Guillemot Kayaks - Classes

Workshops and Classes

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:07:41 -0500

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.

Boat Building Classes

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 20:40:00 -0400

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.

Build Your Own S&G Night Heron at WoodenBoat

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 11:54:42 -0400

Start: Aug 10 2008 - 18:00

End: Aug 16 2008 - 12:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Description:

First Notice:

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.

Build Your Own S&G Night Heron at CLC

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:41:35 -0400

Start: Apr 7 2008 - 08:00

End: Apr 12 2008 - 12:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Description:

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.

Build Your Own S&G Night Heron at CVSW

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:36:23 -0400

Start: Jan 19 2008 - 09:00

End: Jan 28 2008 - 17:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Description:

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.

Paddle Making Classes

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:02:21 -0500

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.

Build a Kayak Paddle Class

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:33:28 -0500

Start: Jan 23 2007 - 18:00

End: Jan 23 2007 - 21:30

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Description:

Build a kayak paddle over 4 evenings at the Connecticut Valley School of Woodworking in Machester, CT.

Build a Stitch and Glue Night Heron

Thu, 11 May 2006 09:17:07 -0400

Start: Oct 16 2006 - 09:00

End: Oct 21 2006 - 12:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Description:

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.

S&G Night Heron Building Class at WoodenBoat

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 17:04:21 -0500

Start: Jul 29 2007 - 16:00

End: Aug 4 2007 - 13:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Description:

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

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

S&G Night Heron Building Class at CVSW

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 19:14:24 -0400

Start: Jan 9 2006 - 08:00

End: Jan 14 2006 - 17:00

Timezone: Etc/GMT+5

Description:
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

Required tools for S&G Night Heron Kayak Building Class

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:13:07 -0400

Some of the schools may have some of these tools, but if you want to be better prepared with your own tools these are what we use:

Organic Vapor Respirator - For use when handling epoxy. It is strongly suggested that you purchase a quality respirator for the class. Schools usually don't provide these. They may be found at most home centers or automotive part suppliers. They can also be ordered from Jamestown Distributors.
Low Angle Block Plane - Such as Stanley, Record or Lie Nielsen.

S&G Night Heron Kayak Building Class Schedule

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 19:59:18 -0400

This is a fast paced class which will get you through most of the most difficult steps involved in building a stitch and glue kayak. The first day will deal primarily with preparing the parts for the the busier days to follow. You will need determine your staining scheme. The second day will see the transformation of flat pieces of wood into a shapely kayak hull. You will stitch together the hull and apply fiberglass. On day three you will make the deck. Day four will have you putting together the deck and hull.On day five we will finish the fiberglassing. Day six we will do outfitting and as much finish work as we can. Some of the days may well run longer than this schedule shows, a couple 12 hour day are not uncommon.It is important that we get through all the tasks in each day so the epoxy has time to cure overnight.