Events
Upcoming Events
We haven't thought that far in advance yet. Stay tuned for more events added to our schedule.
Events You Missed
Fine Strip-Planked Boat Building Class at WoodenBoat School
Jun 13, 2021If you want to build a lightweight, rugged, and beautiful small boat, combining thin strips of wood with epoxy and fiberglass will make a cartoppable, low-maintenance, and gorgeous vessel. Nick Schade has been building strip-built boats for over 30 years.
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Meet at the Beach 2021
Jun 5, 2021Join as for this annual casual gathering of kayak builders:
at Bluff Point State Park Groton, Connecticut.
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Rocks, Surf, Race with Sea Sherpa
May 14, 2021Pre-season sea kayak instructional along the scenic Connecticut/Rhode Island coast. This event is geared towards advanced beginners to solid intermediate open water paddlers. -
The Nick & Gerry Show
Sep 19, 2020This event highlights the crazy good waters local to where Nick Schade (of Guillemot Kayak) and Gerry Polinsky (of Sea Sherpa Kayak infamy) live and play.
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Elements of Coastal Kayaking with Nick Schade - At WoodenBoat School
Jul 19, 2020Canceled Due to COVID-19
Better Luck in 2021I am very excited to announce that I will be teaching a week-long on-the-water sea kayaking class in Maine this summer. If you have one of my designs, or you are interested in learning how to handle a sea kayak on the ocean, this is your chance to gain some great experience, while enjoying one of the prettiest places to paddle in the world.
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Fine Strip-Planked Boat Building Class at WoodenBoat School
Jun 14, 2020Canceled Due to COVID-19
Better Luck in 2021If you want to build a lightweight, rugged, and beautiful small boat, combining thin strips of wood with epoxy and fiberglass will make a cartoppable, low-maintenance, and gorgeous vessel. Nick Schade has been building strip-built boats for over 30 years. He has written two of the standard texts on the subject, Building Strip-Planked Boats and The Strip-Built Sea Kayak, and his efforts have guided thousands of people through building their own boats using the popular strip-planked method.
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Big Little Boat Festival
May 23, 2020Canceled Due to COVID
Better luck in 2021Join me with Chesapeake Light Craft as OkoumeFest morphs into a full-on two-day waterfront celebration of small boat culture that will:
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Canoecopia - Madison, WI
Mar 13, 2020I will once again be attending Canoecopia supporting Chesapeake Light Craft. Said to be the largest paddlesports show in North America, it is a great event to see what is going on in paddlespor
2019 Schoodic Sea Kayak Retreat
Sep 15, 2019This is the page for the 2019 Event
For information on the 2022 Schoodic Retreat, Please Visit this Page.
The 2nd Annual Schoodic RetreatThis five day event features the East Coast's finest sea kayaking and highlights a chance to try the amazing wooden kayaks by Nick Schade in the conditions they were designed for.
We had a great time in 2018 so we are doing it again in 2019.
