The News, Culture and Practice of Sailing woodenboats
in Australia, New Zealand & The South Pacific.
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Passionate Young Shipwrights
One of the main catalysts for starting the company was to sustain and grow the art of wooden boatbuilding by passing on the skills they have accumulated. It’s a shared passion to keep the skills of wooden boat building alive for generations to come.
Apprenticeships are the Future.
The Wooden Boat Shop is an Accredited Training Facility for apprentices in Marine Trades and over the years has trained around 50 shipwrights.