IYRS School of Technology & Trades

IYRS School of Technology & Trades As humans, we are driven to do this kind of activity, and to celebrate the associated art and knowledge, that ability to think through our hands.

IYRS School of Technology & Trades in Newport, RI is a premier non-profit, post-secondary marine trades and modern manufacturing school offering 4 ACCSC-accredited experiential learning programs on a 3-acre harborfront campus. Building with our hands is the essence of creativity, productivity, human spirit, and even community—as our knowledge, passion and our creations are passed along through gen

erations. Enter IYRS, a school founded initially to reinvigorate and teach these skills in the world of wooden boatbuilding and restoration. Along the way, those traditional and cutting edge skills, and the hands-on way IYRS teaches them, have helped IYRS develop a whole new experiential education model—a model that prepares aspiring technicians, designers, and craftspeople to work with their hands to help themselves, their families, and our collective world. That educational model is this: students immersed both body and spirit, with a team equally dedicated, in a condensed timeframe, to transform materials and systems into useful, lasting things, and in so doing transform their own lives and careers. When we build with our hands, immersed with others in the task, we become attuned to the importance of all that we do. At IYRS, students learn to make, restore and maintain with a heightened sense of purpose and craft. In the process, they build successful careers and more meaningful lives, satisfied and inspired in the knowledge that they have the power to build almost anything.

06/03/2026

Behind-the-scenes look at our boatbuilding students finishing up their Beetle Cats and Herreshoff 12 1/2s.

06/01/2026

We miss our graduates already but love when they come back to visit us! Hear from Eilonwy Vogts, MS 25' on her time in the program and the impact the school made on her life and career.

05/31/2026

Ever wondered how to pronounce IYRS? Just ask the Goo Goo Dolls...

05/30/2026

Sims and boats have been built, objects have been rendered and 3D printed, the theory behind the craft has been learned; and now they've graduated! The speeches were made, the boats were christened, the diplomas were awarded. Congrats to everyone on a job well done!

Our graduation speakers clearly understood the assignment and made parallels between the impending storm and the important lessons that storms can teach us. Failures are inevitable but these guys and gals have the fortitude to weather them.

05/29/2026

3-2-1

It's the final countdown to graduation! Beetle Cats are in the water and ready to go! Herreshoff 12 1/2s are next!

05/27/2026

After a field trip to Hinckley Yachts in the morning, Marine Systems students were back to work in the afternoon. They welded the steering bracket, bolted in the simulator and then they mounted the hydrauling steering ram to the steering bracket, after which, they added upper lines and flexible hydraulic lines, and then bled the air out of the steering system to ensure that it works correctly.

05/26/2026

We're in the final stretch! Stretching canvas, painting, and other finishing touches that bring these boats back to life. These boats are almost ready to get back in the water and be enjoyed for years to come!

05/25/2026

Today, we pause to remember those who gave their lives in service to our country.

Their sacrifice is the reason we have the freedom to build, learn, and create.

Address

449 Thames Street
Newport, RI
02840

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14018485777

Website

https://www.youvisit.com/tour/iyrs/iyrs?tourid=tour1

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