On-The-Water Kayaking Classes

Introduction To Coastal Kayaking

Nick has taught classes at the WoodenBoat School for decades. Now is your opportunity to learn sea kayaking in beautiful Maine
Schoodic Sea Kayak Retreat

Join Nick and Gerry with other enthusiastic sea kayakers in some of the most beautiful kayaking venues in the world

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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.

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Nick's Blog

What is a Sea Kayak?

Tradition

The articles in the late great print magazine “Sea Kayaker” featured articles of people doing multi day expeditions to far exotic places. Today’s legendary kayaks became legendary because of the legendary expeditions to remote shores in which they were used.

Preview image for the video "Impressions of the Turning Point Boat Works Petrel Play".

Translating a Wood Kayak into Fiberglass

People associate me with wood. I understand, they see me paddling wooden kayaks, the wood is the most obvious difference that draws people's attention and they assume that the wood part of the equation is what I'm interested in. But I make kayaks because I am interested in kayaks.

Staining the Recess - microBootlegger Sport - E30

Pre staining the cockpit recess so it will match the rest of the boat.

Plans Price Increase

If you received my last newsletter, it will not be a surprise that we are raising our plans prices. We have held our prices constant for the past 15 or so years, but over that time the cost of printing has increased by over 50% and other business expenses have also increased.

RoboBevel Tool Prices and Shoulder Planes

Starting a Small Manufacturing Business

One of the things about operating as a small business is, you don't know how your business will operate until you start doing it.

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Upcoming Events

Fine Strip Planked Boat Building @WoodenBoatSchool
Jul 9, 2023
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.
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Learn to Kayak @WoodenBoatSchool
Jul 16, 2023
Join Nick in Brooklin, Maine for "Family Week" at the WoodenBoat School for fun and adventure while learning the basics of sea kayaking. With over 40 years of kayaking experience, Nick is an accomplished kayaking instructor and coach.
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2023 Schoodic Sea Kayak Retreat
Sep 10, 2023
Join Guillemot Kayaks and Sea Sherpa Kayak On Some Of The Finest Sea Kayaking On The Eastern Seaboard

The 2023 Retreat is Full. If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please fill out the registrations, but DO NOT PAY.
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