Tern Boatworks

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Tern Boatworks Boat Builders located on the south shore of Nova Scotia, with shops in Chester Basin and on the LaHave river.

We specialize in custom new builds, restorations and repair of wooden and composite yachts.

Thingabob’s tender came into our Gold River shop after sustaining damage while tied alongside in some rough weather. We ...
09/05/2026

Thingabob’s tender came into our Gold River shop after sustaining damage while tied alongside in some rough weather. We replaced a section of rubrail, laminated in new mahogany into the damaged planking, replaced the roping, and gave her a fresh coat of paint over our work. We’re happy to show off a seamless repair on this beautiful dinghy and get her back to the owners in time for the end of the boating season.

06/27/2026

Interlux topcoat always bringing the extra 🤩 to the project.

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05/31/2026

Enigma is an International One Design (IOD) sloop built by Tern in 2009 and has been a part of our mooring to mooring fleet ever since. This year she received fresh coats of varnish and monourethane topsides paint, two coats of bottom paint, some minor work to her keel seam, and a new stern decal from a local artist. After launching and up-rigging, we towed Enigma to her mooring in Chester where she will sail from for the rest of the summer.

04/26/2026

We’ve begun to frame the deck of the Lunenburg Schooner! After fairing the sheer planks and levelling the deck, we installed new Iroko beam shelves before beginning to let in the laminated Douglas Fir deck beams. Things will slow down on the schooner for a little while as our team switches into launch season for our mooring to mooring service boats but whenever we get a chance we’ll keep plugging away at this great big project.

Just some good old fashioned varnish prep.
04/23/2026

Just some good old fashioned varnish prep.

Address

242 Demont Road
Chester, NS
B0J1K0

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30am

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