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BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)<br />
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No buoys allowed..<br />
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Pictured: Gail McGarva works on a traditional wooden boat at the academy.<br />
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A boat building academy is running a women only course to encourage females to learn the historic craft in the male-dominated industry.<br />
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Since it was founded in 1997 the Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis, Dorset, only eight per cent of its 600 students on its boat building courses were women.<br />
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And there is no woman among their current 25 person intake.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: MaxWillcock/BNPS

No buoys allowed..

Pictured: Gail McGarva works on a traditional wooden boat at the academy.

A boat building academy is running a women only course to encourage females to learn the historic craft in the male-dominated industry.

Since it was founded in 1997 the Boat Building Academy in Lyme Regis, Dorset, only eight per cent of its 600 students on its boat building courses were women.

And there is no woman among their current 25 person intake.