In this section, you can find recap videos of the three skills shadowing workshop where VET centre trainers and students visited three eco-boatbuilding companies.
Innovation Yachts, France
This video sums up the skills shadowing workshop which took place at Innovation Yachts shipyard on 26th and 27th November 2025. During this workshop, teachers participated to discussions and hands-on exercises to train themselves for gaining knowledge and skills to teach their students with the training course that was elaborated during the TEcoNaut project.
Innovation Yachts, France
This video shows some parts of the skills shadowing workshop which took place at Innovation Yachts shipyard on 26th and 27th November 2025. It focuses on the laminating process in which teachers participated, in order to understand better the implementation of innovative composite materials.
Flax fibers at Greenboats, Germany
Flax is more than “just a plant fibre”.
🌱 Renewable
📏 ~1 m plant height
🧵 Staple fibre made from many bast cells
💧 Hygrophilic – which matters a lot when we process it in composites.
In our Erasmus+ course, we work with flax as a reinforcement in vacuum-infused parts for future boatbuilders.
Greenboats, Germany
POV: Your teachers spend two days in a yard that builds boats from natural fibre composites – to design a new training course for you.
In our Erasmus+ project, we connect sustainable materials, real workshop processes and portfolio-based learning for future boatbuilders.
What would you like to learn in a “green” boatbuilding course?
Greenboats, Germany
Bio-based composites are not just “for boats”.
In our Erasmus+ skills shadowing workshop, we prepare teachers to train future boatbuilders – but the same skills are relevant for off-road vehicles, tiny homes, mobility concepts and more.
One material system. Many job opportunities.
Vacuum infusion at Greenboats, Germany
Flax fibres are hygrophilic. This means that they can absorb moisture.
For natural fibre composites, this makes processing more sensitive: trapped moisture and air in the bundles can lead to voids, inconsistent resin content and poor resin-to-fibre ratios, especially in hand lay-up.
Vacuum infusion compacts the stack, pulls out air and helps us to wet the fibre bundles more consistently. This is a big advantage when we train apprentices and need repeatable results.
Astondoa, Spain
This video shows some key moments of the skills shadowing workshop at Astondoa shipyard, developed within the TEcoNaut project. It highlights the preparation, vacuum testing and infusion of composite laminates, as well as the use of thermoplastic resin and bio-epoxy systems. Through this practical experience, teachers strengthened their knowledge of innovative and more sustainable boatbuilding processes.
