Our Work
Boats and restorations we’ve seen through to the finish
Donated by David Sampson, who also provided us with douglas fir boards for the strakes and bronze rivets for fastening the strakes.
The Co-op has found a home for the skiff, gifted to Chris Herrnberger as a retirement project.
Donated by Jacob Barkhouse from Eastern Passage in 2017. Built prior to 1934 by the Akroyd brothers.
Oiled to protect it from further aging, then gifted to the Seripham HomeSchool in 2023 as a playground attraction.
Donated by Bryan and Anne Palfreyman from Martins River. Built in the early 1970s.
Gifted to Saltbox Brewery after the Co-op replaced planks and gave the skiff a “Saltbox” paint job.
The Co-op displayed this skiff at our Heritage Weekends and at the Halifax International Boat Show 2017–19.
A two-week workshop hosted by Andrew Rhodenizer teaching 8 members the skills and techniques of traditional wooden boat building.
A half hull model ship (also known as a “half hull” or “half ship”) is a wooden model ship featuring only one half of a boat’s hull without rigging or other fixtures.
Prior to the twentieth century, half hull model ships were constructed by shipwrights as a means of planning a ship’s design and sheer and ensuring that the ship would be symmetrical. The half hulls were mounted on a board and were exact scale replicas of the actual ship’s hull.
Funds raised by the Co-op and volunteer labour has enabled us to erect the boatbuilding shed.
This structure allows for the restoration and construction of small wooden boats using traditional skills and methods.
Donated by Anne Crawford to the Mahone Bay Island Conservation Association (MICA).
The Heritage Boatyard Co-op restored this wooden vessel in preparation for auction at MICA’s annual fundraising dinner on October 30th, 2015.
Take a historical walk along Main Street and discover the 16 different black metal silhouettes of the sailing ships built here in Mahone Bay.
Seven of the most prominent historical shipyards of Mahone Bay are described in detail and located on their original sites.
Donated by Gerry Trites to the Mahone Bay Island Conservation Authority (MICA).
The Heritage Boatyard Co-op restored this vintage 1970’s canoe for auction at MICA’s 2019 annual fundraising dinner.
Built in LaHave 1973 and donated by Kitch’Inn.
Restored at the Boatbuilding Shed 2019.
