The latest wooden boats, hand-built by students at the Boat Building Academy (BBA) in Lyme Regis, UK, have been launched in the town’s historic harbour. Some 16 students undertook the Boat Building Academy and Furniture School’s latest 40-week wooden boatbuilding course, spending the first 20 weeks learning skills such as joinery, lofting, traditional, modern and fibre reinforced […]
“Creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an everyday challenge and conversation, not a yearly post,” says Belinda Joslin. She’s the founder of the Instagram group, Women in Boatbuilding, which she started in 2019 when she began working at Spirit Yachts. After an encounter with another female boatbuilder, Joslin decided to create a […]
A range of new bursaries is allowing more people to pursue their dream careers at the Boat Building Academy (BBA). The BBA in Lyme Regis, UK, is now offering bursaries covering up to 50 per cent of course fees, with up to 100 per cent covered where the need is greater. The new funding has been made possible due […]
Traditional wooden boat building has been added to the ‘endangered’ list of crafts, according to new research by Heritage Crafts. The organisation’s research is an ongoing project to track traditional craft skills on the verge of extinction in the UK. Its previous results were announced in 2021. The research, funded by The Pilgrim Trust and […]
The Boat Building Academy (BBA), based in Lyme Regis, Dorset, is seeking seven committed and enthusiastic individuals to change their lives via its 40-week boat building course. Starting mid-May, the course will teach skills such as lofting, traditional, modern and fibre reinforced plastic boatbuilding, as well as spar, oar and sail making, and more. Students […]
The Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis, renowned for the high quality of its training and graduates, is aiming to crowdfund £20,000 in order to undertake covid-inspired building work. And, within a couple of weeks of the launch, it’s almost 80% of the way to its target. The building work – primarily expanding a mezzanine to […]
After 23 years of training highly-skilled boat builders and furniture makers, The Boat Building Academy (BBA) has announced it is now a charitable company. The change will enable the BBA to offer bursaries to individuals for training in boat building and furniture making. “Becoming a charity is a big moment for us; the primary objective […]