Anyone know is this boat building course any good?

Tedious Bore

http://dfei.ie/day/crafts/boat-building-creative-craft

or anyone know if the other woodcraft courses in dun laoghaire are good?

sawdoubters

should be ok,but most boats are fiberglass now so it would not be for a career

http://www.indeed.co.uk/Boat-Builder-jobs

fergal.b

It looks like a good place to start if you want to get into boatbuilding, if you just want to build a boat for yourself I can help you out with that on the sailing & boating page.
There is still a need for woodworkers on all kinds of boats from fitting out barges to repairing small lake boats, as long as your work is to a high standard there is endless amounts of work for some one with the right skills. It's a dying art and there has been a lack of courses over the last few years so it may be a good time to be one of the next generation

Help me bring back wooden boats they are soooo much nicer than those white plastic things Check out my crackerbox build in the link below and see what you think.



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Tedious Bore

..........link missing?

fergal.b

Tedious Bore wrote: »

..........link missing?

This one http://s753.photobucket.com/user/fergalbutler/slideshow/crackerbox/?albumview=slideshow




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Tedious Bore

great pics, nice work.

CMARTY10

Tedious Bore wrote: »

http://dfei.ie/day/crafts/boat-building-creative-craft

or anyone know if the other woodcraft courses in dun laoghaire are good?

looks interesting.did you apply for it?

Tedious Bore

mailed them but they've stopped running it