Boatbuilding News & Events

 

Boatbuilding News from Chesapeake Light Craft:    Jump to Events

• Storewide Sale through June 2!
   
  
• Take a Video Tour of CLC's Expanded and Remodeled Factory
   
  
• 2021 Photo Contest Winners
   
  
• CLC's Nicky Stimpson Becomes the First Woman to Paddle the Length of Chesapeake Bay: PART 1
   
  
• Schoodic Sea Kayak Retreat 2021: Five Days in Amazing Wooden Kayaks on the Coast of Maine
   
  
• Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival 2021 Kicks off with Voyage to the Vineyard
   
  
• Voyage to the Vineyard 2021
   
  
• Complete Grain Surfboards in Stock
   
  
• 2021 Big Little Boat Festival Final Racing Results
   
  
• What'SUP with Nicky
   
  
• Clemens Wergin Wins Naylor Noggin Award
   
  
• 2020 Photo Contest Annual Winners
   
  
• This Peeler Can Be Yours, Ready to Go!
   
  
• 30 Years and Counting: Happy Anniversary to Us!
   
  
• Two New Boats for 2021!
   
  
• Building to Teach: a Creative Distance Learning Program in Model Boatbuilding
   
  
• Product Suggestions
   
  
• Great Gift Ideas for Boatbuilders
   
  
• Mark Carter Prone-Paddles 25 Miles to Raise Money For Park
   
  
• Nicky Shows Off Racing Style on Lake Champlain
   
  
• New! Download Plans for CLC's Classic Designs
   
  
• Three Generations of Kayakers Building Memories and Heirlooms
   
  
• Boatbuilder Spotlight: Jeff Perkins
   
  
• Introducing: CLC ProKits
   
  
• Now Shipping: The Lighthouse Tender Peapod
   
  
• Chesapeake Light Craft and COVID-19
   
  
• 2019 Photo Contest Annual Winners
   
  
• Introducing the Teardrop Integrated Cargo Carrier
   
  
• West Coast Tour 2019
   
  
• OkoumeFest 2019 Wrap Up Page 2
   
  
• OkoumeFest 2019 Wrap Up Page 1
   
  
• OkoumeFest 2019 Wrap Up Page 3
   
  
• Prototype CLC Runabout Build
   
  
• Building The Guider 2.0
   
  
• 2018 Photo Contest Annual Winners
   
  
• NEW in 2019: Full Plans Sets Available for PDF Download
   
  
• Gift Ideas for Boatbuilders
   
  
• Most Popular Right Now!
   
  
• Custom Projects at CLC
   
  
• Survey: Buying a Finished CLC Teardrop Camper
   
  
• Waterlust Builds The CLC Teardrop Camper
   
  
• CLC Teardrop Camper Videos
   
  
• Build Your Own Teardrop Camper in a Class
   
  
• John Guider Puts Another 1000 Miles on his "Skerry Raid"
   
  
• Julia Holmes' Four-Year, 2,500-Mile Adventure
   
  
• Waterlust Expedition Canoes Take Shape in CLC Shop, Set Sail South
   
  
• Read More in the News Archives . . .
   
  
• And Even More on the Life of Boats Blog . . .
   
  

Upcoming Chesapeake Light Craft Events:

Boat Shows

Boatbuilding Classes

In-water Demos

	Big Little Boat Festival 2022 May 27, 2022 - May 29, 2022 Camp Wabanna - Edgewater, Maryland
	Build Your Own Shearwater or Wood Duck Sea Kayak Jun 5, 2022 - Jun 11, 2022 The WoodenBoat School - Brooklin, Maine
	Build Your Own Lapstrake Dinghy Jun 12, 2022 - Jun 18, 2022 The WoodenBoat School - Brooklin, Maine
	Build Your Own Lapstrake Dinghy Jun 13, 2022 - Jun 18, 2022 Center for Wooden Boats - Seattle, Washington
	WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport Jun 24, 2022 - Jun 26, 2022 Mystic, Connecticut
	Build Your Own Teardrop Camper Jun 27, 2022 - Jul 9, 2022 Annapolis
	Build Your Own Sassafras Canoe Jul 3, 2022 - Jul 9, 2022 WoodenBoat School - Brooklin, Maine
	Build Your Own Annapolis Wherry Jul 10, 2022 - Jul 16, 2022 The WoodenBoat School - Brooklin, Maine
	Build Your Own Annapolis Wherry Jul 11, 2022 - Jul 16, 2022 Center for Wooden Boats - Seattle, Washington
	Build Your Own Kaholo Stand-Up Paddleboard Jul 23, 2022 - Jul 29, 2022 Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, Washington
	Build Your Own Northeaster Dory Jul 24, 2022 - Jul 30, 2022 The WoodenBoat School - Brooklin, Maine
	Build Your Own Skerry Daysailer Aug 1, 2022 - Aug 6, 2022 Center for Wooden Boats - Seattle, Washington
	Stitch & Glue Boatbuilding with John Harris Aug 14, 2022 - Aug 20, 2022 The WoodenBoat School, Brooklin, Maine
	Build Your Own Northeaster Dory Aug 22, 2022 - Aug 27, 2022 Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, Washington
	Build Your Own Sassafras Canoe Aug 29, 2022 - Sep 3, 2022 Chesapeake Light Craft - Annapolis, Maryland
	Build Your Own Shearwater or Wood Duck Sea Kayak Sep 4, 2022 - Sep 10, 2022 The WoodenBoat School - Brooklin, Maine
	The Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, WA Sep 9, 2022 - Sep 11, 2022 Port Townsend, Washington
	Build Your Own Northeaster Dory Sep 19, 2022 - Sep 24, 2022 Chesapeake Light Craft - Annapolis, Maryland
	Build Your Own Skerry Daysailer Sep 19, 2022 - Sep 25, 2022 Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, Washington
	Build Your Own Stitch-and-Glue Kayak (Shearwater or Wood Duck) Sep 19, 2022 - Sep 24, 2022 Center for Wooden Boats - Seattle, WA
	Schoodic Sea Kayak Retreat Sep 25, 2022 - Oct 1, 2022 Winter Harbor, Maine
	39th Mid-Atlantic Small Craft Festival Sep 30, 2022 - Oct 2, 2022 Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, St. Michaels, Maryland
	United States Sailboat Show Oct 13, 2022 - Oct 17, 2022 Annapolis, Maryland
	Build Your Own Stitch-and-Glue Kayak (Shearwater or Wood Duck) Oct 17, 2022 - Oct 22, 2022 Chesapeake Light Craft - Annapolis, Maryland
	Build Your Own Shearwater or Wood Duck Sea Kayak Oct 24, 2022 - Oct 30, 2022 Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, Washington
	Build Your Own Annapolis Wherry Oct 31, 2022 - Nov 5, 2022 Chesapeake Light Craft - Annapolis, Maryland
	Build Your Own Teardrop Camper Nov 7, 2022 - Nov 19, 2022 Chesapeake Light Craft, Annapolis, Maryland