Check out some of our recent projects

30' River Raft
North High Proa

Preschool Skiffs
Solar Boats

Lapstrake Canoes
Marietta Yawl
Malibu Surf Proa
Birch Bark Canoe
Sampan
19' Electric Launch
Indian War Canoe
Kayak Projects
Dragon Boat

 

 

2000/02 Project Partners:
Anderson School
Asian Renaissance
Boys Totem Town
CONECT Collaborative
GAP (Guadeloupe Area Project)
MN Technical High School
MN Transition Charter School
Moundsview Area Learning Center
Mount Airy Boys and Girls Club
Project LEAD
SOCK (Save Our City's Kids)
St. Paul Area Learning Center

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Sampan Project with Mt. Airy Boys and Girls Club

The Sampan design was modeled after a type common to rivers in Southeast Asia.  A good example of UBI's boat-shop-in-a-van onsite programming,  The boat was designed, lofted, and constructed in a mult-purpose rec room at the Mt. Airy Center.   Brad Buxton was greeted by eager boatbuilders every Thursday when he rolled in with a van full of tools and materials.  The building jig for this 20 footer was given a set of wheels so that the project could be rolled out of the way at the end of the evening's work to make room for other activities.

Lofting (drawing the frame patterns to full size)
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Cutting out the frames
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Painting (several weeks later)
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Dry run
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