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Boat Building Academy and National Maritime Museum Cornwall launch short courses at Falmouth

The National Maritime Museum Cornwall and the Boat Building Academy have teamed up to run a series of short three- and five-day courses at the Falmouth museum’s premises. The first weekend course, ‘Make a fender – decorative ropework and splicing’, with … Continue reading

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BBA students launch an 18ft Paul Gartside-designed cutter

     Photos by Andy Blundy, Charlie Couture and Emma Brice This 18ft Paul Gartside-designed strip-planked cutter belonging to Boat Building Academy student Dominik Gschwind hit the water at the BBA’s student launch just before Christmas. The boat is in … Continue reading

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BBA students build and launch a clinker Paul Gartside Skylark dinghy

This 14ft Paul Gartside-designed Skylark traditional clinker-built dinghy made by Boat Building Academy student Jim Higginson with help from fellow students Paddy Uniacke and Mark Bestford is planked in slow-grown Douglas fir, which was also used to construct its birdsmouth-style … Continue reading

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