Is this Wooden Boat Building Heaven?? | The Great Lakes Boat Building School (Ep39)

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The Great Lakes Boat Building School (GBBL) is one of four wooden boat building schools in the United States, and the only boat building school located in the Great Lakes Region. The school is located in Cedarville, Michigan in the Michigan Upper Peninsula. GBBL offers two educational 12 month educational tracks: Comprehensive Boat Building and Marine Services Technology. This episode I visit the school and explore wooden boat building education. If there was Heaven for a wooden boat building, this has to be it.
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@JohansGrandBanksSaabEtc Жыл бұрын

Awesome school! It's hard to stay motivated but your videos help!

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! I find that each one of these stories makes me think more about my boat project and eager to try new things 😎

@paulswarthout9967 Жыл бұрын

My cousin is a student at that school right now. Thank you for giving me a peek into the school. It gave me a perspective on what they do there.

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear Paul. Be sure to subscribe and spread the word about the channel. Thanks so much

@tayeblondon 2 ай бұрын

👍

@motorcityboatwerks 2 ай бұрын

Thank you be sure to like and subscribe

@wolframschweier3307 Жыл бұрын

Great place to build a persons career either young or not so young. Thanks to you and the school people for the complete inside and outside tour.

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

Thanks Wolfram

@bblod4896 Жыл бұрын

It's great that the skills of the past are passed forward to new generations.

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

👍😃

@user-om9js3pz9w Жыл бұрын

Great informative tour. Great length too!. Outstanding going through this school..

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

Thanks again 😁

@scottgordon954 11 ай бұрын

My youngest son is going there right now. The boat that was upright and all planks on is the one he was building with his partners. You should see it now, what a gorgeous boat.

@motorcityboatwerks 11 ай бұрын

Scott thank you for the information. I enjoyed your photos and I agree it’s an amazing and beautiful boat. What an achievement ! Congratulations to your son. Thanks again 😀

@dennisbeaver5958 7 ай бұрын

Great episode! Great school!

@motorcityboatwerks 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Dennis. Welcome Aboard 😁

@DeanFamilyAcres Жыл бұрын

Great informative tour. Great length too!

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

😁👍

@kenthobbs9920 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding going through this school.

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

Thanks Kent. I loved seeing their shop and how they do things

@RobbsHomemadeLife Жыл бұрын

Hey Joe, that was a very professional video. I wish they had schools like this when I was a youngster.

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Robb. I would have been one step closer to being a shipwright !

@charles.neuman18 7 ай бұрын

Wow, that is heaven. Now I can dream about going there...

@motorcityboatwerks 7 ай бұрын

Check out the videos about Netherlands 😎

@robertbolding4182 3 ай бұрын

When I was a teenager and living in a foreign country I will check out and read about 10 books on boat building. I was totally enthralled with it. Unfortunately stitch and 1:00 glue and strip building were not included . I did build a strip boat but I would never build it the same as it was insane to spend so much time doing much of nothing. these books

@motorcityboatwerks 3 ай бұрын

Welcome to the Boat Werks Robert😁👍Be sure to like and subscribe

@CnCEndeavors 6 ай бұрын

When you mentioned you thought about buying Earl the Pearl's shop, I was thinking I'd love to "retire" to something like the wooden boat school in like 5-7 years (but not so far north!). Loving your retirement gig!

@motorcityboatwerks 6 ай бұрын

Go for it! 👍😁

@davetowz Жыл бұрын

Nice Tour Great school, hope you dropped a sticker while visiting. I might try to tour when I run up to the Straights later this month.

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

😁I’m handing out stickers like Johnny Appleseed is planting trees. School is definitely worth visiting. Thanks again to GLBB

@Pocketfarmer1 3 ай бұрын

I’m so glad that shop is not a shill for the totally annoying epoxy company. Your interview is spot on about motivation and supplies. Good stuff ,thanks.

@motorcityboatwerks 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment 😁👍be sure to like and subscribe

@CnCEndeavors 6 ай бұрын

I built a 17' Stevenson Weekender from plans and scratch materials. One of the most amazing things I've done in my life. Loved every second of the build and love sailing the boat. But your question about motivation that has come up a few times struck me. I spent a year studying the plans and thinking about any changes I wanted to make and doing research. Then I spent a few months building a scale model out of balsa wood and making my mistakes small and inexpensive. When I finally bought the materials and got building (something I had no experience with), my motivation was to bring to fruition the thing I'd thought about for 15months and to ensure I didn't have a half built boat. On the days I struggled with motivation, I truly feared the half built forgotten project and once I got moving out of that fear, I had the time of my life building.

@motorcityboatwerks 6 ай бұрын

The Stevenson Weekender is a great boat to build and your comments ring true with me. Thanks for the comment 👍😁 Please send me a photo and consider joining the free Werkers on Patreon

@CnCEndeavors 6 ай бұрын

How do I join?

@CnCEndeavors 6 ай бұрын

Also where should I send the photos?

@motorcityboatwerks 6 ай бұрын

You go to this link. patreon.com/MotorCityBoatWerks And the Boat Werks email is on the homepage of the KZfaq Channel or the on my website

@martyspargur5281 Жыл бұрын

I was guessing way high on the Indian River Skiff. 168 pounds is amazing. Regarding WEST System, my go-to is 209 Hardener. Yes, it dries the slowest but it's a waste of money to sand epoxy before it's cured, regardless of how long it takes to kick. Why not use hardener that's not going to torch off in the bucket. Even fast hardeners benefit from overnight curing to be (easily) sandable. As far as fillers go, I pretty much use 404 (High Density) for everything. It's not called easy to sand but I think it is very easy. I don't use too much 406 tho, It seems kind of hydrophilic and sometimes difficult to mix thoroughly. Production builders need to sand immediately, we don't. That's an advantage that restorers have. Time. Seeing these guys using mostly 207 is inspiring me to up my game a little. 207's lower UV resistance is really not a deal breaker since all epoxies seem to need protection, even the ones I've added dark colored pigments to, trying to improve their UV. My tip for more accurate (Mini Pump) ratios is: Go back and forth between the 105 and the hardener. Like "One, one. Two, two, three-three, etc.", instead of "One two three, one two three". The pumps will have longer to recover, you won't be caught spitting air, the mix is finding reactive sites immediately, and you can answer the phone and still remember where you left off. I also like to mix my '105/209/404/colorant' soup to the limit of what's "pourable" and coat things like old drawer bottoms, or pour it on old (cleaned) unfinished yucky laminating resin surfaces and let it self-level, with no further treatment except maybe a blush scrub. Thanks

@motorcityboatwerks Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@robertbolding4182 3 ай бұрын

I made a 19 ft kayak. And that weighs about 45 lb. That thing is so fun to paddle and I can paddle so straight that people on the shore comment on the straightness. I guess it just looks so unnatural.

@motorcityboatwerks 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the comment