Hey Mike There is a shop on Granvile Island that runs evening and weekend classes. I ran in to the fellow that runs them at the wooden boat show this summer that was held at Granville Island, his name is Robert Morris and he can be reached at brewerycreek@hotmail.com e-mail.I believe he just does skinned Baidarka's. If youre wanting to do a wooden boat and its Vancouver Canada were your from you could come over to my place and have a look at my ceder strip PANACHE that close to being finished and you might decide to give it a go yourself. I am in North Vancouver.