The Silva Bay Shipyard School is excited to offer a third round of Introduction to woodworking for women taught by local woodworkers Jan Sabine and Amy Soper. This two-day course will teach participants shop safety, use of basic woodworking tools and an introduction to power tools while working on a small project that will be taken home at the end of the weekend. Through our short courses we hope to foster involvement in the Silva Bay Shipyard School by encouraging members of our community to get involved in woodworking and the shipyard school. Participants from Nanaimo and surrounding areas are encouraged to join us, please inquire about shuttle service to Silva Bay from the ferry terminal on Gabriola.
Postponed for a week or so – please stay tuned
Price: $100, all materials and tools provided
Contact: Nick Rushton (Rusty) – Chairman, SBSSS: info@boatschool.com or the Silva Bay Shipyard School at 250.247.8809
Boat Launch Poster
Maintaining the Art of the Wooden Boat
|
The Silva Bay Shipyard Schools 12th Annual Launch Festival is gearing up! Lectures, 400′ of dock space packed with fantastic wooden vessels, Children’s festival activities and of course the launch of 2010’s cohort of boats! Things are looking great in the shop with 5 weeks to go…
The Silva Bay Shipyard School is pleased to announce that Jerry Regimbal has taken on the role of Project Manager for the work to be performed on the School’s “Mascot” U&I.
Overall the intention is to prepare the U&I, a 30 foot Troller, for the upcoming season where it will be used to represent the School at various waterborne functions and wooden boat festivals.
Work will take place in the Wet Slip behind the Shipyard School office between now and April 17th when it is intended to relaunch the U&I in conjunction with the Shipyard School Launch Festival celebrations.
Any and all assistance will be greatly appreciated – please contact Jerry either through the School – info@boatschool.com – 250 247 8809 or at his home 250 247 8498.
West Wind Hardwood Inc. donates lumber
Maintaining the Art of the Wooden Boat
|
West Wind Hardwood Inc. has graciously donated the lumber needed to build a small tender at the school. The boat will be raffled off at the Silva Bay Shipyard Launch Festival on April 17-18th this year. West Wind’s spokesperson stated that the “Silva Bay Shipyard School’s mandate of Maintaining the Art of the Wooden Boat is admirable and most worthy of supporting”.
A big thanks to West Wind for supporting the school.
Volunteers are being assembled to build the tender and have it ready for the school’s April launch. Please e-mail the school if you are interested in Volunteering!
Bronze Casting Demo Pictures!
Maintaining the Art of the Wooden Boat
|
The casting demo was a great success this weekend with about 45 people in attendance. The school will definitely be running at least one bronze casting short course and will add a casting furnace and setup to the tools available to students at the school. Details of course dates and outlines forthcoming.
A huge thanks to both Quill and Peter for doing a fantastic job showing off their skills. Great weekend!
The Silva Bay Shipyard School is hosting a bronze casting demonstration on the weekend of January 23-24th 2010. The demonstration is going to focus on both marine and artistic castings with boat builders Peter Gron and Quill Goldman.
The event is being held ahead of the SBSS’s upcoming bronze casting short course where students will learn how to cast their own patterns.
Peter and Quill will be preparing and casting from 1-3pm on both Saturday and Sunday at the school.
The demo is free and all are welcome. Please stop by and see how casting is done!
SBSS in the news!
Maintaining the Art of the Wooden Boat
|
Silva Bay Shipyard School launches new vision
Janina Stajicjanina@soundernews.com
Thursday, December 24 2009
It’s still the only full-time wooden boat building school of
its kind in Canada, but with a rejigged board and a new “bigger
vision” the Silva Bay Shipyard School is already making waves
in the community and beyond.
Rusty Rushton, chair of the new board, says the bigger vision
includes new ideas that are helping to “put the school on a firm
financial footing” and “keep the doors open.”
The very pretty fish boat-esque ‘U & I’ is preparing for re-fit at the school. She is a very comfortable little motor cruiser with full accommodations below. The U & I was donated to the SBSS earlier this year and will represent the school this summer at all the Wooden Boat Events within range.
We have constructed a cradle for her to weather the tides in the Shipyards wet slip where she will undergo some systems work, a serious cosmetic update and a few other assorted tasks to bring her up to finish. The use of the wet slip has been graciously donated by the Silva Bay Shipyard – one of the schools sponsors.
The school is also planning to unleash the upcoming Ships Cabinetry class below decks to work on various cabinetry projects and upgrades.
The Silva Bay Shipyard School is excited to offer a third round of Introduction to woodworking for women taught by local woodworkers Jan Sabine and Amy Soper. This two-day course will teach participants shop safety, use of basic woodworking tools and an introduction to power tools while working on a small project that will be taken home at the end of the weekend. Through our short courses we hope to foster involvement in the Silva Bay Shipyard School by encouraging members of our community to get involved in woodworking and the shipyard school. Participants from Nanaimo and surrounding areas are encouraged to join us, please inquire about shuttle service to Silva Bay from the ferry terminal on Gabriola.
