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MASTERING SKILLS with the Join Now $49.95 year Each month WoodenBoat School Director Rich Hilsinger hosts a new video episode you can stream from the comfort of your home. The series will cover a variety of topics pertaining to traditional small boats, their construction and crafts. You’ll learn from seasoned boatbuilders Greg Rössel, Milo Stanley, and Eric Dow. Throughout the year Rich and company will bring you helpful tips, techniques, and various approaches to building a small wooden boat with your own hands, as well as other woodworking projects. Run times are approximately 30 to 60 minutes. Join for the year and here’s what you’ll be able to Episode 8: Spar Construction with Milo Stanley. watch, over and over again, with a new episode released each month. Episode 9: three part series on Building Half Models with Eric Dow. Episode 1: four part series on Reading Boat Plans, plus a meet and greet with Greg Rössel. Plus three more episodes to round out the year Episode 2: three-part series on Station Molds. Episode 3: three part series on Laying Out and Cut- ting a Stem Rabbet. Episode 4: three part series on Steambox Designs, and How They Work, and Great start to the skills class. Bending Frames. Looking forward to many topics Episode 5: three part series, Making Boatbuilding Tools, includes measuring tools and clamps. for review and some new tips and techniques to add to the tool Episode 6: two part series on Spiling Planks and Drilling Long Bolt Holes. chest. Thanks for making this Episode 7: three-part series on Fitting Thwarts. available. — David Site: www.woodenboatschool.org Email: [email protected] School Course Schedule 2021 ACCESS TO EXPERIENCE WoodenBoat School Campus Our Working Waterfront Mountain Ash Student Housing Farmhouse Student Housing WoodenBoat School Workshops DEAR FRIENDS RATING 41 YE LEB AR CE S! CANADA MAINE BANGOR ear Friends, AUGUSTA Welcome to our 2021 course catalog and WoodenBoat VT BROOKLIN School’s 41st anniversary. DCraftsmanship occurs when labor meets love. Here at PORTLAND WoodenBoat School, individuals of all skill levels work with NH their hands and minds, learn new talents, new ways of doing things, and can expect to have a great time in a truly inspiring environment. It is a place of imagination and creativity. WoodenBoat School is also about community—people of BOSTON many ages, from all over—arriving each week to cultivate MA their creative spirit in our shops and/or on our waterfront. A friendly, first-class staff and faculty are eager to share their vast knowledge and experience with you. And we provide small-sized, intimate classes guaranteeing plenty of individual attention. Our beautiful 64-acre saltwater campus in mid-coast Maine provides an environment unmatched in its ability to allow one to experience great boats, plenty of peace and quiet, comfortable accommodations and delicious, fresh food, and a “I am so lucky to have had the experiences that wonderful camaraderie amongst other like-minded souls. It’s a WoodenBoat School has offered me over the perfect place to take a break from your busy life schedule. past half-dozen years—new friendships, so much We encourage you to visit our website www.thewoodenboat knowledge, and the chance to connect with a place school.com for even more detailed information on course that feels so welcoming when I'm so far from home.” descriptions, tuition, accommodations and costs, registration, J.W., Jackson, Wyoming instructor bios, transportation, and lots more. You can also call us at 207–359–4651 or email us at [email protected] Cover photo: Bill Jordan and we’ll be glad to answer any of your questions. We look forward to hearing from you, Sailing.................................................................4 Alumni Work Weeks ........................................10 Rowing & Kayaking .........................................11 Boatbuilding and Woodworking ...................12 Rich Hilsinger Related Crafts ..................................................28 Director Family Week .....................................................36 2021 Off-Site Courses .....................................38 Registration Information ...............................39 Application ........................... Inside Back Cover Celebrating 41 Years of WoodenBoat School 1 COURSES AT A GLANCE M AY JUNE JULY 16–22/23–29 30–5 6–12 13–19 20–26 27–3 4–10 11–17 18–24 ALUMNI Fundamentals of Fundamentals of Fundamentals of FAMILY Fundamentals of Boatbuilding WORK WEEK Boatbuilding Boatbuilding Boatbuilding with Warren Barker MAY 17-23 with Greg Rössel with Pat Mahon with Greg Rössel WEEK page 10 page 12 page 12 page 12 page 12 pages 36 & 37 ALUMNI Build WORK WEEK Making Build Your Building a 15' Aspøya Build Build Your Own Wooden Boat Repair & MAY 24-30 Friends With Own Stitch- Your Own Your Own Compass page 10 Faering Restoration Methods Your Marine and-Glue with F. Jay Smith Annapolis Sassafras Skiff with Walt Ansel & Matt Morello Diesel Engine Kayak page 16 Wherry Canoe with Clint Chase page 20 with Jon Bardo with Eric Schade with Geoff Kerr with George page 30 page 22 page 23 Krewson Build Your page 23 Fine Strip- Traditional Own Wood Building the Introduction Boatbuilder’s Introduction Duck Planked Boat Wood-and- Sparbuilding McKenzie to Hand Tools Construction Canvas Canoe to with Eric Schade River Dory Boatbuilding with Harry Bryan Boatbuilding with Bruce with Nick Schade Construction with Brad Dimock with John Karbott page 21 with John Karbott MacKenzie page 17 with Rollin Thurlow Build Your page 15 page 16 page 16 page 24 page 18 Own Jimmy Surveying Traditional Skiff II Woodcarving of Wooden Rigging Pond Yacht Plywood Boat Essentials Restoration with John Harris with Reed Hayden Boats Construction of Fine with Pete Marshall page 24 with Pat Mahon page 31 with John Stoudt with Bill Thomas Learn to Sail page 31 Woodworking page 27 page 19 with Annie Nixon & The Maine with Mark Elements of Whitcomb The Maine Sue LaVoie Coast in Coastwise Blacksmithing page 25 Sailing Pastels with Jane Ahlfeld & Coast in Navigation with Beth Varkala for Arista Holden Watercolor with Arista Holden Lofting page 35 page 5 Boatbuilders page 4 with Su Johnson with Doug Wilson with Greg Rössel page 35 page 13 page 29 Craft of Sail Elements of with John Correa Elements of Sailing Coastwise Elements of page 6 Sailing II with Martin Gardner & Sue LaVoie Navigation Sailing Geoff Kerr & with Jane Ahlfeld (for Women) Annie Nixon page 4 page 5 with Jane Ahlfeld & page 4 Arista Holden Craft of Sail page 4 Craft of Sail onboard onboard MISTY MISTY with Queene Foster with Queene Foster page 6 page 6 Elements of Coastal Kayaking with Nick Schade page 11 2021 Schedule at a Glance n Sailing n Kayaking n Rowing n Boatbuilding and Woodworking n Related Crafts 2 2021 WoodenBoat School | 207–359–4651 visit WWW.THEWOODENBOATSCHOOL.COM for more information Off-Site Courses page 38 JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER 25–31 1–7 8–14 15–21 22–28 29–4 5–11 12–18 19–25 Fundamentals of Fundamentals of Advanced Fundamentals of Fundamentals of Fundamentals of Boatbuilding Boatbuilding Boatbuilding Boatbuilding Boatbuilding with Warren Barker with Bob Fuller with Thad Danielson with Greg Rössel with Bob Fuller page 12 page 12 page 12 page 12 page 12 Wooden Boat Repair & Marine Stitch- Build Your Glued Plywood Lapstrake Building a Swampscott Making Restoration Methods Painting & and-Glue Own Stitch- Construction Sailing Dory Friends with with Walt Ansel & Matt Morello Varnishing Boatbuilding and-Glue with Geoff Kerr with Graham McKay Your Marine page 20 with Gary Lowell with John Harris Kayak page 19 page 15 Diesel Engine page 30 page 17 with Eric Schade with Jon Bardo page 22 page 30 Build Blockmaking Building Half Introduction Runabout Bent-Wood Building a Your Own with RJ Lavalle Models Introduction to Cold- Repair & Box Making Classic Sea Building Half page 26 with Al Ross to Models Northeaster Molded Restoration with Bill Jordan Chest page 13 Woodworking with Eric Dow Dory Construction with Gary Lowell page 32 with Mike Erkkinen Computer with Bill Thomas page 13 with Dillon Majoros with Mike Moros page 20 page 26 Design Elements of page 25 page 22 page 18 Small Boat with Clint Chase Boat Design Introduction Joinery Introduction page 14 with Paul Gartside The Rope and with Greg Bauer to Pattern- page 14 Build Your to making for Canvas Sailor Own Plank Boatbuilding page 21 Canvaswork Elements of with Eric Stockinger with Ann Brayton with John Karbott Custom Sailing Metalworking page 33 Constructed page 33 Hardware Pond Yacht page 16 Coastal with Jane Ahlfeld & for the Maine: with Bob Fuller Gretchen Snyder Boatbuilder & Bronze with Bruce Richter page 28 page 4 page 27 The Art of Plein-Air Woodworker Casting for Woodcuts Watercolor with Erica Moody Boatbuilders Marine Lofting with Gene Shaw with Amy Hosa Open-Boat page 29 with Michael Saari with Greg Rössel page 32 page 35 Photography Cruising page 28 page 13 with Tyler Fields with Geoff Kerr Elements of page 34 Craft of Sail Marine and page 10 Sailing II Elements of Elements of with Robin Lincoln Seascape Elements of with Martin Gardner Sailing Sailing page 6 Photography Row, Row, & Robin Lincoln with Martin Gardner with Jane Ahlfeld & with Michael Kahn Sailing II Row Your page 4 & Rich Naple Anna Yoors page 34 (for Women) Boat page 4 Coastal page 4 with Sue LaVoie & with Havilah Craft of Sail Cruising Gretchen Snyder Hawkins onboard Coastal Seamanship page 4 Craft of Sail page 11 PRUDENCE Cruising onboard onboard ELSKOV The Catboat with Hans Vierthaler Seamanship PRUDENCE Tall-Ship page 6 onboard with Queene Foster with Martin Gardner Sailing and (for Women) page 9 page 7 ELSKOV with Arista Holden Seamanship Sailing the with Hans Vierthaler with Capt. Barry page 6 Sailing the ELLEN C. page 9 King & Jane Ahlfeld WELLS ELLEN C.