Great Lakes Boat Building School

Great Lakes Boat Building School student Benjamin Davant of Belfort, France carries freshly-cut wood for the sides of a Cornish Pilot Gig boat being built for the U.S. Navy's USS Constitution at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Great Lakes Boat Building School students Gus Bell, left and Adam Briester, right, on a mahogany Hacker Replica power boat in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. The lightweight boat is built for beauty and speed. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

The Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

The hull of a beautiful and finely-finished sailboat students are building at the Great Lakes Boat Building School at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats. Angela is from Cleveland, Ohio.

Angela Stober is meticulous as she applies fine varnish on a sailboat students are building at the Great Lakes Boat Building School at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats. Angela is from Cleveland, Ohio.

Great Lakes Boat Building School student and Holt High School graduate Danton Thon works on a large composite boat at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Exterior hull detail of a Great Lakes Boat Building School students build a Cornish Pilot Gig boat being made for the U.S. Navy's USS Constitution at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Mahogany shavings and dust as Great Lakes Boat Building School students Gus Bell and Adam Breister work on a Hacker Replica power boat being built by students at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. The lightweight boat is built for beauty and speed. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Great Lakes Boat Building School student Benjamin Davant of Belfort, France measures and hand fits wood on the sides of a Cornish Pilot Gig boat being built for the U.S. Navy's USS Constitution at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Great Lakes Boat Building School students Erin Carlin, left, and Benjamin Davant, right, work together to measure, cut and install wood on the sides of a Cornish Pilot Gig boat being built for the U.S. Navy's USS Constitution at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Great Lakes Boat Building School student Erin Carlin uses traditional methods to measure, cut and install wood on the sides of a Cornish Pilot Gig boat being built for the U.S. Navy's USS Constitution at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Angela Stober laughs as she applies fine varnish on a sailboat students are building at the Great Lakes Boat Building School at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats. Angela is from Cleveland, Ohio.

Mahogany curls as Great Lakes Boat Building School student Gus Bell hand planes wood for a Hacker Replica power boat in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. The lightweight boat is built for beauty and speed. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

A beautiful and finely-finished sailboat mast on a sailboat students are building at the Great Lakes Boat Building School at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats. Angela is from Cleveland, Ohio.

Great Lakes Boat Building School student Gus Bell works on a mahogany Hacker Replica power boat in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Mahogany curls as Great Lakes Boat Building School student Gus Bell hand planes wood for a Hacker Replica power boat in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. The lightweight boat is built for beauty and speed. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Clamps and glue bond wood together as Great Lakes Boat Building School students build fine boats at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Corrosion resistant copper nails are just one of many types of fasteners used by Great Lakes Boat Building School students as they build boats at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Markings on the interior boat parts show painstaking care as Great Lakes Boat Building School students build a Cornish Pilot Gig boat for the U.S. Navy's USS Constitution at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Great Lakes Boat Building School student Sam Bibb of Nashville, TN, works on the Cornish Pilot Gig boat being built for the U.S. Navy's USS Constitution at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

Great Lakes Boat Building School lead instructor and executive director Pat Mahon shows locations of boatwrights all over the country trained at the school in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.

The Great Lakes Boat Building School in Cedarville, Michigan off the Les Cheneaux Islands 5/13/2015. Students at the school learn a wide variety of construction skills and techniques to hand build fine boats.