Our marine trades department is a market leader for boat builder jobs in the uk and worldwide in the areas of shipbuilding, maintenance, refit, conversion and support. our clients include major shipbuilders, re-fit and maintenance yards, yacht builders and marine equipment manufacturers.. Boat and ship builders and repairers construct, install and repair wooden structures and fittings, and shape, position, rivet and seal metal plates and girders to form the metal structures and frameworks for marine craft.. A couple of years ago my attention turned towards the incredible structures that are traditional wooden boats. so, excited about learning new skills and the possibility of combining my work with another passion - sailing - i moved to falmouth to study boat building..
Although wooden boat building is too labour intensive for wooden boats to compete commercially with their plastic counterparts, wood is still one of the best structural materials for small boats. wood and epoxy are used to build some of the world's best multi-hull sailing boats, sprint kayaks and rowing shells.. We are a traditional boat building training college we’ll teach you the techniques of traditional wooden boatbuilding and master craftsmanship. download our course brochure. Welcome to woodenboatbuilding.co.uk . traditional wooden boat building and restoration . this site is an archive of work completed between 2006 and 2011..
