Family BoatBuilding Events

Family BoatBuilding events are happening all over the world! Below is a list of the events scheduled to date. Please check this page frequently for updates.

Add your Family BoatBuilding event to this page.

Connecticut

• Producer: WoodenBoat
• Sponsoring Association: WoodenBoat Magazine
• Event Start Date: 29 June 2012
• Event End Date: 1 July 2012
• Address: WoodenBoat Show At Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT
• Type of Boat: 2-3 different kits
• Contact: Carl Cramer
• Phone: (207) 359-4651
• Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• URL: www.thewoodenboatshow.com/familybb.php
• Event Description: Truly the motherlode of Family BoatBuilding events. Build your very own boat with the help of expert guidance. Take your very own boat home with you.  Enjoy it forever.

Florida

• Producer: The Shipwright Shop, Inc.
• Event Start Date: 8 March 2012
• Event End Date: 11 March 2012
• Address: 208 4th Street, Suite B Fort Myers, Florida 33907 United States
• Type of Boat: Bevins Skiff
• Contact: David Bickel
• Phone: (239) 850-6844
• Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• URL: http://theshipwrightshop.com
• Event Description:The Shipwright Shop, Inc., a Fort Myers based yacht carpentry and wooden boat building organization, is conducting an exciting new annual event to be introduced at the Fort Myers Spring Boat Show, March 8-11, 2012 at the Lee Civic Center. The event will be titled: “The Southwest Florida Boat Building Festival.”
  
  This event is bringing youth boatbuilding teams from around Southwest Florida together with local sponsors during the Spring Boat Show that will result in bringing the next generation of boaters and boatbuilders together with an already established local boating event.
  
  Please check out our website and the promotional video associated with the event.
  
  Sponsorship opportunities for this event are available and inquiries can be emailed to us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

New Hampshire

• Sponsoring Association: UNH Marine docents Type of Boat: Oyster River Cat 12′ cat Boat by Ned McIntosh
• Event Start Date: 18 May 2012
• Event End Date: 20 May 2012
• Address: 14 Deer Meadow Road  Durham, New Hampshire 03824
• Type of Boat: 12 ft Oyster River Cat
• Contact: Ray Belles
• Phone: (603) 868-7180
• Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
• URL: www.unh.edu/marine-education
• Event Description:Build a wonderful 12ft sailboat in three days with your family and a dedicated Marine Docent to mentor you. Total cost including a professionally made sail is $1100. You will be proud to take home the Oyster River Cat designed by legendary Ned McIntosh. You will be proud of the accomplishment of your family working together on an elegant project you are not likely to tackle alone. It will provide years of family fun and memories. No woodworking skill is required, only the desire to do something with your hands. All family mmbers are invited, but each family must include a youth age 12 to 20.
  
  The boat is gunter rigged which means the mast and spars will fit inside the boat allowing you to car top or fit inside a pickup truck. The 65 sq. ft. sail provides sprightly performance. Without the sail rig it serves as a hard working row boat. Building takes place at the UNH Kingman Farm in Madbury, NH. Visit the web site www.unh.edu/marine-education for details.
  
  Applications are due April 15.

New Jersey

• Producer: Tuckerton Seaport
• Sponsoring Association: Antique & Classic Boat Show
• Event Start Date: 8 September 2012
• Event End Date: 9 September 2012
• Address: 120 West Main Street Tuckerton, NJ 08087 United States
• Type of Boat: Barnegat Bay Garvey
• Contact: Renee Kennedy
• Phone: (609) 296-8868
• Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  
• URL: http://www.TuckertonSeaport.org
• Event Description: The new Garvey Kit was designed by Ron Spodofora for the Tuckerton Seaport. Based on the traditional lines of a Barnegat Bay working garvey, this boat is functional, affordable and a legacy in the making. As part of the kit you will be able to come and work hands on with boat builder, Ron Spodofora, to complete the boat at the Seaport. The garvey kit includes all the necessary parts and at the end of two days you will leave the Seaport with a floating boat – ready to be prepped and painted.
  
  This kit does not include paint, hardware or decorative floorboards.