2020 BOATBUILDING BASICS WORKSHOP Registration is open.
It might be the most fun and satisfying thing you’ll ever build. It’s called a Six-Hour Canoe, a lightweight 15ft. boat paddled like a kayak. Learn to build it – hands-on – at the...
CABBS Journal Activity Reports
And now for something completely different: A Hovercraft
Mike and Noah Madar, our November Meeting guest speakers, levitated us into totally new territory. A little over a year ago, Mike Madar’s wife said he needed a father-son project for their son,...
Four New Boats for the Summer
The last day of the Boatbuilding Basics Workshop has a bittersweet feeling. As keels and decks are screwed and glued in place, the building process ends and the team disbands. The workspace is...
Boatbuilding Basics Workshop Filled to Capacity
Registration closed January 31st. and we’re happy to report our 2019 Boatbuilding Basics Workshop sold out! We will be building four Six-Hour Canoes with sixteen participants starting February 9th. Based on the enthusiastic response...
Back again! Our 2019 Boatbuilding Basics Workshop
It might be the most fun and satisfying thing you’ve built. It’s called a Six-Hour Canoe and you will learn how to build it hands-on at the Boatbuilding Basics Workshop starting February 9th. You...
Boatbuilding Alfresco
Tom Baugher is building a 15ft. center console power boat in his backyard. What is so remarkable is that Tom has built the boat totally outdoors without any roof or sidewalls to shelter the...
FIRST LIGHT Launched!
The balmy weather of April 30 was just right to launch FIRST LIGHT built by Mike Latham. Mike together with Paula Smith and Mike’s sons Daniel and Jacob floated her free for the first time...
Anchors Aweigh at the Boatbuilding Basics Workshop!
March 3: The Boatbuilding Basics Workshop is underway! Two Six-Hour Canoes are under construction and will come together over five consecutive Saturdays. On Saturday, March 10 the two crews got the bottoms on. On...
Boatbuilding Basics Workshop: Build the Six-Hour Canoe
CABBS is offering a Boatbuilding Basics Workshop. Participants will learn hands-on by building a “Six-Hour Canoe” designed by Mike O’Brien, the editor and publisher of Boat Design Quarterly. The single-person boat is 15 feet long...
CABBS at Paddlefest: Promoting Our Six-Hour Canoe Boatbuilding Class
The CABBS booth at Cleveland MetroParks Whiskey Island Paddlefest promoted our upcoming Six-Hour Canoe boatbuilding class. Planned for March, 2018, participants will build and paint their own Six-Hour Canoe over four consecutive Saturdays. Our...
