Boat Building...

[mlb227]

Hi
I am looking for info on how to get into boat building, what the job market is like etc. Do I need to go to a special school? Where do you look to find jobs yada yada yada...
Any help would be great...
thanks
Matt

[BHOFM]

The first step is to buy a large bag of marbles!

Go to the lake and throw them as far as you can
one at a time into the lake!

OK! You have lost your marbles, and you are a boat builder!

Joking aside, there are lots of people here to help you,
what kind of boat is the first step, how big? , purpose?
What kind of experience do you have in the needed
skill?

It is best to start small, cheap and quick, to find out
if the marbles were a waste of money!

[mlb227]

Haha, I had marbles once.... I wonder what happened to them :confused:
Anyway, I have no experience, and was thinking of it as a career, is that how its done? Start on your own and go from there? Or is there some kind of formal training? I could see myself helping to/building sailboats, or the ones people do deep sea charter fishing on, etc. I recently moved from northern arizona to just outside of portland so this type of opportunity is now available... i think
anyway, at this point i need to get just a regular b.s. job to avoid being flat busted broke. What do you think?

[BHOFM]

There should be some boat shops in that area, just check
the yeller pages and go visiting!

BTW; my daughter and family live in Vancouver, but they
are not boaters! My Grandsons, 11, twins, want to buy a
boat and fish the Alaskan waters when they grow up! My
Grand daughter, 8, wants to be a pilot! Or a model!