Learn to Build A Boat at the Maritime Museum

Class registration is now open to the public for the Door County Maritime Museum’s popular boat building class.

The 2012 class will build the Abenaki, a two-person cedar strip canoe, beginning in mid-January at the museum in Sturgeon Bay.

Volunteer instructors David Morgan and Bob Schottmuller selected the Abenaki because of its size and design. While its construction is straightforward, the Abenaki can still handle a week’s worth of gear for the ultimate paddling adventure.

The name Abenaki honors the Native Americans who once paddled and fished the inland waters of southern New England. The Abenaki is fairly beamy with large capacity, good stability, and all around canoe design.

Classes will meet on Saturdays from 8 am – 3 pm beginning mid-January with project completion estimated for mid-June. Occasional mid-week classes will be held to move the project forward. The Abenaki will be the grand prize in the museum’s 2012 Boat Raffle.

Class registration for museum members is $300 and $400 for non-members. For more information call 920.743.5958 or visit http://www.dcmm.org