Port Hadlock WA - Boat School - Launching the HEIDI Skiff, a summer workshop boat

Port Hadlock WA – Boat School – Launching the HEIDI Skiff, a summer workshop boat

Port Hadlock WA - Boat School - Launching the HEIDI Skiff, a summer workshop boat

Boatbuilder and designer Rich Kolin designed this trim little skiff and named it for one of his daughters.

It’s a popular summer workshop project at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding.

Check our website www.nwboatschool.org for our workshop schedule, which runs year-round.

You can listen to an audio interview with Rich Kolin here, courtesy Dan Mattson’s excellent podcast "Hooked on Wooden Boats": hookedonwoodenboats.com/009-hooked-on-wooden-boats-interv…

The book Rich Kolin wrote to explain the skiff-building process can be found here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/building-heidi-a-12-foot-skiff-f…

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding is located in Port Hadlock WA and is a private, accredited non-profit vocational school.

Our mission is to teach and preserve the fine art of wooden boatbuilding and traditional maritime crafts. We build both commissioned and speculative boats for a sale while teaching adult students boatbuilding skills.

You can find us on the web at www.nwboatschool.org .

You can reach us via e-mail at info@nwboatschool.org or by calling us at 360-385-4948.

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