Boat Building Academy
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We offer intensive, full-time, boat building and woodworking training by the sea in Lyme Regis, Dorset.
http://www.boatbuildingacademy.com
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Day 2 of the 38 week course for the Class of August 2016, who are already discussing what boats they're going to build and launch at 11am on Thursday 1 June 2017. Seems a long way away...
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Ready to welcome the 38 week boat building course Class of August 2016 and the five day Antique Furniture Restoration Group.
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Spoke too soon... Life has intervened for one student who can no longer join the course on 22 August. There is one place left if you want to learn boat building on the 38 week course in Lyme Regis.
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Our 38 week boat building course starting on 22 August is fully subscribed. Looking forward to welcoming the new 'Upstairs Group'... but we won't be twiddling our thumbs between now and then. 5 day 'Basic Woodworking 1' starts on 8 August and 'Marquetry' on 15 August. Next 38 week course after August starts on 27 February 2017.
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What a fantastic exhibition of work from the Woodworking Skills class of May 2016.
Chainsaw Choreographies | Robotic Fabrications Visiting School | 27 July – 5 August 2016
Chainsaw Choreography at Hooke Park with the Architectural Association https://vimeo.com/168187881. Our Instructor Joe Blathwayt taking part, student visiting Monday.
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Hooray! The class of February 2016 celebrate putting the last plank on.
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Exhibition/course finish on Friday and the Zen Lounge is busy; Jonny's making a rocking chair, Tim's a one-man production line working on six music stands, Simon's sanding and finishing and Alex is dancing. Just sad that all good things must come to an end.
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It's tough working in the big building on the left, but it's half past three and nearly time for tea... beach anyone?
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Glorious summer today on Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis. Getting together as many boats/canoes/paddleboards as we can for lunchtime on the water.
Robotic Fabrications
The Architectural Association are running a Robotic Fabrications short course at Hooke Park in Dorset. Fascinating and not without interest in terms of using the technology in wooden boat production. One of our Instructors will be there. http://roboticfabrications.aaschool.ac.uk/
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Boat Building Academy graduate Tony has built this beautiful Selway Fisher ‘Lillie’ canoe yawl. It’s a stitch and tape construction and the timber used was Iroko, Mahogany and Douglas fir, with the spars in Sitka spruce. Tony begun construction on Amy Jean in December 2009, and proceeded intermittently in the gaps between bursts of real life (even retirement is busy!). The six and a half year project was full of interest, with a fresh challenge around every corner. Tony says there’s still more to be done on the varnishing – maybe another half-dozen coats on top of the existing eight! We wish him all the best on this fantastic project.
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