Halifax maritime museum moving ahead with planned boat school

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Halifax maritime museum moving ahead with planned boat school – CBC

by ahnationtalk on July 29, 202466 Views

Jul 29, 2024

New building will help meet growing demand for workshops, official says

The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is hoping a new boat school will allow it to dramatically expand the boat-building and watercraft-operation workshops it offers to newcomers to Canada and at-risk youth in Black and Indigenous communities.

Eamonn Doorly, the museum’s shipwright, says the existing boat sheds have worked well for the Building Boats, Changing Lives workshops, but the sometimes cramped space has limited the number of people who can take part.

“The demand for the programs that we’ve been running far outstrip what we can provide,” said Doorly, who is looking forward to a stand-alone boat school. “I think it’s going to be really wonderful.”