wooden boat building school tasmania
Since 1992, we have been preserving wooden boat building traditions and fulfilling peoples dreams to build or restore their own wooden boat. the wooden boat centre tasmania is the only wooden boatbuilding school still operating in australia. we offer anyone from novices to skilled wood workers, the opportunity to develop traditional craft. The new owners of the historic wooden boat centre in southern tasmania want to secure boat-building skills with new training programs. the wooden boat centre in franklin was brought back from the. The wooden boat centre in franklin is the only school in australia that teaches traditional wooden boat construction.it is situated on the banks of the huon river, franklin, which is a maritime heritage township in the huon valley, and 45 kilometre drive south of hobart.on the guided tour through both the discovery centre and the workshop you get to see students and boatbuilders in action and.
wooden boat building school tasmania This is the new design for the wooden boat centre. our student who is purchasing the boat has requested a ‘whitehall 14’ . due to the extra length of this dinghy, this course will run over 8 weeks. students will learn clinker boat construction by building a rowing/sailing dinghy, from rare tasmanian boatbuilding timbers.. We are a small team of australian wooden boat builders based in kettering tasmania, and are the sole agents for both chesapeake light craft (usa) wooden kit boats australia and new zealand, as well as grain (usa) diy wooden surfboard kits australia and new zealand, the australian importer and re-seller of the world renowned bruynzeel bs1088.