The WoodenBoat School
Brooklin, Maine

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International Yacht Restoration School
Newport, Rhode Island

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Chesapeake Light Craft
Annapolis, Maryland

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Great Lakes Boat Building School
Cedarville, Michigan

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The WoodenBoat School

Brooklin, Maine

In business for almost 30 years, the WoodenBoat School's sprawling campus fronts on Eggemoggin Reach and Penobscot Bay.  Students stay in a beautiful old farmhouse, enjoy family-style meals, and after class may avail themselves of a classic fleet of wooden smallcraft on the waterfront.  You are surrounded by wooden boats at every turn, and the pastoral beauty of Brooklin helps explain the literary inspiration of Brooklin's most famous resident: wooden boat enthusiast and writer E.B. White.  The nearby Blue Hill Fair features in his "Charlotte's Web."  

Come to Brooklin and you'll understand why 60% of every class comprises returning WoodenBoat School alumni.

Classes in Brooklin:

• Jun 7-12: NorthEaster Dory
• Aug 2-7: Wood Duck Kayak - Family Week
• Aug 2-7: Ultralight Canoe - Family Week

International Yacht Restoration School

Newport, Rhode Island

Located on four acres right in downtown Newport, Rhode Island, IYRS (pronounced "iris") is one of the most important boatbuilding trade schools in North America.  Their facilities are magnificent:  the main shops are in an enormous converted mill building ten paces from the water, and some of the most famous yachts ever built (Dorade, Sonny, Whitehawk) are tied up at the dock.  Some CLC classes will be there, others will be a short boatride across the harbor at the Museum of Yachting.  It's difficult to think of a more inspiring place to build boats!

You can walk from the school to the busy shops and seafood emporiums of downtown Newport, and the city teems with excellent B&Bs.

Classes in Newport:

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Chesapeake Light Craft

Annapolis, Maryland

We've been holding classes at our Annapolis factory since 1998.  Heated, air conditioned, and completely equipped, in our classroom we've turned out hundreds and hundreds of boats.  We're a short, pleasant walk from a B&B.

Founded in 1694, Annapolis is the home of the US Naval Academy and was briefly (1783) the capital of the United States, and many of the buildings from that era survive.  Annapolis calls itself the "sailing capital of the world" and the fresh Chesapeake Bay seafood is delectable.

Classes in Annapolis:

• Apr 19-24: Northeaster Dory
• May 3-8: Wood Duck Kayak
• May 10-15: Skerry Daysailer 
• Sep 13-18: Skerry Daysailer
• Sep 20-25: Lapstrake Boatbuilding 
• Oct 12-17: Chesapeake 17 LT
• Oct 19-24: Annapolis Wherry

Cedarville, Michigan

The Great Lakes Boat Building School is located in the beautiful Les Cheneaux Islands of northern Michigan, on the U.P.  GLBBS is housed in a brand new 12,000 square foot facility designed and built specifically for the teaching of woodworking, basic design, traditional and modern boat building, yacht joinery, repair, and restoration.  B&Bs are nearby.

Classes in Cedarville:

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