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A non-profit educational center that seeks to provide quality traditional and composite wooden boat building skills to preserve and continue the rich maritime heritage of the Great Lakes.

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  • School Policy
  • Admission and Tuition
  • Program Overview
  • Section 1: Classic Woodworking and Small Boat Building
  • Section 2: Traditional Wooden Boat Buildilng
  • Section 3: Composite Wooden Boat Building
  • Section 4: Course Outline
  • Section 5: Course Outline
  • Section 6: Course Outline
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  • Application and Enrollment
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Home » Programs » 2012-2013 Catalog of Courses » Section 4: Course Outline

Section 4: Course Outline

Epoxy Wood Composites

  Clock Hours
General Shop Safety and Health 20
Composite Materials Epoxy systems
Structural and sheathing fabrics
Wood products
20
Hull Construction Making the Frames
Laminated Stringers
Floors
Engine Beds
Setup
Hull Planking
Building composite decks
Building composite houses
265
Exterior Finishing Sheathing and coating
Exterior paint systems
80

Total Clock Hours: 385

 
 
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