There is always something going on in Saaremaa concerning small craft building. This time a design seminar of small craft is organised in Oct 18 by TUT Kuressaare College. The seminar will be held in Estonian Bank Kuressaare residence and the keynote speakers are well known experts of interior design and small craft engineering. In [...]

ETV news from boatyards gathering during the Saaremaa Maritime Festival

This Friday the first small craft trendwatching conference will be held in Saaremaa. The aim of the conferenc is to introduce both global and regional trends in small craft building and the new opportunities for developing Estonian boatbuilding sector. The speakers of the conference are experts and specialists from home and abroad and the topics [...]

In June and August 2010 a 5+5 days open course in boat design is taking place in Saaremaa island. The course is given by Tero Halme, the professor of boat design from the Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences. The Basics of Boat Design course is meant for all those who need to understand the basics [...]

Saaremaa small craft cluster was presented as a case example in an international innovation conference ”Social Networks and Creative Thinking in Work and Learning”. The conference held in Kuressaare lasted for two days and included a study visit to Baltic Workboats shipyard (watch the video).

Estonian Qualifications Authority and Association of Estonian Boatyards started a series of common workshops to update the current professional qualifications standards system for small craft builders and engineers. Kuressaare Regional Training Centre and TUT Kuressaare College are closely involved in the process. The aim of the project is to have a real-life attached basis for [...]

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Estonian maritime portal www.mereblog.com writes: Association of Estonian Boatyards is participating in Helsinki Boatshow. The impression of the stand is good, though the there were no particular show-off atributes used. Three boats (Stormer, Vector and Runabout) were attractive themselves and real boatmen seemed to have eyes only for the three beauties. […]

In September 2009 Kuressaare College of Tallinn University of Technology in co-operation with Estonian Maritime Academy opened a pilot course in Small Craft Building. Now the curriculum is confirmed by the Council of TUT, and hopefully in 2010 College can announce an admission for the official small craft engineering programme . As the small craft [...]