Taught by visiting boat builder and teacher Tony Grove, students in the fourth quarter Yacht Joinery course work on designing and mocking up the house and interior of the utility launch. For more information about the nine month boat building program or week-long summer workshops, please contact us at 906-484-1081!
The first graduation class of the Great Lakes Boat Building School is pictured around the 21 foot utility launch they’ve been working on as their second quarter project. Completion of the boat will take place during this summer’s Yacht Joinery course that begins June 23. Congratulations you guys!
The Great Lakes Boat Building School, located in the beautiful Les Cheneaux Islands of northern Michigan, offers a quality educational program designed to “teach quality wooden boat building skills and to preserve craftsmanship”. The only licensed proprietary school of its kind in the state, the GLBBS is housed in a brand new 12,000 square foot facility designed and built specifically for the teaching of woodworking, basic design, traditional and modern boat building, yacht joinery, repair, and restoration. Combine this state of the art facility with our expert instructors and professional curriculum and you have the perfect place to learn the art and craft of boat building.
