Boatbuilding Courses

Building a Solar-Electric Launch

In this class we will begin construction of our
Eco-Tour 24 Solar-Electric Launch. This boat was specifically designed for CRMC, by students at Webb Institute of Naval Arch-itecture, to enable us to offer ‘eco-tours’ of Carmans River and to Old Inlet on Great South Beach.
This will be a long-term project that will begin with making and setting up the molds to form the hull, and then planking it using the strip-plank method. Subsequent courses will involve constructing the interior, Installation of systems, finishing and launching, and test trials.
Come get involved in this exciting ‘green’ project ‘from the keel up’!