Here we are compiling a list of all of the schools where you can learn boat design, systems, building and repair. The programs range from 6-month intensives and vocational training to professional degrees in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. If you’re more interested in short-term, specialized courses and topics, great! Check out our Classes & Courses HERE. Our goal is to create one, current resource where people interested in pursuing further education can go and find what they’re looking for.
Until we have a better system, these schools have been organized by country. We try to keep the links current, but sites change all of the time and it’s not always possible. If there’s a broken link, or if there is school missing from this list, please let me know. Contact HERE.
Australia:
- The Wooden Boat Centre (Franklin, Tasmania)
Canada:
New Zealand:
Spain:
- Barcelona Boatbuilders https://www.barcelonaboatbuilders.com/ (Barcelona, Spain)
United Kingdom:
- International Boatbuilding Training College (Lowestoft, England)
- Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy (Lyme Regis, England)
United States:
- Great Lakes Boatbuilding School (Cedarville, Michigan)
- Seattle Central College Boat Building and Repair (Seattle, Washington)
- The Apprenticeshop (Rockland, Maine)
- Cape Fear Community College Boatbuilding (Wilmington, North Carolina)
- The Landing School (Arundel, Maine)
- Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding (Port Hadlock, Washington)
- IYRS School of Technology & Trades (Newport, Rhode Island)
Distance Learning/Online:
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