Great Lakes Boat Building School

GLBBS Article Published in Hour Detroit Publishing

An article entitled “Setting an Even Keel” featuring the Great Lakes Boat Building School was published in this month’s edition of Hour Detroit, a monthly city magazine covering the Metro Detroit area.


Posted: May 4, 2015 | View More »

Up On Plane – Hacker Dash Two

Hacker Dash Two By: Andy James, 2nd Year Instructor Those of you who have followed the school over the years may find this article familiar. For those of you who haven’t, allow me to get you up to speed. The second-year students of the 2011-12 school year lofted, redesigned, re-lofted and built a replica of […]


Posted: April 3, 2015 | View More »

Spring 2015 Stem2Stern Newsletter Available

The Great Lakes Boat Building School Spring 2015 issue of the Stem2Stern newsletter has just been published — Read it here.


Posted: March 27, 2015 | View More »

GLBBS makes History!

Education Director Patrick Mahon reports: The summer of 2014 was a busy and exciting time for everyone at GLBBS. We had delivered the Whale Boat to Mystic Seaport Museum the year before and now the Charles W. Morgan and her complement of whaleboats were on the 38th Voyage, visiting numerous coastal towns including her birthplace, […]


Posted: March 27, 2015 | View More »

GLBBS Media Spotlight Spring 2015

Articles published this Spring about the Great Lakes Boatbuilding School have appeared in Great Lakes Skuttlebutt and West Systems Epoxyworks.


Posted: March 5, 2015 | View More »

Class of 2015 to Build a Pilot Gig for the Historic USS Constitution

A couple of spokespeople from GLBBS were guest visitors onboard the USS Constitution for the annual 4th of July celebration in Boston. That visit resulted in the exciting news that GLBBS has been commissioned to build a Pilot Gig for the historic vessel. The project is based on the Cornish Pilot Gig “Treffry” built at […]


Posted: February 1, 2015 | View More »

2015 Summer Workshops Announced

Surf your way out of winter into a whirlpool of exciting artisan and boat building workshops at the Great Lakes Boat Building School in the heart of the Les Cheneaux Islands on the northern Shore of Lake Huron from mid-June into September. Most of the classes have limited enrollment so we urge you to register […]


Posted: January 29, 2015 | View More »

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