Boatbuilding Classes

Family Boatbuilding - Peace Canoes in a Weekend

Location: Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine
Dates: Aug 15, 2007 - Aug 17, 2007

Instructor: John C. Harris

Build your own boat in three days!  John Harris will supervise groups of family members or friends as they do just that. This year’s project will be the “Peace Canoe” designed by John specifically for group boatbuilding and first-time builders. Constructed from a kit, the canoe is 18 feet long by 44 inches wide, and weighs only 100 pounds.

Peace Canoe construction does not require the use of epoxy resins and the process is forgiving of small errors, allowing children above the age of 12 to join in safely. Each group will go home with a boat on top of their car—but not before we parade through town to launch them all together from the town wharf!

Learn more about the Peace Canoe Here (renamed from the prototypical multi-passenger war canoe of Native American origin).

Previous Peace Canoe events:

• 2006 Harvard Business School
• 2006 WoodenBoat Show - Newport, Rhode Island
• 2007 Mathews Maritime Foundation

Cost: $850 per boat/group, includes everything except lunch.  Snacks and water provided.
Event is limited to 10 groups, so plan ahead!

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