Gift Shop & Tickets

Visit our Gift Shop during your visit to find the perfect present for your family, that great coworker, teacher or friend. From toys and stylish apparel to local art, books & souvenirs. We offer an array of collectible treasures to truly make your museum voyage memorable.

Family Boatbuilding Week 2025

Name: Family Boatbuilding Week 2025
SKU: 00044
Price: 1400.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Store / Gift Shop

$1,400.00

In stock

Product Details

Families attend a boatbuilding orientation where they learn to build a wooden rowing skiff (Wright Skiff) from a supplied kit. They have five days to build the boat and have it in the water and race ready.

“We pre-cut a number of the boards and there are hundreds of cuts.

The pieces are handed out in order of construction. We know what’s required for each process,” said Chuck McGhinnis, the building and grounds director who oversees the program.

The 14-foot boats are made of cypress and fir and held together with stainless steel fasteners. During Family Boat Week, participants work together on-site daily. It’s an activity that bonds families as they team up to construct their boat.

“The purpose is to get families together with a project they can complete, be proud of, and use for years,” he said.Over the last 17 years, families assembled up to 154 boats within the program.