Make your passion your future
Our world leading courses are focussed on professional training but also provide life-changing opportunities for complete beginners, enthusiasts and those on a gap year.
Learn boat building and woodworking by the sea in the heart of Lyme Regis, on the Dorset coast. From 1 day to 40 weeks, there is a course for everyone.
Our tutors are selected not only for their excellence in boat building and craftsmanship but also for their outstanding communication and teaching skills.
"I have taught and studied in many professional courses throughout my working life and the training I have had at the BBA is some of the very best"
– Bijan Nabavi, 2023 40-week Boat Building student
Since 1997 we have trained over 2500 people. Many of these have gone on to work in the boat building industry across the UK and the world.
A practical and comprehensive programme of woodwork, skill building, joinery, drawing, bending, a personal design and make project, and much more.
From GRP Repairs to Antique Furniture Restoration, there is a short course for everyone! Whether you’re a complete beginner, want to hone a particular skill or spend time by the sea learning something new.
If you want to be part of a community that is preparing people for the boat building industry, then the Boat Building Academy is the place for YOU!
Spend 3 weeks in sunny Lyme Regis learning how to build your own wooden paddleboard
Discover our boat building diaries. Follow the construction and progress of the boats currently being built in our workshop, as well as those built on our previous 40-week boat building courses.
We aim to provide financial help to men and women passionate to train in the crafts of boat building and woodworking.
Jason Clarkson, Sophie Gamble, Aiden Lawley, Ren Piercey, Katie Raimondo, Alex Webber, Phil Whittaker, Peter Wicks
Congratulations to the Class of February 2024!
Launch day is a wonderful celebration of the boats and achievements of our students.