Big Boat Build Workshops

If you are looking for a great introduction to traditional wooden boat construction, join us on one of our three day workshops and work with some of Ireland’s few remaining traditional shipwrights, refitting Ireland’s sole surviving sea-going sailing ship.

Workshops are held in a traditional wooden boatbuilding yard in Oldcourt, Skibbereen, West Cork. Our workshops take place in the Old Grain Store in Hegarty's Boatyard where professional wooden boat builders Liam Hegarty, John Hegarty and Fachtna O’Sulivan, offer participants a stimulating introduction to the craft of traditional West Cork wooden boat building.

Take this unique opportunity to carry forward this mysterious and ancient craft.

Typical workshop programme

• Traditional wooden boat terminology (nomenclature)
• What are the basic elements that make up a wooden boat
• What woods are used in boat construction, oak, larch etc.
• How to use a chain mould
• Making moulds
• Shaping new oak frames and bevel cutting
• History of the West Cork sailing vessel Ilen

To get confirmation of the next workshop dates or to book your place please contact us.

Please visit our Big Boat Build website