Carmans River Maritime Center

Courses

Boatbuilding Courses - Fall-Winter 2007-2008

Page 1	Building the Mill Creek 13' Kayak
Page 2	Building a Sharpie Skiff
Page 3	Oar and Paddle Making
Page 4	-Traditional Boat Building -Small Boat Building with the 'Stitch-n-Glue' Method

Building the Mill Creek 13' Kayak
A Course for Eighth and Ninth Graders
with an Adult Partner
Instructors: Gene Westhoff and others.
Meetings: 12 Saturdays: Dec. 1,8,15; Jan. 5,12,19,26; Feb. 2,19; Mar. 1,8,15
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Tuition: (for a 1 child and 1 adult) $100.*
Limit of 10 boats (20 participants)
*This course is supported by grants from the Babcock and Knapp - Swezey Foundations. Each student must have an adult partner and both must agree to attend the entire course of 12 Saturdays.

Team members will begin by laying out the parts for their boats and scarfing plywood strips together to make the planks for the hull. The following weeks will find you stitching the planks together with copper wire and then gluing up the boat with epoxy resin. The remaining Saturdays will be spent installing interior parts, coating the boat with glass cloth and finishing the boat in preparation to taking it home. Finished Mill Creek 13' kayaks are not only beautiful and great fun to paddle and explore in. They are worth about $1000 each So, getting a boat like this for your very own is not only a bargain, you will also have the pride in saying, "I built it myself with (insert the name of your favorite adult helper)!" .

Click on "Past Projects" to see some big slide shows of recent boatbuilding projects that folks like you have done.

Volunteer adult 'helpers' are always needed and welcome for this course. Contact us.

If you are interested in signing up for any of these courses, please call
(631) 286-2700 or E-mail us at info@carmansrivermaritime.org

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Tuition Policy: Tuition for boat building courses is payable in full at the time of registration (at least two weeks before the start of a course). Tuition refunds: For withdrawal up to two weeks prior the start of a course, full refund. One week prior, half refund. After the first meeting of class, no refund. Materials deposit will be refunded in full in the event of withdrawal prior to the first class session. Note: Carmans River Maritime Center reserves the right to cancel a class and refund tuition and fees.
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Questions? Comments? Contact info@carmansrivermaritime.org