Visit to the Boat Building Academy (BBA) Lyme Regis, December 8th

Victoria and Chris Preston were guests at the Boat Building Academy for the launch of 4 boats, designed and built by students over an 18 week period. Skills they learn here are directly applicable to professional wooden boat restoration. Since the closure of the International Boat Building Training Colleges in Portsmouth in 2023 and Lowestoft in 2024, the BBA in Lyme Regis is the only remaining traditional wooden boat building training establishment in England. In Scotland, the Boat Building School is housed within the Scottish Maritime  Museum in Dumbarton.