Rogue River Driver – planking in progress – 3 min video Students in the 2014 Traditional Small Craft Program led by Senior Instructor Jeff Hammond bring a plank from the steambox to lay on a Rogue River Driver boat. Students featured are Bobby Bowen, Russell Bates, Jacob Simmering, Mark Paxton, Andrew McGilvra and Bradley Suedekum. Nice work students! Lignin…
This video shows Instructor Peter Bailey caulking a plank seam. Peter is a master shipwright who is an inspiration to students at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding! He is working on a Hanson-designed Forest Service scaler boat, a vessel historically used to navigate around log jams and shorelines in the Pacific Northwest. This boat has given the Traditional…
This 13′ Sid Skiff was built by the 2011-12 and 2012-13 Traditional Small Craft students. A dream to sail and row, this boat is extremely fun and maneuverable – perfect boat for beginners and expert sailors. Built of cedar on oak frames, she is light and strong. (This particular boat has sold.) “I’ll Calm the Ocean” by Morgan O’Kane….
Congratulations to all the students and staff at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding who helped build the 2013 Whitehalls for the replication of John Wesley Powell’s journey down the Colorado River! The BBC will debut the film in England on Sunday, January 5, 2014! It is titled, “Operation Grand Canyon with Dan Snow.” Ben Kahn, instructor extraordinaire, participated…
The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, a unique natural biome of the world. Surrounded by water on three sides, the Peninsula is a haven for people interested in marine activities such as boating and fishing. Mossy rain forests create native habitat for a host of wild animals. Home to the…
The Traditional Large Craft program at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding will prepare you for employment in the field of wooden boatbuilding with an emphasis on large vessel construction. The knowledge and skill sets you’ll acquire in this program will enable you to join teams of boatwrights at an entry level, building vessels such as offshore cruisers, motoryachts,…
Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding graduates of the Traditional Small Craft diploma and degree programs join teams of boatwrights at an entry level, building vessels such as offshore cruisers, motoryachts, workboats and replica craft of many types. Small Craft graduates also find entry level employment in maritime museums, historical societies, schools, and non-profit organizations that build, maintain and operate…
Our campus is located on a pristine and protected harbor — Port Hadlock — on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. We launch boats from our shoreline.The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located along the waterfront of the six-acre Port Hadlock Heritage Campus. The boat school has been acquiring waterfront properties and restoring buildings for a number…
In this photo slideshow you can see the contemporary wood composite boats built at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. Included are photos of the Stephens/Waring designed Sentinel 24 day sailor and 62-foot Bob Perry yacht. Students who graduate from the Contemporary Wood Composite Boatbuilding program go on to work in boat building and repair, as well as yacht…
Masaki Tabohashi is interviewed by Dan Mattson from Hooked on Wooden Boats! Masaki learned about the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding when he was in 8th grade and living in Japan. He decided then that he would attend the Boat School someday. Now he’s 20 years old and has completed six months of his Traditional Small Craft Program so…
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Founded in 1981, the school offers a full-time 12 month Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS) degree in Boatbuilding, a 9-month Diploma program in Marine Systems, and 5-day Intensive courses in Marine Systems topics.
