Build Your Own Drake 17!

Name: Build Your Own Drake 17!
Start: 2025-09-15T08:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-09-15T17:00:00-07:00
Location: Northwest Maritime

Schedule

Mon Sep 15 2025 at 08:30 am to 05:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Northwest Maritime | Port Townsend, WA

⛵️Build your own Drake 17: Build It, Row It, Race It
🗓️ Sept. 15-19 & Sept. 22-26 | 8:30 AM - 5 PM
Learn more & register ➡️ https://nwmaritime.org/events/build-your-own-drake-17-build-it-row-it-race-it/
In this beginner-level construction class we will build the versatile and beautiful Chase Small Craft designed Drake 17, a rowing craft built to handle the everyday conditions that the Puget Sound has to throw at it!
With the wood, screws, and glue on hand, we will build the boat from precut parts throughout the two week course. Boatshop manager, Joel Arrington, and the boat designer himself, Clint Chase, will lead you through parts making, hull building, gunwales construction and seat installation. The workshop will end with instructions on how to prep and paint your boat, or prepare it for sailing.
This is a great class for people who want to build their first boat in an exciting, educational setting and with the guidance of the designer-builder. You will be ready to go home loaded with great memories and a boat ready and equipped to sand and paint. Finished right the boat can be as light as 110 lbs making her easy to trailer home!
We will work Monday-Friday for two consecutive weeks. We’ll start at 8:30 AM daily and try to end by 5 PM each day. For those building a sailing version, we can discuss getting in a little extra time, plan on doing a class extension if you want a sailing version. Expect to leave long days in the shop, tired but happy. If you’d like to bring a friend to help with the workload, we encourage it! (Just remember to note their name on the registration waiver form).
For more details on this beautiful boat, including kit listing and finished specs, please visit the Chase Small Craft website.