Canadian residents should visit www.canlearn.ca to find out if they are eligible for any of the Canadian student loan programs.
Yes, We are Veteran Friendly!We have students of varied ages and backgrounds at the School, including veterans, recent high school graduates and retirees. Tuition assistance is available to US Veterans with education benefits. For information about benefits, how to apply for benefits, and to view payment rates, go to www.gibill.va.gov. To apply for benefits, complete a VONAPP (Veterans Online Application) at
Please call 1-888-442-4551 with any questions or to receive a VA Form 221990, Application for VA Education Benefits, by mail. The school is not able to tell you what benefits you are eligible to receive; you must contact the VA for benefit information.
The Boat School is accredited as a private institution of higher learning through The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). Students enrolled in our 9 or 12 month boat-building programs might qualify to participate in the Pell Grant, FSEOG School Based Grants, Direct Student Loan (Stafford/William D. Ford), and the Plus Loan (for parent borrowers) programs. While the Boat School does not impose a deadline for completing the FAFSA, it is highly recommended that students apply for financial aid concurrent with enrollment.
How to Apply for Federal Student Aid
FEDERAL SCHOOL CODE 041550
Students who wish to apply for Federal Student Aid (FSA) will need to complete a 2013/2014 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
Instructor Sean Koomen (in dark orange shirt) leads his class long-boarding the Sentinal-24 hull. Longboarding the hull is done with a long board onto which sandpaper is fastened. The board bridges minor imperfections in the hull and helps to being the hull to a uniform level that can support a high gloss finish.
This is the first boat in the Sentinal-24 class of designed by Stephens/Waring Yacht Design of Belfast, Maine (SWYD) www.stephenswaring.com .
The Sentinal-24 class is designed to be a comfortable and stylish sloop with the beautiful lines of yesterday’s classics paired with modern underbody design and state-of-the art rigging.
This vessel represents Stephens Waring Yacht Design’s signature approach to distinctive, fun and high performance sailing with more than a touch of historic grace.
The boat was designed for commercial production. Thus far, Stephens Waring Yacht Design has licensed only the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding to build the design in modern cold-molded wood construction within the School’s Contemporary Boatbuilding program. The School will call their model, hull number one, the Sentinal class-24, and expects to launch Whisper late in the summer of 2013 for display at the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend WA in September, 2013.
The cold-molded hull is just under 24 feet long overall, with 19 feet 4-inches on the waterline and a maximum beam of 8 feet on a draft of 4 feet 4 inches, displacing 2,850 with two crew. The sloop will carry 300 square feet of sail on a modern rig.
The open cockpit measures over 8 feet long, and was designed for a party of four with plenty of elbow room. The open cockpit layout is standard and combines a commanding tiller steering arrangement for ultimate steering feel, though an alternate deck arrangement has been drawn to satisfy those looking for a small cuddy and enough accomodation for an overnight excursion. The 24 will accomodate wheel steering with the modified cockpit as an upgrade.
Clean line management leads to the simplified control and trimming of sail, all ergonomically situated forward at the base of the mast. This results in a spare and restrained layout to ensure the boat is as easy as possible to handle. The standard rig is a backstay-less rig using a square-topped mainsail. For sailors who are not yet believers in square-topped mains, a more convention al sloop arrangement is offered by Stephens Waring Yacht Design, since the Signature-24 is a great platform for each owner’s customized choices.
The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located in Port Hadlock WA, on the Olympic Peninsula, and is a private, accredited non-profit vocational school.
Our mission is to teach and preserve the fine art of wooden boatbuilding and traditional maritime crafts. We build both commissioned and speculative boats for sale while teaching students boatbuilding the skills they need to work in the marine trades.
You can find us on the web at boatschoolstore.com .
You can reach us via e-mail at [email protected] or by calling us at 360-385-4948.
The new technique relies on cutting the plywood panels to exact size and butt-jointing them. It is common now, in order to increase production efficiency, to place the panels either on the inside or outside of a mould where they are held in place with temporary screws. But sometimes not even a jig is required on the smallest boats. The panels are often simply butt jointed and fastened together using radiused epoxy fillet joints. Bulkheads fitted later running longitudinally and transversely in the hull make up the remaining element of the monocoque structure and these are bonded in using epoxy fillets often reinforced with glass tape. ‘Tortured’ ply is another method which is ideally suited to using epoxy adhesive. This method involves simply bending thin sheets of plywood to shapes over a jig or within a mould. Commonly used to construct small wooden catamarans the bent plywood becomes highly stressed but is nevertheless efficient in providing stiff and durable hulls.
Source: SP Systems. This article was derived from ‘Wooden Boat Const. Meth.pdf’ which can be downloaded from the SP Systems website.
For more information on this source please visit SP Systems
The ‘ply-on-frame’ building method was developed in the 1950’s using mainly urea-formaldehyde adhesives on the then newly introduced wood medium – plywood. Many boats were designed for this relatively easy form of construction which became popular with professionals and DIY builders. Today ply-on-frame is still used, particularly on small racing dinghy classes designed originally in the 1950’s, but with the advent of epoxies, a simpler form of plywood construction was made possible using a reduced number of stringers or no stringers at all. Learn more.
The first cold-moulded hulls commercially produced were derived from wooden aircraft technology developed during World War II. These used phenol-formaldehyde glue and vacuum pressure was employed to hold the veneers together in an autoclave oven. Hulls produced this way have proved extremely durable with a life of over 30 – 40 years. Nowadays no such plant exists and all cold moulded boats are produced on a one-off basis. Glues other than epoxy are still relatively popular but chosen on convenience grounds rather than performance. Urea-formaldehyde types are viewed as being simpler to use and clean off easily using water. However there are noticeable benefits in terms of hull stiffness using epoxy. This is due mainly to epoxy’s good gap filling properties and the resulting continuity of glue line. A contributory reason for the superior stiffness of an epoxy hull is that with other glues moisture is introduced into the veneer during application and by the process of curing.
Source: SP Systems. This article was derived from ‘Wooden Boat Const. Meth.pdf’ which can be downloaded from the SP Systems website.
For more information on this source please visit SP Systems
The earliest forms did not use adhesive but incorporated a cloth membrane, usually soaked in oil or paint, in between. The veneers were held together with rivets, screws or clenched nails. Epoxy adhesives can be used in the restoration of these hulls by injecting it between the veneer layers.
Source: SP Systems. This article was derived from ‘Wooden Boat Const. Meth.pdf’ which can be downloaded from the SP Systems website.
For more information on this source please visit SP Systems
CLASS OF 2014 at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. We have six students who are graduating tomorrow (June 20, 2014) after completing the School’s 9-month program. The remainder will graduate in September after completing the 12-month program. Good luck students and be sure to stay in touch with us! We are so proud of you!
Pictured roughly left to right are: Johnathan Ishmael, Austin Hatch, Chuck Garrett, Mike Lee, Pamela Roberts, Lafayette Duvall, Ryan Wilmsmeier, Matthew Shaunessy, Korey Ruben, Ben Kahn, Mussa Ulenga, Caleb Underwood, Pete Leenhouts, Steve Kim, Sam Hunt, Galen Brake, Corey Rodgers, Jacob Simmering, Bruce Blatchley, Bobby Bowen, Drew Larson, Peter Flint, Caro Clark, Jesse Long, Eric Kay, Jeff Hammond, Alex Finn, Reuben Ewan, Penelope Partridge, Adrian Candaux, Brian Standerfer, Rw Barrett, Michael Voderberg, Alan Fenwick, John Sandoval, Gary Ragsdale, Mark Paxton, Russell Bates, Andrew McGilvra, Cyrus Dworsky, Peter Bailey, and Bradley Suedekum.
The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding celebrated its graduation ceremony for 9-Month Program students on June 14, 2013 at the School. Graduates represented programs in Small Craft Construction, Large Craft Construction and Contemporary Wooden Boatbuilding.
Graduates receiving their diplomas were:
Carey Anderson – Small Craft
Gabriel Boylan – Large Craft
Patrick Carlisle – Large Craft
Troy Craig – Contemporary
Jack Dunton – Large Craft
Andrew Micks – Large Craft
Michael Murphy – Contemporary
Randy Roberts – Small Craft
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Graduates of the Boat School go on to explore successful careers in traditional boat yards, yacht manufacturing, maritime history museums, educational institutions, wooden boat repair, restoration and replication, rocket industries, fine furniture making and even musical instrument building.
Employment statistics for graduates of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding were high over a six year period averaging from 75% – 90% – including data from our students who enter the school expressly pursuing boat building as a hobby. We are proud of the career successes of our graduates and feel confident that this group will report back the same types of successes we have previously seen from the Boat School.
The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding maintains a job referral service for graduates, including assistance with resumes, digital portfolios, interview preparation and job application processes. Graduates from the School know that their relationship with the School and with the network of graduates from across the globe will only deepen over time.
Congratulations, graduates, and best of luck with your future goals and endeavors! Contact the Boat School if we can help you in any way as you move forward on the next steps of your life.
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