Class Schedule for 2010

A class discription and teacher profile follow the calender.

Build your own Passagemaker Dingy , April 4-10 at the Wooden Boat Foundation, Port Townsend WA.

Build your own Wood Duck, May 3-8 at Chesapeake Light Craft, Annapolis, Maryland

Build your own Wood Duck, July 4-10 at the Great Lakes Boat Building School ,cedarville, MI

Build your own Wood Duck, June 13-19 at the IYRS Newport, Rhode Island

Build your own Wood Duck August 2-7 at The WoodenBoat School, Brooklin, Maine

I will also teach several classes at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath Maine.

Build your own Wood Duck Kayak Class. Monday-Friday, May 24-28

Build your own stitch and glue Kayak or Canoe Kit class. Wednesday nights, 6-9pm March 3, 2010- May or June

The Wood Duck is a recreational kayak designed for comfortable, relaxing paddling in sheltered waters. This kayak is built from mahogany plywood which makes her very pretty as well as light weight and strong. She is available in two sizes 10 feet or 12 feet long. larger paddlers will want the larger boat as will those wishing a bit more speed. We will build this little boat starting with the plywood panels and get it ready for you to varnish at home. We may even get to try it out before you travel home.

During the stitch and glue kayak class you will build your own kayak or canoe from a commercially made stitch and glue kit of your choosing. We will work one night a week.
Extra time is available during the week if you have to make up a missed class. As I am a designer of all the boats here at Shearwater Boats and a line or boats for Chesapeake Light Craft, I am most familiar with boats of my design, but will be able to help you with any kit boat.

Instructor Profile:

ERIC SCHADE of Phippsburg, Maine was trained as a mechanical engineer, and has practiced that profession for 20 years. In 1983, he built his first boat, a small canoe. Since then he has built more than 50 small boats, including kayaks, canoes, rowing boats, and small sailboats. In 1996 he founded Shearwater Boats (www.shearwater-boats.com) to offer custom canoes and kayaks. Gradually Shearwater has developed to the point where it offers an extensive line of stitch-and-glue watercraft—kayaks, canoes, rowing boats, and sailboats. Eric has also designed a line of new boats offered by the Chesapeake Light Craft company (www.CLCboats.com) Eric has taught boat building classes in Norwalk, Connecticut and at the WoodenBoat School In Brooklin, Maine with something like 150 boats built by his students.

Other organizations or people wishing to offer classes may feel free to contact Shearwater Boats for more information.

Updated on February 2, 2010

by Shearwater Boats
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