The 12-month Boatbuilding Degree program takes time-tested traditional skills mixed with modern wood composites to offer a compact and comprehensive curriculum. The 9-month Marine Systems Diploma program covers tasks integral to boat building and repair, such as electrical systems, corrosion, diesel engines, propulsion, hydraulics, marine plumbing, and marine HVAC. The Marine Systems Intensives for industry professionals consist of 5-day classes that rely on industry-relevant mock-ups to provide hands-on practical training.Boatbuilding AOS Degree Program
Marine Systems Diploma Program
Marine Systems Intensive Classes
The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located on the waterfront in lower Port Hadlock, Washington, a quiet town…
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Hands down the most educational I’ve done in my life. It’s led to great things. It definitely made me competitive in the workforce.
Happiness comes from solving problems and boatbuilding is problem solving. The amount of confidence I built was transformational.
I could not have asked for a more fulfilling year and a half at the School. As a student, and then as the Prothero Intern, I learned from incredibly talented instructors and gained a…
Wooden boatbuilding is challenging and mysterious because you can’t just follow a plan. You have to trust your eye and ability to judge whether something’s going to fit or what needs to happen to…
Boat School gave me the skills, approach, and practical knowledge in one year that many aspiring craftspeople take decades to gain. I left Boat School with great confidence in my abilities to build, solve…
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