Paddles, Oars, Spars, and More

🚣 Paddles, Spares, Oars, & More
🗓️ September 25 – September 28 | 9 AM–5 PM

Learn more & register ➡️ https://nwmaritime.org/events/paddles-spars-2025/

A crash course in how to make a square piece of wood round. This three-day course will walk you through the process of laying out and shaping spars, paddles, and oars. Students will receive demonstrations in both traditional and more contemporary building techniques while utilizing a number of hand and power tools. Students will have the choice of building set of oars, a pair of paddles, or a small solid spar to take home as well as build their own set of spar gauges to take home to continue mastering the craft. Students in the class will also learn birdsmouth construction of a small mast that will be utilized as part of the Northwest Maritime's fleet.

You may also like the following events from Northwest Maritime:

• Next month, 6th October, 09:00 am, Chesapeake Light Craft Takeover in Port Townsend
• Next month, 18th October, 10:00 am, Radar, Collision Avoidance, & Night Navigation – In-Person Class in Port Townsend
• This December, 6th December, 10:00 am, Deck The Hulls With Boatshop Offcuts in Port Townsend

Also check out other Workshops in Port Townsend.