Enhancing hands-on trades and training programs
In 2005 Jefferson County's Marine Trade Industry directly employed 420 persons with a total payroll of $17.6 million dollars and gross production value of $54.9 million dollars. When combined with its indirect and induced affects, total workforce affected is over 1,000 with a payroll of $41.3 million dollars and $99.5 million dollars of gross production.
Marine Manufacturing Survey summary - click here.
Wooden boatbuilding at its finest
Quality education and craftsmanship
Did you know ... that we at the NW Wooden Boat School are the only traditional wooden boat building school in the world to use and teach the distinctive methods developed in the early 1900's by Puget Sound shipwrights and master boatbuilders?The method the Wooden Boat School teaches is arguably one of the finest and most efficient forms of traditional boatbuilding, and our curriculum assures the historical preservation of these techniques.
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Port Townsend Shipwrights
The Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op was formed in 1981 as an employee-owned business. The original group of 8 boatbuilders joined together to work as a team to provide high-quality repair work for traditional commercial and pleasure vessels throughout Puget Sound and Alaska.
As the membership has evolved and grown over more than two decades, the diversity of projects has as well. But the commitment to integrity, craftsmanship, and teamwork remains intact. The present group of 12 experienced members brings a range of skills and an abundance of energy and enthusiasm to their work.
As the membership has evolved and grown over more than two decades, the diversity of projects has as well. But the commitment to integrity, craftsmanship, and teamwork remains intact. The present group of 12 experienced members brings a range of skills and an abundance of energy and enthusiasm to their work.