Boatbuilding & Restoration

Certificate Program in Boatbuilding and Restoration

The two-year Boatbuilding and Restoration Program provides students with a level of competency that will allow them to find jobs in the best modern and traditional boat yards in the world. Students who successfully complete the program will receive a Certificate in Yacht Restoration.

Students are exposed to the full range of skills that comprise proficiency in boat building and restoration. Classes combine theoretical and hands-on work. Students learn by doing, working alongside master shipwrights and other trained instructors restoring a variety of boats, both power and sail. Practical experience restoring classic boats is supplemented by classroom lectures, drawing and design exercises, classes in surveying and business techniques, and off-campus excursions. Tree cutting and milling trips, visits to other boatbuilding and repair facilities and to the great maritime libraries at Mystic Seaport and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are regularly scheduled.  Click here for a more detailed course description of the Boatbuilding and Restoration program.

The Boatbuilding and Restoration Program is held at IYRS’ Newport, RI waterfront campus and operates on an academic calendar with three terms: fall, spring and summer. Classes are held Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm.

Tuition:  Year 1 (starting September 2008) - $12,018 plus fees ;   Year 2 (starting September 2009) - $12,980 plus fees

Download our Viewbook or request an application for the Boatbuilding and Restoration program.