Long Course Class of March 2008

At 0900 hours on Monday 17th March 2008 an architect, a labourer, a journalist, the MD of a special effects company, a carpenter and a Doctor of Oceanography (to mention but a few of the 16) met each other for the first time.  They spent the following 38 weeks working together in a common endeavour; learning the craft of boat building.

As with all the courses, the students had many different reasons for joining the Academy; to gain the skills  and City & Guilds qualification that will find them employment in the marine industry; to fulfil a lifelong ambition to build a boat; to develop their joinery skills and build boats along the way; to take a 'gap year' from their real lives.

The Class of September 2007 moved out of the workshop on Friday 13th June, boats launched and exams taken.  The March course moved down on 15th and started building their boats.

Meet the March 2008 students on the Student Profile page where there are links to the boats they built; see pictures of the launch on  10th December 2008 on the Events page.

The Academy wasn't always a beachside oasis of calm from March to December, but it was superbly productive.