Our three week workshop course will teach you to build your own hand-crafted wooden paddleboard.
Build your own hand-crafted timber paddleboard built over an internal “fishbone” frame. The board you will make is designed for general use, it has a beginner friendly form with good stability, but is fairly quick and suitable for surfing, yoga, and fishing.
You can bring one friend or family member and our tutors will be guide you step by step, so no previous experience is needed.
You will start by gluing up your board deck, in a style of your own choosing using yellow and red cedar, before putting together the internal skeleton and bonding that to the board bottom to create the rocker. Once that’s together you’ll build up the rest of the board, adding the rails, a nose and tail, and the deck you made will top it off.
With the timber parts all together, you’ll hand shape the board to its final profile before sheathing it with glass and resin. We’ll introduce you to the woodworking tools and techniques required to build and shape the board and we’ll start you making a paddle of your own which you can work on in the quieter moments whilst glues and resins are curing.
The course runs for three weeks including part or all of the middle Saturday.
Please contact the office if you are interested.
15 Day Course
If you are thinking about joining a short course we are always happy to discuss which course or series of courses are appropriate for you.
The course starts at 0900 on the first day.
After the first day all courses run to the normal workshop times of: 0830 to 1730
The Boat Building Academy houses living accommodation for nine students. The accommodation is basic but comfortable and reasonably priced, enabling people to live and work on Monmouth Beach for the duration of their course.
Rooms are reserved on a ‘first come, first served’ basis as people book their place on a course. We do our best to give priority to students on the 40 week Boat Building course. Should the accommodation be full, the Academy will, within reason, help people joining the longer course to find a suitable place to stay in Lyme Regis and the surrounding area.
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