YouthBoat is designed to empower youth, build character and foster teamwork through the traditional craft of wooden boatbuilding and on-the-water activities. At the HRMM Wooden Boat School, students from diverse backgrounds work alongside skilled shipwrights and craftspeople. Through the boatbuilding process, students put STEM skills to work as they follow building plans, use specialized tools and materials, and solve problems.
YouthBoat is offered in two programs - one daytime program with Ulster BOCES students, the other an after-school program open to Hudson Valley high school students. HRMM has partnered with Kingston High School to offer high school course credit for this program. Students must provide their own transportation and must complete an application and interview process before being accepted into the program.
After School Program
YouthBoat is an afterschool program for teenagers, ages 14-18. It is designed to empower youth, build character and foster teamwork through the traditional craft of wooden boatbuilding and on-the-water activities.
Registration is currently suspended for YouthBoat.
For other questions please contact Becky Sellinger, Wooden Boat School Manager, at bsellinger@hrmm.org
Starting in the spring semester of 2015, the Hudson River Maritime Museum has partnered with Ulster BOCES to provide daytime wooden boat building programs to selected students. To learn more about the 2016 program, see the video below: