Limited to eight students. We are currently building Black Cat, a 15ft catboat sloop designed by Robert Darr. The boat is lapstrake planked and fastened with copper rivets. This class is the next best thing to the apprenticeship program. It offers serious boat building education on a part time basis and prepares amateurs for boat building on their own.
Special emphasis is on the use of locally growing timber.
This class is limited to apprentices plus up to six additional students. Three or four consecutive days. Classes are usually held on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the third week of each month. Marlinspike Seamanship and Rigging. Hands on experience with wire and rope, splices, cable end finishes, whipping, knots, worming and parceling and serving.