The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock, Washington, is a private, accredited non-profit vocational school that teaches and preserves the skills of fine wooden boatbuilding and other traditional maritime crafts. The school was founded in 1981 and offers a range of programs, including a nine-month full-time program, a one-year long program for veterans,… Continue reading Contemporary Grandy-12: Chuck Garrett (L) and instructor Bruce Blatchley setting up molds and stem at Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, Port Hadlock WA (IMG_5113)
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Port Hadlock WA – Boat School – Contemporary – Sentinal-24 – rolled rightside up, on yacht stands
This is the to start with boat in the Sentinal-24 course of built by Stephens/Waring Yacht Style of Belfast, Maine (SWYD) www.stephenswaring.com . The Sentinal-24 class is built to be a comfortable and attractive sloop with the beautiful strains of yesterday’s classics paired with modern-day underbody structure and condition-of-the artwork rigging. This vessel represents Stephens… Continue reading Port Hadlock WA – Boat School – Contemporary – Sentinal-24 – rolled rightside up, on yacht stands
Port Hadlock WA – Boat School – Hadlock 23 powerboat
The cold-molded Hadlock 23, intended by famed Canadian designer Paul Gartside for the University and developed underneath the course of teacher Pat Mahon in the 2005 Up to date class, is found in this article in front of the Westrem Shop on the Reduce Campus through the summer season of 2007. This boat was the… Continue reading Port Hadlock WA – Boat School – Hadlock 23 powerboat
Port Hadlock WA – Boat School – Contemporary – Building the Basket Mold for the Bangor Packet
The Contemporary boatbuilding class is making a basket mildew on which to lay up the Joel White-intended Bangor Packet, a rough drinking water rowing wherry. Basket molds are utilised when only a number of layups are demanded. We designed the boat of three levels of slender veneers above a basket mildew. The boat, with its… Continue reading Port Hadlock WA – Boat School – Contemporary – Building the Basket Mold for the Bangor Packet
Port Hadlock WA – NWSWBB – Contemporary – Bangor Packet – Measuring for deck beams
This is the Joel White-intended Bangor Packet, a sliding seat rowing wherry, less than construction in Instructor Bruce Blatchley’s Contemporary (wood composite) class. This pupil is identifying how to reduce the carlin notches for the deck beams. We created the boat of 3 layers of skinny veneers more than a basket mould. The boat, with… Continue reading Port Hadlock WA – NWSWBB – Contemporary – Bangor Packet – Measuring for deck beams