Girls Spring Break Boat Building Class
Come join us for the third year of this hands-on youth boat building course, offered to girls age 11 and up, in celebration of Women’s History Month. Students will practice project planning, design, measurement, fabrication, and assembly while they work as a team building a rowboat. Master woodworker and shipwright, Wayne Ford will lead this course over the week of spring break.
Students will work on a small rowboat with an ideal structure for the beginning boat builder, and compact enough to be carried on the top of a car. Length: 8’1″ / Beam (width at widest point): 3’11” / Height: 1’2″ / Draft (depth below the water): 4″. Students will have the opportunity to purchase the boat when the class is completed for just the cost of materials, which is about $650.
Scholarships are available for this class, to cover 25%, 50% or 100% of tuition. Please apply before registering by March 1st.
Students can sign up for as many days of the class as they want, from one day to all five days. NOTE: the membership discount will be reflected in the final price for the event displayed on the checkout page.
Dates: Mon-Fri., March 30 – April 3, 9 AM – 4 PM
Instructor: Wayne Ford
Class size (max.): 6
Attendance (min.): 3*
Ages: 11-18
Skill level: basic
Prerequisites: none
Registration
General Public: $150 per day, Household Member & Above: $135 per day**
Register By: March 22
*Classes that do not meet the minimum attendance number may be cancelled or rescheduled. If so, you will receive a full refund or credit regardless of the cancellation date.
**We encourage you to become a member to receive discounted class tuition. You must be a current member on the date of registering to receive your discount. Please login to activate your member discount. To become a new member, please sign up here, or call 845-338-0071. Individual member discounts do not apply to youth classes.
Instructor: Wayne Ford is a master woodworker and shipwright with extensive timber framing experience. His experience includes participating in the restoration of the sloop Woody Guthrie and the sloop Clearwater. He teaches a wide range of woodworking classes, YouthBoat boatbuilding, timber framing, and special project classes at the Wooden Boat School.
