IYRS Blog

Kern Maass named next President of IYRS School of Technology & Trades  

After a 5-week summer boatbuilding program at IYRS, a exciting maritime career is born for one local teen.

We asked our most recent students to tell us in their own words why they chose IYRS.

We asked our most recent students to tell us in their own words why they chose IYRS.

Nikolai Kozak '23 shares how the spirit of IYRS and craftsmanship is woven into a larger tradition through Newport's historic homes.

Boatbuilding & Restoration graduate Tristan Sess '22 and his teammates took on the challenge of restoring the catboat Sea Duck in the second and final year of their program. In his blog, Tristan shares what the process was like and why a two-year program is so critical to students learning the boatbuilding trade.

Meet Mari! She is a 2023 IYRS Marine Systems student where day to day life is a menagerie of wires, plumbing, and motors.  Her work as a yacht stewardess, prior to enrolling in IYRS, supplied her with many opportunities to put an ordinary household item to use in a rather unconventional manner.  She has quite a few tips!

Dan Purcell '23 came to IYRS from Baltimore, Maryland where he had a successful career as a commercial property management executive. But the boating itch had taken hold and he knew his future career happiness would be based on and around the water. A career change was in order.  Today he's a student in our Marine Systems program and shares some of his observations about being an IYRS student and living in Newport!