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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.

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Eleanor

Eleanor came to the BBA after a year travelling solo around Australia and New Zealand. Previous to this she had completed a

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Jesh

Meet former software designer and now BBA student Jesh Maxey, who may be building the most powerful boat ever to come out

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Harri

Harbour Assistant Harri pursues boatbuilding ambition. Bridport and Lyme Regis Harbour Assistant Harri Emery has taken a substantial step towards a career

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Hannah

Hannah launched her career in Tall Ships as planned and everything went smoothly until a spell of illness left her unfit to

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Jack F

Jack Firth was a student on the 40-week boat building course in March 2022.

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Adam

As part of a multi-generational fishing family working out of in Looe, in Cornwall, Adam Hocking’s future was pretty much mapped out for him. But he had other ideas.

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Geoff

Geoff studied at the academy after a career in the Royal Navy, set up his own workshop and can still be found helping out at the BBA.

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Luke

Luke has worked on boats in the Caribbean, UK and now Canada. He has brought over five BBA graduates to work with him in Vancouver and plans to return to the UK.

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Hannah

Hannah is on the 40-week boat building course that started September 2024.