Mark Stout works in his shop.

Mark Stout works in his shop.

Shipwright Stout hired as boatbuilding school teacher

PORT HADLOCK — The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding has hired alumnus Mark Stout as a full-time instructor.

Stout, a 1983 graduate of the school, has worked as a shipwright all along the West Coast and Alaska in the 38 years since receiving his diploma.

“Mark has worked in dozens of boat shops over the course of his career on an incredible variety of projects. Now, as a teacher, he will be able to channel his experiences as a shipwright to his students” said Betsy Davis, the school’s executive director.

Stout studied under Bob Prothero, one of the school’s founding instructors.

Stout says, “I feel very fortunate to have been a student under the tutelage of Jim Franklin, Kurt Ashford, and of course Bob Prothero. The lessons I learned there are still with me to this day, especially Bob’s life lessons of excellence, self-reliance, and vision in boat building and repair.”

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding was founded in 1981 to preserve and teach the art of traditional wooden boat-building.

Since its inception, the school has taught more than 1,500 students and has expanded its scope to include contemporary wooden boatbuilding and marine systems.

For more information, visit www.nwswb.edu.

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