BATH

Boat builder, writer and researcher Douglas Brooks will discuss Japanese boatbuilding at Maine Maritime Museum at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

“In his presentation, sponsored by the museum and the Japan America Society of Maine, Brooks will share his experiences in learning the methods of traditional Japanese boat building when he apprenticed with five different boat builders during more than a dozen trips to various regions of Japan over the past 15 years,” a museum release states. “His presentation will focus on the techniques and design secrets of the craft — techniques that have been passed from master to apprentice with almost no written record.”

Brooks specializes in the construction of traditional wooden boats for museums and private clients. From 1985 to 1990, he worked in the Small Boat Shop at the National Maritime Museum in San Francisco and has since built boats at museums in Japan and across the United States.

The event is open to the public. Admission fees are $5 for society and museum members and $7 for nonmembers.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.mainemaritimemuseum.org or call 443-1316.