Courses
Introduction to Marine Woodworking
PCTIA Accredited
Dates:
Spring – April 19th – April 30th 2010
Fall – September 27th – October 8th 2010 – $1,500.00Cad
Introduction to Marine Woodworking is offered twice a year in April as the first two weeks of Ships Cabinetry and Joinery and again in September as the first two weeks of Wooden Boat Building. It can also be taken as a stand-alone course for those who wish to ‘test the waters’ or expand their woodworking skills. Students are required to take this course before entering the more advanced Ships Cabinetry and Joinery or Wooden Boat Building courses unless an assessment by the Head Instructor and the Administrator demonstrates the student already has the necessary skills.
During the two week period of the course, students learn shop safety practices, how to use and maintain woodworking tools – including hand tools, hand-held power tools, and shop tools. They learn how to choose and work with different types of wood, wood products and marine adhesives, how to read and draw simple plans and how to execute complex joints like dovetails, tenons and so on.
Wooden Boat Building
October 13th 2009 -April 17th 2010
October 12th 2010 – April 16 2011 – $9,000.00Cad
Silva Bay Shipyard School
Wooden boatbuilding as taught at the Silva Bay Shipyard School includes complete construction by students of round bottom, bent frame, carvel or lapstrake planked small boats under 18′ length of a classic style. Maximum size of the boat building class is 16 and the boats are built by small teams of 3 or 4 students under the close supervision of two instructors. Students will complete lofting, build and setup molds, fabricate the backbone, shape and fit planks, rivet in steamed frames, complete thwarts and knees, paint, varnish, build oars and spars, and rig the boat for use.
Project Schedule
Wooden boat building is a six-month long course, from late September to April. Students start learning the basic skills necessary to be ready to learn the advanced skills taught later.
Students refine those skills during the process of making a scale drawing of the boat they will build, building a half-model from those drawings, then moving to the lofting floor to draw out their hull lines full size. About a month into the course, students will have moved from the lofting onto full size construction of their team project. Most of the remainder of the course will be spent on finishing this boat, which will be completed, launched, and sailed by the construction team before the course ends.
Skills and Experience
SBSS believes that by participating in the complete construction cycle of a small boat, and observing several similar projects going on at the same time, students come away with the basic skills to undertake the construction or repair of diverse woodworking projects, and the skills gained are certainly not limited to small traditional boats.
Ships Cabinetry and Joinery
Ships Cabinetry
May 3rd – July 30th 2010 – $4,500.00Cad
Our May to August Ships Cabinetry course is an intensive overview of ships joinery; the projects undertaken and completed provide solid experience in design, construction, tool use, fitting, and finish of beautiful woodwork. Skills acquired and practiced in this course have broad application in marine construction and renovation, cabinetry and joinery shops, and general woodworking practice.
Individual Projects
Students in Ships Cabinetry course currently focuses on individual projects. The individual projects include drawing and design of a project, building a tool chest, and constructing and finishing a piece of marine cabinetry.
Long Term Course Calendar
2010 Calendar by Vertex42.com
