WoodenBoat Live with Sean Koomen

Sean Koomen

Sean Koomen, chief instructor for the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (NWSWB) in Port Hadlock, Washington, joins WoodenBoat editor Matt Murphy for a live discussion. The conversation includes Sean’s education and career as a boatbuilder (he is a NWSWB graduate), his recent extended stay in Tasmania, and the school’s current exploration of online hands-on education initiatives in the age of social distancing.

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