Join Us for a Creative Ropecraft Workshop

Learn how to make a beautiful rope mat for a holiday gift or for your own home or boat. Instructor Brian Wentzel, a Port Townsend shipwright, will teach the traditional marlinspike skill of tying rope into an Ocean Plat rope mat. Brian will also expand on the basic Ocean Plat and demo other types of knots for mats and stair treads.

Here's an opportunity to recycle old, worn pieces of line that are no longer strong enough to be used in the rig and give them a new purpose. Rope mats prevent chafe in front of hatches where repeated footfalls wear the wooden deck.

Bring your own rope to recycle: at least 20' of up to 3/8" in diameter, or purchase traditional hemp rope available at the workshop. Course participants will receive a 15% off coupon for rope purchases in the Wooden Boat Chandlery after the course.

Location: Upstairs classrooms in the Chandlery Education Bldg. at the Northwest Maritime Center

Cost: Members $27, Non-members $30

To Register: Call Victoria, 360.385.3628 x101 or email Victoria. Registration deadline is November 18th

Class is for ages 12 and up.

Childcare available for kids under 12! Just give us a call to arrange.

Thanks to PTguide - City Guide to Port Townsend for helping us promote this class.