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Videos

So much of WoodenBoat magazine is focused on the development of skills that will help you enjoy your own wooden boat more. Videos can demonstrate these skills in a much clearer manner than print can.

 

  • 2017 Maine Windjammer Schooner Sail-In

    The 31st annual Maine Windjammer Association Rendezvous at the WoodenBoat Waterfront.

  • The 2017 Small Reach Regatta

    What a turnout and what a variety of boats this year at the Traditional Small Craft Association’s Small Reach Regatta, held in Brooklin, Maine. The gathering is a labor of love for WoodenBoat Senior Editor Tom Jackson, who returned from a small boat raid in Sweden wanting to have a similar event here in Maine. They’ve been at it for 11 years now.

  • Hydroplane Races in Maine, c. 1950s

    Hydroplane racing, referred to in this video as “aquaplane” racing, in full effect.

    Northeast Historic Film has converted this film from its reel in their archives to this digital version.

  • The International Maritime Film Festival

    A juried contest of films celebrating the heritage, spirit of adventure, and ingenuity of boats and waterborne pursuits.

  • Sailing Courses at WoodenBoat School

    WoodenBoat School’s course, Elements of Sailing, is intended as basic instruction for those new to sailing.

  • Shellback Dinghy Built in Minutes

    At Bacardi Miami Sailing Week boatbuilder George Krewson built a shellback dinghy in just one week.

  • The Art of Strip-Planking

    At the WoodenBoat School in June 2015, Nick Schade led a class in Fine Strip-Planked Boat Construction. In a week, he and his students built two of his designs; a Night Heron kayak and a Nymph canoe. We have captured their work with this time-lapse video of that class.

  • Geoff Kerr and the Annapolis Wherry Course at WoodenBoat School

    Each summer, the WoodenBoat School offers several classes in which students can build their own boat. In a week, students often get their hull built, and take it home to finish the interior as time permits. In June 2015, thirteen students built seven Annapolis Wherries from kits created by Chesapeake Light Craft in Annapolis, Maryland.

  • Postcard from WoodenBoat

    Anyone who has visited WoodenBoat in the summer knows how much fun it is. Things are a little quieter here in the winter.

  • Blacksmithing at the WoodenBoat School

    WoodenBoat School’s “Blacksmithing for Boatbuilders” course gives students the skills needed to make or repair tools and hardware from forged steel. Instructor Doug Wilson has been a blacksmith and metal worker for over 40 years.