Dow Woodworks

Dow Woodworks is a boat repair shop in Charleston, SC. The business operates as a fully equipped woodworking shop capable of building wooden boats ranging from 7-foot plywood prams to 500-ton square riggers. It offers experience in both traditional and modern methods of construction and repair. The shop holds a rating of 5.00 based on 1 review.

The work includes detailed restoration and maintenance projects, such as adjusting painted waterlines on a 37-foot Sam Crocker designed schooner and applying multiple coats of polyurethane and acrylic urethane to topsides, bulwarks, and rubrails. Other tasks involve stripping varnish from coamings, hatches, and houses, as well as applying gold paint to carved trailboards. The shop also handles new construction, including the fabrication of frames for a Gary Dierking designed sailing proa using marine okoume plywood and sapele. This process involves cutting ship laps, epoxy gluing, and precise drilling of bolt holes using a drill press and hole saw. Additionally, the business performs repairs on other vessels, such as installing new electrical panels and locker doors on a Hans Christian refit at Pierside Boatworks. The shop also supports community programs, donating time to repair International Optimist sailboats used by the Colington Yacht Club for youth sailing in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Dow Woodworks stands among the strongest in its category locally, holding a positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it. This combination of large-scale boatbuilding capability and detailed restoration work defines its standing in the Charleston boat repair sector.

Services:

• Boatbuilding
• Repair
• Restoration