boat builder

Maritime construction worker

A boat builder is a person or company that constructs boats.

The term covers everything from craftsmen building wooden vessels by hand to industrial operations producing fiberglass hulls.

Often written as one word: boatbuilder.

Her grandfather was a boat builder on the Maine coast.

Related

keel · planking · marina · woodworking · hand tools · caulking · rigging · stern · bow · workshop · apprentice · sawdust · fiberglass · yacht · sailboat · dry dock · naval architect · carpenter

Categories
Opposites
construction vs. destruction

boat buildershipwrecker

One who destroys vessels

maker vs. user

boat buildersailor

Seafaring crew member

boatman · mariner · boat captain · ship captain · helmsman

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G