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WoodenBoat’s Boatbuilding And Rowing Challenge (BARC) is a program designed to encourage high school students to work together in building a boat. We will be posting information about schools’ progress below. You may post comments below as well. The design we have chosen is the St. Ayles Skiff.

BARC National Championship; June 29 – July 1, 2012

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at the WoodenBoat Show; Mystic Seaport; Mystic, CT.

Practice days are June 29-30; race finals are July 1, weather permitting.

More details SOON.

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Current Photos

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for St. Ayles in North America in-build and (hopefully) on the water (soon), click below:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hewes-Company-Marine-Division/138957102790976?v=wall

 

Schools & Groups Building in North America — As of January 2012

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Maine schools, as part of EMBARC:

Mount Desert High School

George Stevens Academy (Blue Hill)

Belfast Alternative High School

Deer Isle – Stonington High School

Sumner Memorial High School (Sullivan)

Washington Academy (East Machias)

Vinalhaven High School

 

Out-Of-State Schools & Groups:

The Community Boatworks of the Hudson Valley (Peekskill, NY)

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum (Vergennes, VT)

Renbrook School (Hartford, CT)

Chariho Tech Center (Wood River Junction, RI)

Moravian Academy (Bethlehem, PA)

Wind & Oar Women’s Rowing Club (Portland, OR)

Manatee Technical Institute (Bradenton, FL)

We hope to announce the dates and locations of the EMBARC (Eastern Maine Boatbuilding & Rowing Challenge) and BARC (the national  Boatbuilding & Rowing  Challenge) in the next week.

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Getting Your School Involved in BARC

At present (December 2010), the St. Ayles Skiff is ONLY available as a kit — there are no separate building plans.

The complete cost to build one skiff is around US$3,000 in North America, depending on shipping charges. This cost includes all the parts for building the skiff. Contact Gardner Pickering at Hewes & Co. — gardner@hewesco.com.

Additionally, you will need to purchase fasteners, adhesives, paint, hardware, and miscellaneous supplies.

Depending on the number of students involved in the building process, we are estimating the building program will take four or five months.

Once you have decided to build one or more St. Ayles Skiffs, embark on raising funds. Make this a community effort.

We wish you the best of luck, and hope to see your school racing next summer.