In the past, the Scottish Fisheries Museum offered a wooden boat building and restoration traineeship to develop skills for young people willing to deepen their knowledge of traditional boat building.

The course provided a background in traditional wooden boat to keep traditional skills alive as well as maintaining the strong tradition of boat-building in Anstruther.

Thanks to the large Museum collection and co-operation with other bodies, during the traineeship there were many varied learning opportunities such as practical restoration and maintenance work, re-building of boats and focused learning modules and guided tours.

Sawmill visit

To see more about our training experience go to our Facebook page .

We are hoping to provide such opportunities in future, as funding allows. In the meantime, if you are looking for a volunteering experience in our boatyard you could contact our Boats Club.