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Summer Camp Programs

Our weekly summer camp programs include various woodworking and nautical activities such as building a model sail boat, leatherworking, steam-bending, learning nautical tools and practices, sewing, painting, an environmental science station, & more. Students are able to take their small projects home. Each session concludes with campers rowing and/or sailing one of our student-built wooden boats.

Schedule:

Our 2025 Summer Camps are full. Fill out a registration form to be added to the waitlist.  Please include as many weeks as you are available to increase chances of placement

2025 Dates 

Jun 30 - July 3 (FULL)

July 14 - 18 (FULL)

July 21 - 25 (FULL)

July 28 - Aug 1 (FULL)

Aug 4 - 8 (FULL)


Camps are held 9:30am-12:30pm

Target Audience: Youth ages 10 -18
Class Size: Up to 12 students per weekly camp

Prerequisites: None
Cost: Free  


Please include at least 2 weeks as schedule options when registering.


Youth Boatbuilding Programs

Drawing on Hampton Roads' rich maritime heritage, TWBW provides unique and exciting experiential learning opportunities. Students learn STEM and other critical life skills as they build wooden boats and are taught to row and sail them on local waters. While participating in these activities, their world expands and learning becomes relevant and fun. They not only learn about boats, they learn about themselves as they master new skills and discover new interests and talents.

Homeschool Program

Schedule: Students attend one day per week

Monday: 2:30pm-4:30pm

Tuesday: 9:30am - 11:30am (Full)

Wednesday: 9:30am - 11:30am (Full)

Friday: 9:30am - 11:30am (Full)


Fall Trimester: September 29 - December 12, 2025

Winter Trimester: January 5 - March 13, 2026

Spring Trimester: March 23 - June 12, 2026

 

Target Participants:  12-18 y/o Middle and High School Students  

Prerequisites:  None   

Cost:  Free


Please include at least two session days as schedule options when registering.

After-school Program​

Schedule: Classes are held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4:00-6:00 PM.  Students attend one day per week


Fall Trimester: September 29 - December 12, 2025

Winter Trimester: January 5 - March 13, 2026

Spring Trimester: March 23 - June 12, 2026

 

Target Participants:  12-18 y/o Middle and High School Students  

Prerequisites:  None   

Cost:  Free


Please include at least two session days as schedule options when registering.


Pre-Apprentice Program

Our pre-apprentice program is focused on reaching out to disconnected youth ages 17-24. These are students who are no longer attending school and are looking to add experience to their resume to achieve gainful employment. The program follows a specified curriculum, and students receive an educational stipend while in attendance. Each session lasts approximately 20 weeks and concludes with a small graduation ceremony where participants receive completion certificates.

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Schedule:

January 6, 2025 - June 12, 2025

Classes are held Monday and Thursday 9:30am-1:30pm.  Students attend two days per week. 


Class Size:   Up to 10 students 

Target Participants: 17-24 y/o not currently employed & not in another educational program.

Prerequisites:  None   

Cost:  Free - We Pay You!


Adult Boatbuilding Classes

Bevin's Skiff

$450

This beginner level course is typically 14 weeks long and intended for anyone with a desire to learn the basics of wooden boatbuilding. Prior woodworking experience is not necessary. Students will learn to properly use both traditional hand- and power- tools throughout the course. You may bring your own tools or use those we have on hand.

Schedule:  

Next Session Beginning January 22, 2026

Day / Time: Thursdays 6:00-8:00pm

Target Audience: Adult men & women  Class Size: Up to 12

Prerequisites: None 

Half-Hull Model

$250

Learn the art of making a beautiful half hull model boat while building your own scaled replica of a Muscongus Bay Sloop.  Half Hull models were used prior to the 20th century as a means of planning a ship's design and sheer to ensure that the ship would be symmetrical.  Now they are built as decorative nautical art and constructed after a ship is complete.

Schedule: 

January 22, 2026

Day / Time: Thursdays 6:00-8:00pm

Target Audience: Adult men & women
Class Size: Up to 12

Prerequisites: None

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