FYI from the Bonneville School of Sailing . . .
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Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 12:02 PM
Subject: Wooden Boat Restoration Class begins April 12th
WOODEN BOAT
RESTORATION CLASS
April
12th - May 24th
DeWitt Smith in the Boatbuilder's
Workshop
Come check
out our newest offering from Bonneville School of Sailing .
. . if you are thinking of fixing up an old
sailboat or power boat, just want to learn more about care for your own wooden
boat or would like to tackle a complete restorationof a classic wooden runabout
or sailboat, we've got the classes for you. Bonneville's boat building instructor
DeWitt Smith will be teaching techniques and ‘tips from the trades’ of wooden
boat repair and restoration. Classes are
being offered in three parts; you can enroll in one, two or all three
segments. Our classroom now has three project craft: 1963 Chris Craft
Sportsman 17 (a mahogany planked inboard engine runabout) and two Star class 22’
keelboat sailboats.
Classes begin April 12th in the Salt Lake
City classroom
1116 South Richards Street (50 West)
Salt Lake City,
Utah (entrance at rear of building)
7pm to
9-9:30pm
PART 1 Two,
two-hour classes covering history and basic survey of these craft and creating a
plan for their restoration.
Class 1 "History &
Surveying Your Project" Thursday, April 12th
Class 2
"Creating a Plan of Restoration" Thursday,
April 19th
COST:
$70.00 Limit 10 students.
Registration deadline for PART 1 is
April 10th.
PART 2 Five,
two-hour classes covering marine woodworking, mechanical systems, electrical
systems, sailboat rigging & sails, marine paints, adhesives and
varnishing.
Class 3 "Marine
Woodworking"
Thursday, April 26th
Class 4 "Mechanical
Systems"
Thursday, May 3rd
Class 5 "Electrical
System"
Thursday, May 10th
Class 6 "Sailboat Rigging &
Sails"
Thursday, May 17th
Class 7 "Paints, Varnish &
Goos"
Thursday, May 24th
COST: $200.00 Limit 6 students.
PART 3 Seven, two-hour work
sessions on different days than above; your chance to work along side of very
experienced instructors as we restore our three project
craft.
Work Session 1 Tuesday, April 17th,
Work Session 2 Tuesday, April 24th
Work Session 3 Tuesday,
May 1
Work Session 4 Tuesday, May 8
Work Session 5 Tuesday,
May 15
Work Session 6 Tuesday, May 22
Work Session 7
Tuesday, May 29th
Bonus: Thursday, May 31st "Smorgasbord" Makeup or Review.
Free to any previous attendee
COST: $15.00 per 2 hour work
session. Limit 5 per session.
To register call
801.636.5204