Boat Repair, Restoration & Boat Surveys in British Columbia, Serving Nelson and the Kootenays, as well as Kelowna and the Okanagan.
OUR CRAFTSMAN SERVICES INCLUDE:
BOAT BUILDING
When your passion for being on the water reaches it’s pinnacle, then it’s time for a wooden boat.
RESTORATION
Save the old boat! A properly restored boat can last a hundred more years. If she’s full of memories, let’s keep her floating.
BOAT REPAIR
The majority of our work is boat repair. Everything from planking to engine repairs, fiberglass patches to welding.
Dream of Building Your Own Wooden Boat?
The Copper Nail offers annual classes on both canoe and skiff building each winter. Students will handcraft their own vessel over a 9-12 day shop class.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do, than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."