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Graduate Case Studies

WHAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO ACHIEVE

The student case studies show what a representative sample of people have gone on to do after longer courses and how they have used their skills after the course. Graduates of the 40-week Boat Building and 12-week Furniture Making courses have gone on to work in all aspects of boat building and woodworking industries.

Some have gone to work for industry leaders and prestigous yards in the UK and beyond, whilst others have chosen to set up businesses of their own. Others have utilised the transferrable skills of the course to embark on careers in woodworking and furniture making.

Graduates are working at, to name a few, Spirit Yachts, Elephant Boatyard, Cockwells, Sunseeker and T. Nielsen and Co. and Douglas Marine.

Furniture Making
Marc D

Marc set up his own woodcraft business after learning “I had latent potential in the art of making wooden things!”

Boat Building
Luke B

Luke has gone to work at E & S Yacht Maintenance in the Caribbean and says his year at the Boat Building Academy was the best year of his life.

Boat Building
Charlie C

Charlie has gone on to be a mate on boats in the Caribbean and Mediterranean with the skills he learnt coming in useful.

Furniture Making
Tim C

Tim incorporated his skills at marquetry into his furniture and went on to teach marquetry courses at the academy.

Boat Building
James D

James returned to his fishing family roots after a career in law. Continuing to volunteer and build boats since.

Boat Building
Alex B

Alex went on to make masts and spars for the film ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ and join renowned furniture maker Longpré.