Boat Building School

BBC sells boat plans and boat building supplies for amateurs and custom boat builders.

From Indeed.com, listings of jobs for boatbuilding and boat repair.

Boat and boat repair businesses in North Carolina are listed.

From Chesapeake Light Craft, boat plans and suggestions are available.

This is a forum for those who work on boat repair from MarineEngine.com.

Howard I. Chapelle's book in e-book format.

A forum for those interested in boat design, boat building, nad boat repair.

Boating Links is the world's oldest and most complete boating directory.

From traditional carvel and lapstrake planking to plywood, strip-built, and cold-molded boats, our goal is to continue the renewed interest in wooden boats on the Hudson River and beyond. We will help you in the selection, design and build of a new boat as well as the restoration or continued maintenance of your current boat

Our goal is to provide plans, kits, and building materials to home boat builders.

From OSHA, The ship building and repairing industry consists of establishments primarily engaged in building and repairing ships, barges, and lighters, whether self-propelled or towed by other craft. This industry also includes the conversion and alteration of ships and the manufacture of off-shore oil and gas well drilling and production platforms. This information contains hazard reports.

TenderCraft has been supplying materials to the professionals, while also providing plans, kits and know-how to those interested in the restoring, repairing, building, or simply sprucing-up of a boat.

The American Boat & Yacht Council (ABYC) was created in 1954 as a non-profit organization to develop safety standards for the design, construction, equipage, repair and maintenance of boats.

The purpose of the association is to foster the trade, commerce and interests of the boat building and boat repairing yards located on the Atlantic Coast of the United States; to reform abuses which may be relative thereto; to diffuse reliable and accurate information and other matters pertaining to the boatbuilding and repairing industry; to procure uniformity and certainty throughout said industry; to promote a more enlarged and friendly intercourse among its members; to secure the advantages and benefits to its members of collective action; to promote the development of the boat building and repairing industry, and to do any and all things necessary to carry into effect the aforesaid purposes.

Through the collective buying power of its members, we will strive to purchase high quality materials at the lowest cost of any boat building entity in the United States. We will organize as necessary to bring the united voice of the independent builder to outside influences such as suppliers, government, and industry associations.

Our Mission is to bring people together with a common interest in historic, antique and classic boats, sharing fellowship, information, experience and exchange of ideas.

MBS caters to metal boat enthusiasts. No matter what stage of development members find themselves:
◦planning the vessel of their dreams
◦building or purchasing the boat to fill their expectations
◦fitting out or renovating the boat they own
◦perhaps even doing a major repair job
◦just routine maintenance on their boat as they cruise,
◦or even selling what they have.

NMMA (the National Marine Manufacturers Association) is dedicated to advocating for and promoting the strength of marine manufacturing, the sales and service networks of its members, and the boating lifestyle.

The WBTA has an evolving membership of boatbuilders and allied trades spread throughout the United Kingdom and beyond. Boatbuilding contains a broad spectrum of materials, methods and skills, and the Association provides a centralized resource to both customers and those in the industry.

The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association is a non-profit membership organization devoted to preserving, studying, building, restoring, and using wooden and bark canoes, and to disseminating information about canoeing heritage throughout the world.