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01-18-2005, 11:04 AM
Hello all ---Bruce Elfstrom from WBRF here.
I have been asked a huge number of times lately about wooden boat repair classes. I am not sure if anyone knows this, but I have very little skill in restorations--although I am learning. I am just a dull witted guy who did not know enough to NOT start this WBRF thing. :confused:
That said, however, I am posting here to feel out the interest in boat repair classes. I am contemplating organizing a loose class schedule around wooden boat repairs.
Here are the basics now:
-- Class would meet once a month for a weekend
-- Class would be taught by qualified shipwrights (read not me :eek: )--I think i can convince a few I know.
-- Class teaches would change as visiting builders, shipwrights "do" a session.
-- Class would work on one boat until she is done---top to bottom (say Ben Bow or similar, etc)
-- Class would cost so much a session, come and go as you want--up to you--but a min # of people would be needed to run the class---this will promote students to organize dates that work for all the class---work schedules, etc can be arranged.
-- Class student would use there own tools and our if we have them.
-- Classes would include field trips to lumber/wood sources, IRYS, Mystic, WBRF, etc.
-- Class would include working on a few different boats over a year---i.e weekend on a schooner to reef and caulk, or......?
-- Classes would usualy be near WBRF in southeast CT.
So what do you think? I would like to know if we have 10-20 people interested---if so, I can make this happen--I think.
I am thinking that the cost would be in the range of $100-$200 a weekend if you are there for one weekend and much less if you commit to a year of weekends, etc.
As with WBRF, no profit is coming out of this---I hope to save a boat, pay the teachers and cover materials, and allow students to gain real knowledge-- with real shipwrights/builders-- on real boats-- in the real world.
PS We have a couple-three new boats coming to the WBRF site this week.
Cheers, Bruce
I have been asked a huge number of times lately about wooden boat repair classes. I am not sure if anyone knows this, but I have very little skill in restorations--although I am learning. I am just a dull witted guy who did not know enough to NOT start this WBRF thing. :confused:
That said, however, I am posting here to feel out the interest in boat repair classes. I am contemplating organizing a loose class schedule around wooden boat repairs.
Here are the basics now:
-- Class would meet once a month for a weekend
-- Class would be taught by qualified shipwrights (read not me :eek: )--I think i can convince a few I know.
-- Class teaches would change as visiting builders, shipwrights "do" a session.
-- Class would work on one boat until she is done---top to bottom (say Ben Bow or similar, etc)
-- Class would cost so much a session, come and go as you want--up to you--but a min # of people would be needed to run the class---this will promote students to organize dates that work for all the class---work schedules, etc can be arranged.
-- Class student would use there own tools and our if we have them.
-- Classes would include field trips to lumber/wood sources, IRYS, Mystic, WBRF, etc.
-- Class would include working on a few different boats over a year---i.e weekend on a schooner to reef and caulk, or......?
-- Classes would usualy be near WBRF in southeast CT.
So what do you think? I would like to know if we have 10-20 people interested---if so, I can make this happen--I think.
I am thinking that the cost would be in the range of $100-$200 a weekend if you are there for one weekend and much less if you commit to a year of weekends, etc.
As with WBRF, no profit is coming out of this---I hope to save a boat, pay the teachers and cover materials, and allow students to gain real knowledge-- with real shipwrights/builders-- on real boats-- in the real world.
PS We have a couple-three new boats coming to the WBRF site this week.
Cheers, Bruce