Learn the Fine Art of Cedar Strip Boatbuilding and Fiberglassing in these Hands-On Workshops!

Take the first step towards achieving your dream of learning the skills to build your own cedar strip canoe, kayak or rowing craft! Learn from award-winning boatbuilders!

We offer 2-Day Workshops, 1-Day Fiberglassing/Varnish Workshops
as well as Private and Customized Workshops

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2-Day Workshops ~

The students will work together to learn the steps of building a canoe using cove + bead cedar strip/epoxy boat building technique (Staple & Stapleless), including hands-on individual fiberglassing instruction in a weekend class/workshop with hands on learning! It is intended to get you comfortable with the building process so that you have the confidence and skill to proceed on your own either from a kit or from plans. No prior woodworking or boatbuilding experience required!

Registration with Deposit required.

Limited to 8 students. Lunch Provided.

Fee: $395 per person

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1-Day Fiberglassing & Varnish Class –

Each students will learn about epoxy, fiberglassing and varnishing in all the stages of application in cedar strip & plywood boatbuilding construction, including creating filet, and applying bias cloth in a fiberglassing demonstration, and learning varnish application techniques. Each student will experience individual instruction in fiberglassing and varnishing so that you have the skill and confidence to create effective fillets, prep and fiberglass your boat including applying bias cloth successfully, plus varnishing prep and application, when building either from a kit or from plans. No prior woodworking or boatbuilding experience required!

Registration with Deposit required.

Limited to 10 students. Lunch Provided.

Fee: $225

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Customized Individual Instruction Available upon request

We also offer private boatbuilding classes!  We have quietly provided private instruction to boat builders over the years.  This is growing more popular for individuals, couples, friends or families who simply desire the individual instruction of our professional boat builders. Attendees have enjoyed and expressed how they benefited by learning their boatbuilding skills from Newfound Woodworks, saying that the experience has helped them to confidently build a boat that they are very proud of, and how the personal experience benefiting from our 40 years of our award-winning boatbuilding has taken the worry out of the mysteries of building, and made their boatbuilding an enjoyable experience.

You are able to customize your private hands-on workshop to learn or advance your personal boatbuilding skills experience by choosing how many in your party, the amount of hours/days, learning the overall hands-on skills to just concentrating on specific aspects of the construction. (Example: Private fiberglassing or varnishing skills, installation skills, part or all boatbuilding skills, etc. Whatever you need hands-on learning to gain the knowledge and experience to have you leaving with the confidence and skill to be successful. The tuition is reflective of the customization, and covers the days requested, facility, instructor, pre-class preparation, use of tools, materials and disposable supply costs.

A personalized boatbuilding workshop for a week long class can be for one individual, a family or a group, working together building one boat – learning each facet of the build using a Newfound Woodworks kit. The tuition covers the facility, instructor, pre-class preparation, use of tools, and disposable supply costs. The kit cost covers all of the boatbuilding materials to build a complete boat. (Materials from the kit that is not used in class including items/supplies left over, will go home with the person who paid for the kit.)

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2024 Workshops:

Completed – May 17^th & 18^th 2-Day Boatbuilding Workshop

Completed – June 8^th 1-Day Fiberglassing & Varnish Workshop

Completed – July 12^th & 13th 2-Day Boatbuilding Workshop

Completed –August 16^th & 17^th 2-Day Boatbuilding Workshop

Completed Sept. 27^th & 28^th 2-Day Boatbuilding Workshop

Full – Oct. 5^th 1-Day Fiberglassing & Varnish Workshop

FULL – Oct. 25^th & 26^th 2-Day Boatbuilding Workshop

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For more information or to enroll:

Call us at 603-744-6872 or email us at: [email protected]

We hope you join us!

Our 2025 Schedule will be posted late February 2025. Thank you!