The Greenland style of kayak paddle has been growing in popularity in the past decade. Many paddlers are returning to this efficient, simple design. Join us and instructor Rod Tait of Orca Boats at the Richmond Maritime Festival August 6th and 7th and build your own - for free! Build your own in one day and take it home with you.
If interested, please email us at bhssprograms@gmail.com as to ensure we have enough materials available.
Doors Open Richmond is this weekend! We're number 26 on the map. Come on by, there's lots to do!
| Sat. June 4th | |
| Britannia Dock: Free Paddling with the Dragon Zone Paddling Club | 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm |
| BHSS - Richmond Boatbuilders Shipwright Talk | 12pm (30min) BHSS |
| BHSS - Richmond Boatbuilders – help restore Wood heritage boats | 1pm – 3pm |
| BHSS-Drop-in Boat Building | 1pm-3pm |
| Sun. June 5th | |
| Britannia Dock: Free Paddling with the Dragon Zone Paddling Club | 12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm |
| BHSS - Kids Boat Building | 11am-1:30pm |
| BHSS - Decorative Knot Tying Workshop | 1:30pm – 3:00pm |
The author of This Old Canoe: How To Restore Your Wood-Canvas Canoe talks about wooden canoes and their people -- the ties that bind them and the restorations that bring them back together again.
Saturday, April 30 at 2 pm
Murakami Boatworks
Britannia Heritage Shipyards
5180 Westwater Drive, Richmond
Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
For more information:
canoeguybc.wordpress.com
canoeshop.ca
