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.
Schedule: Students attend one day per week
Monday: 2:30pm - 4:30pm (pending registration)
Tuesday: 9:30am - 11:30am
Wednesday: 9:30am - 11:30am
Friday: 9:30am - 11:30am
Fall Trimester: September 30 - December 13, 2024
Winter Trimester: January 6 - March 14, 2025
Spring Trimester: March 24 - June 6, 2025
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.
Schedule: Classes are held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 4-6 PM. Students attend one day per week
Fall Trimester: September 30 - December 13, 2024
Winter Trimester: January 6 - March 14, 2025
Spring Trimester: March 24 - June 6, 2025
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.
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 12-14 weeks and concludes with a small graduation ceremony where participants receive completion certificates.
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Schedule:
Annually: September 30, 2024 - March 14, 2025
Classes are held Monday and Thursday 9am-1pm. Students attend two days per week.
Class Size: Up to 10 students
Prerequisites: None
Cost: Free - We Pay You!
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.
2025 Dates Coming in March
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.
This beginner-level course is typically 14 weeks long and intended for any man or woman with a desire to learn the basics of wooden boatbuilding. Prior woodworking experience is helpful but not necessary. Students will learn to properly use both traditional hand tools and power tools throughout the course. We will construct a handsome 12-foot rowboat called a Bevin's Skiff along with oars. You may bring your own tools or utilize those we have on hand.
Beginning: 2025 Start date TBD
Day / Time: Thursdays 6:00-8:00pm
Target Audience: Adult men & women
Class Size: Up to 12
Prerequisites: None
Cost: $500
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.
October 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Day / Time: Thursdays 6:00-8:00pm
Target Audience: Adult men & women
Class Size: Up to 12
Prerequisites: None
Cost: $225
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Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop
910 Ballentine Blvd., Norfolk, VA 23504, US
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