The 2024-25 Wooden Boatbuilding Class has completed the 17’ Rangely Lake Boat, which we will raffle this summer and fall. Purchase tickets, and you’re helping the Museum support and pass down this maritime craft and skills to upcoming generations. Tickets for chances to win the boat (and trailer, courtesy of our neighbors at Bay Shore Outfitters!) are $20 each, three for $50 or seven for $100. Only 1,500 tickets will be sold for this boat! Buy yours SOON at the Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay. The winning ticket will be drawn at our festive holiday Jingle Mixer party on Thursday, December 11!
Each year, DCMM hosts a wooden boatbuilding class, keeping alive the traditional maritime craft. Aspiring boat builders have an opportunity to learn firsthand skills of the age-old craft of building wooden boats. The class is open to beginners and experienced woodworkers, and includes about 25 days of instruction from October through May. Our volunteer instructors Jerry McNamara, David Morgan and Bob Schottmuller select a design, and students spend more than 1,500 hours building the vessel.