Private cedar-strip boatbuilding
Build boatbuilding skills together in a private cedar-strip workshop
Newfound Woodworks
Rose Woodyard and Alan Mann offer customized boatbuilding instruction for individuals, couples, friends and families. Private sessions can focus on a particular construction stage or a longer collaborative canoe, kayak or rowing-boat build using the shop’s kits, with hours and group size arranged around the project.
Current location note / listed area: Bristol, New Hampshire; private shop workshops
Confirm current dates, participant suitability, duration, chosen design, kit and material costs, tool and chemical-handling roles, protective requirements, transport and unfinished work. A brief workshop does not promise a completed boat, launch or seaworthiness certification. Published future public classes have separate schedules and are not private availability. Shipping kits does not establish onsite service elsewhere.
Public-source research · 2026-10-30 · Not vendor-confirmed or independently vetted.
Original research sources
- https://newfound.com/workshop-schedule/
- https://newfound.com/about-us/
- https://newfound.com/contact/
- https://newfound.com/shipping-directions/
Documented state connections
Geographic evidence is retained historical research, not current service availability.
- New Hampshire · based
The owned contact page gives Newfound Woodworks’ Bristol, New Hampshire shop; its directions describe visiting the operating boatbuilding facility on Danforth Brook Road. The updated 2027 workshop page separately invites year-round customized private instruction there. Rose Woodyard and Alan Mann are the named current team; founder Michael Vermouth and teaching travel are not separate operators or coverage.