Elements of Coastal Kayaking II @WoodenBoat School
Sea kayaking course covers strokes, braces, maneuvering, safety, navigation, and more. Students can bring their own kayaks or try Nick’s high-performance designs.
Jun 15, 2025
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Updates and announcements of upcoming and past classes at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine.
Fine Strip Planked Boats Class @WoodenBoat School
A guide to building small boats with wood strips and epoxy.Jun 09, 2024Elements of Coastal Kayaking II @WoodenBoat School
Take the next steps to improve and expand your skillsJun 16, 2024Learn to Kayak @WoodenBoat School
Join Nick in Brooklin, Maine for “Family Week” at the WoodenBoat School to learn sea kayaking basics while exploring the islands and coves.Jul 16, 2023Fine Strip Planked Boat Building @WoodenBoat School
Nick Schade’s strip-planked boatbuilding method combines wood strips with epoxy and fiberglass to create lightweight, rugged, and beautiful vessels. Students will build two designs, an Adirondack Guide Boat and a microBootlegger Sport sea kayak, over six days.Jul 09, 2023Fine Strip-Planked Boat Building Class at WoodenBoat School
If 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.
Jul 31, 2022Advanced Coastal Kayaking at the WoodenBoat School
Join sea kayak designer, builder and paddler in beautiful Brooklin, Maine for a week of on-the-water learning. The coast of Maine around the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine features some of the best sea kayaking on the eastern seaboard.
Jul 24, 2022On-The-Water Kayaking Classes
Nick Schade is a Registered Maine Guide and with over 40 years of kayaking experience he knows how to use a kayak and can teach you to do the same.
Elements of Coastal Kayaking with Nick Schade - At WoodenBoat School
Canceled 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.
Jul 19, 2020Fine Strip-Planked Boat Building Class at WoodenBoat School
Canceled 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.
Jun 14, 2020
