Workshops - One Week
Grand Banks Dory
Learn the skills and techniques required to build a 17′ Grand Banks Dory, based on traditional designs used in the Grand Banks Fishery. Participants will receive detailed instruction as they build a complete dory, progressing through each stage from the laying out the bottom, to installing frames, planks and finishing details. Minimum of 4 participants required to go ahead.
$900 per person.
Date July 15-19, 2026
Motorboat/Rodney Workshop
In this 5 day workshop, Learn about traditional uses of the Baccalieu Island Fishery Motorboat in this immersive five-day workshop. Various designs and construction techniques are explored.
$900 per person.
August 12-16, 2026
September 9-13, 2026
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Winterton Rodney
Participants will receive detailed instructions as they progress through each stage of building a 16’4″ Rodney originally designed and built by Marcus French of Winterton, Trinity Bay. Learn about traditional boat uses, designs and building techniques in Newfoundland and Labrador while actively constructing the backbone, placing moulds and battens, and shaping timbers and planks.
$900 per person
Date June 24-28, 2026
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