Founded in 1967, CABBS brings together people who share a passion for building, sailing, paddling, and motoring in boats. Visitors are always welcome at CABBS activities.
Our Intro to Fiberglass Repair Class opened Thursday evening March 31 with Steve Nimrod of Good Engineering Marine Services as instructor. Our Stitch-n-Glue Construction Class opened on Saturday, April 2 with CABBS Executive Director,...
Registration is now open for two new classes that start soon. If you have fiberglass issues, the Intro to Fiberglass Repair class will give you basic skills to complete a repair and insight...
Back in the fall, Jim White had a CABBS crew help flip LAURENTIA so the aluminum centerboard could be inserted in the case. A bushing device he designed forms the pivot. Since then much...
2021 MEMBER OF THE YEAR awards go to the team of Tom Baugher, Lou Brodnik and Al King for their renovation work on SURF, a Blackwatch 30 twin diesel powerboat owned by PHASTAR, a...
A twenty foot boat seems even bigger at turnover time. Dave Spondike rustled up a crew of CABBS members and some of his ham radio club friends to help get the hull of his...
We’re just starting to get back to normal. Covid stopped our in-person social gatherings, but we kept up monthly meetings via Zoom. Many members got projects underway at our workspace or in their...
Brothers Tom and David Wagner launched their 19ft tandem Annapolis Wherry on a sunny October 22nd afternoon and may have set a CABBS speed record for a boatbuilding project. Started in mid-July, they assembled...
As the assembled crew lifted Jim White’s LAURENTIA cutter hull off the strongback and carefully turned it over, the sun came out and dramatized the glow of the interior. The early August event got...
It’s over. At least the construction phase is over. Each team finished their Six-Hour Canoe on time and decided who should get the boat. The new owners will now take over. They’ll have to...
The 2020 BOATBUILDING BASICS WORKSHOP started February 8th and will run for five Saturdays. Twelve participants working in teams of four are learning by doing as each team builds a Six-Hour canoe. The...
FEATURED SPEAKER: Amitan Bar-Even, Case Western Reserve University Robotics Club.
We’ll pick up the topic of underwater robotics and get an inside look at underwater devices and drones built by these national champions of university-level robotics competitions.
Field Trip to National Museum of the Great Lakes, Toledo
Date: February 22, 2026
Time: 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
This wonderful museum presents the maritime history of the Great Lakes from birch bark canoes to three masted schooners to thousand foot ore carriers. Our field trip price includes museum admission and a light lunch. Sign up for the trip on-line. Click on ‘SHOP’ in the menu line above and open the ‘membership’ Category. We will arrange car pooling for the trip to Toledo.
GUEST SPEAKER: Susan Taft, canoe builder. Susan has spent 40 years building extremely light-weight cedar strip canoes made for rugged canoe-camping adventures.
The CABBS Six-Hour Canoe boatbuilding class will start March 3, 2018. Over five consecutive Saturdays, you will build a boat. Interested? Follow along here.
Looking for a great boatbuilding activity for you or a young person? Take a look at our plans for building the CABBS Optimist dinghy.