatbuilding experience, students acquire an understanding of the principles of boat design and drafting as well as the skills needed for lofting, building and maintaining wooden and composite boats.. Boat building academy intensive, highly practical boat building courses taught on monmouth beach in lyme regis. courses range from 1 day to 38 week city & guilds 2451 in boatbuilding, maintenance and support. some students have the opportunity to build a boat for themselves while on the long course.. Strip-building, or woodstrip boat use thin strips of wood hand-fitted one at a time to build a gorgeous, lightweight boat. while fairly easy with proper instuction, this method takes a bit of time and classes for these boats will be working as a team to complete the boat..
