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Glassing kayak hulls at the WoodenBoat School
Trimming the glass of the Stitch and Glue Night Heron during a class at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine.

If you are interested in boat building techniques or making your own kayak paddle, Nick offers a variety of classes, workshops and presentations about making kayaks and other small boats. Classes include build-your-own courses where students can go home with their own boat or paddle. Workshops include an all-day demonstration of strip building suitable for woodworking or paddling clubs. Nick can also do a presentation describing the various methods for building your own kayak.

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Boat Building Classes

 Classes | Stitch and Glue Night Heron | Stitch and Glue
Taping up the Stern
Working on taping up the deck-hull joint on a stitch and glue Night Heron at the WoodenBoat School.

Turn plywood into a beautiful sea kayak in 6 days

Sea kayaking is the sport of taking a small boat out on to the big ocean. You could buy an ordinary plastic kayak, or you could build your own which will be lighter, faster and more fun than buy. It will also be more beautiful.

A unique feature of the Night Heron is the "puzzle boat" construction.The short pieces of plywood are joined together with a puzzle joint to make the full 18' length of the kayak. The different pieces of plywood are stained different colors creating a beautiful graphic contrast highlighting the puzzle joint.

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Build Your Own S&G Night Heron at WoodenBoat

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Aug 10 2008 - 18:00
Aug 16 2008 - 12:00
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Location: WoodenBoat School, Brooklin, ME

Build your own Stitch and Glue Night Heron in 6 days. This course will be held at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, ME.

In this fast paced class you will start out with a pile of parts and 6 days later go home with a kayak. Read here for more details on this boat building class

The WoodenBoat School has a beautiful location right on Eggemoggin Reach. The classes are held in the old cow barn of a saltwater farm. In the bay out in front of the farm WoodenBoat has a fleet of small boats available for students to use during their stay. This is really a summer camp for adults.

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Build Your Own S&G Night Heron at CLC

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Apr 7 2008 - 08:00
Apr 12 2008 - 12:00
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I will be leading people in building their own Night Heron at Chesapeake Light Craft as an offsite course through the WoodenBoat School.

In this fast paced class you will start out with a pile of parts and 6 days later go home with a kayak. Read here for more details on this boat building class

This class is now open for registration at WoodenBoat School website.

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Build Your Own S&G Night Heron at CVSW

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Jan 19 2008 - 09:00
Jan 28 2008 - 17:00
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Location: Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking, Manchester, CT
Hours: Saturday, Sunday & Monday, January 19, 20, 21 & 26, 27 & 28, 9:00am – 5:00pm

The S&G Night Heron is a beautiful, high performance sea kayak built of plywood using the Stitch and Glue construction technique. This class lets each student go home with their own boat.

In this fast paced class at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking, each student will go home with their own unique Stitch and Glue Night Heron.

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Paddle Making Classes

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Over the course of 4 evenings you will learn how to make your own modern wooden kayak paddle. The paddle can be adapted for sea kayaking, recreational boating or white water. You will learn about laminating, scarfing, shaping wood and fiberglassing. The resulting paddle will be lightweight and strong.

Many people think of wood as being heavy and delicate. These paddles are not as light as the best carbon fiber paddles, but are close and significantly more rugged. The paddle can be built with a right or left hand feather or left unfeathered. If you don't understand what this means, the class will explain it. While this paddle will be a one-piece, you will learn enough to make a take-apart paddle if you choose to.

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Build a Kayak Paddle Class

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Jan 23 2007 - 18:00
Jan 23 2007 - 21:30
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Build a kayak paddle over 4 evenings at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking in Machester, CT.

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Build a Stitch and Glue Night Heron

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Oct 16 2006 - 09:00
Oct 21 2006 - 12:00
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In this fast paced class at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking, each student will go home with their own unique Stitch and Glue Night Heron.

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S&G Night Heron Building Class at WoodenBoat

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Jul 29 2007 - 16:00
Aug 4 2007 - 13:00
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Location: WoodenBoat School, Brooklin, ME

Build your own Stitch and Glue Night Heron in 6 days. This course will be held at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, ME

The WoodenBoat School has a beautiful location right on Eggemoggin Reach. The classes are held in the old cow barn of a saltwater farm. In the bay out in front of the farm WoodenBoat has a fleet of small boats available for students to use during their stay. This is really a summer camp for adults.

For a more information about the class take a look at the Kayak Building Class page. For information about registration, please visit the WoodenBoat School Website

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S&G Night Heron Building Class at CVSW

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Jan 9 2006 - 08:00
Jan 14 2006 - 17:00
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Build your own Stitch and Glue Night Heron in 6 days. This course will be held at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking in Manchester, CT. For a more information about the class take a look at the Kayak Building Class page
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