Contact

➤ LOCATION

Conway, Michigan
and
Nakanoshima, Oki Islands, Japan

☎ CONTACT
thepocketyacht@gmail.com

SCAMP CAMP- 2026

To date we have instructed all SCAMP Camp’s featuring the amazing John Welsford micro cruiser/day sailor design. We offer the SCAMP Camp group build, and ongoing support and assistance to builders as they finish creating their dream boat at home.

How The Camps Work
Register through this web site and specific details will be sent to you regarding ordering a kit from Duckworks. Additional logistical information including lodging options, trailers and more will be sent to you.

SCAMP Camp Fees

Tuition- $ 3,000
Materials Fee- $ 1,500
Birdsmouth mast build $ 1,200

**Some builders attend SCAMP Camp to learn to build their SCAMP at a later date. The skills learned in this build are applicable to any other boat design a participant might want to build. The fee for this is tuition only. $3,000
If team building with a spouse or friend the second builder fee is $500
Kit Fee- Each builder orders their kit from Small Craft Advisor and I arrange shipment to the build site.

Small Craft Advisor-1-800-979-1930
Smallcraftadvisor@earthlink.net

Registration Deposit To Secure Your Place-
$500
Non-refundable

Deposit and/or full payment can be made through Zelle Pay using this email and phone number

prof_rice@yahoo.com
360-593-5225
Payment in full is due by May 1st, 2026

Small Craft Skills Seminar and Optional Fleet Cruise

Program Description
Here is an opportunity to participate in a weekend small craft skills seminar to help you become a safer and more skilled sailor. This participatory seminar has been held over the years by small boat voyager Howard Rice and noted New Zealand designer John Welsford and is focused on day sailing and cruising small craft. This years weekend will be facilitated by Howard Rice. Participants are encouraged to bring their boat but a boat is not required.

You Are The Seminar
The format for this seminar is quite unique in that it is facilitated by a small boat expert but actually taught through shared knowledge by the participants.

How This Works
After registering participants will receive a confidential sailing skill profile form and most importantly a fifty-item topic list. The sailing skill profile will help the facilitator know what skills you are most interested in attaining so he can work with you.

Each participant will be asked to make a short presentation. You will be asked to select three topics from the topic list as a first, second and third choice. The topic you choose then becomes your presentation (three choices are needed to ensure there is no duplication). You do not have to make a presentation.

It is suggested that participants select topics they know little about or wish to learn more about. Through the process of preparing your 15 to 20-minute presentation you will have the opportunity to dig deeper into something you have always wanted to learn. Of course if you are an expert or have a depth of knowledge about a particular topic then by all means feel free to choose it. After each presentation there will be a 15 to 20-minute open discussion or Q/A session about the topic enabling everyone to bring their experiences to the group.

Daily Schedule- Presentations half day and sailing half day each day. Howard Rice will be sailing on different boats each day.

Enrollment is limited to ten participants.

Fleet Cruise (Optional)
Weather permitting we will set out from Mackinaw City for a three day cruise enabling participants to put into practice some of what they have learned. The plan is to sail to Mackinaw Island and then on to Round Island for camping and more sailing. St Ignace is an option if prevailing winds are favorable.

Seminar Cost- $400
Fleet Cruise- $200
50% payment to secure your place

SCAMP Skills Weekend

Back by popular demand for SCAMP sailors.
The SCAMP Skills Weekend is an intensive all things SCAMP get together.

Format
Bring your boat or join in without one to learn. This weekend will be information rich as we analyze each boat and how it is set up, tweak rigs, practice capsize recovery, sail trim, trailering. You name it, we cover it!

The weekend facilitator is Howard Rice. He has been involved in the development of the SCAMP nearly from its inception and has also built one of his own.

The weekend will be focused on sailing and shared information.

The Weekend is limited to 10 boats and open to 20 sailors.

Join us!

Cost $250 per person
50% deposit required to reserve your space