Build Your Own Boat

We offer some students on the Long Course the opportunity to build a boat for themselves as part of the course. The design and construction type of each boat is agreed during the first three weeks of the course.  Selection of which boats will be built is based on meeting the overall training objectives.

While students have built bigger boats, the maximum size for 'own boats' is usually 14' or under.  Should you wish to build a bigger boat then workshop space and the type of build will be some of the factors for consideration.

Examples of boats built by students in the past include:
An X One Design, Harrison Butler Prima, a Folkboat, a Herreshoff 12.5, two Eun Maras designed by Iain Oughtred, Marsh Hawk by Antonio Dias, several Howard Chapelle dinghies, Commodore Munro's Sharpie, several Andrew Wolsthenholme dinghies and various canoes.

To see photographic diaries of some of the builds completed on the courses go to the boats page.