www.communityboatbuilding.org
Bringing Spatial Thinking and Experiential Learning to Students Through Boat Building, Marine Exploration, and More
Community Boat Building, founded in 2007, is a non-profit organization whose mission is to bring real world experience and academic skills together to build not only a traditional boat, but also excitement around learning among low-income students in Boston Public Schools. CBB has been working with Boston Public schools for over 6 years to provide students with boat building skills, on-the-water e
02/23/2026
Community Boat Building has been expanding to the North Shore and we are excited to announce the start of a new summer program in Newburyport! We will be building a 10’ Periwinkle Junior with youth from the area at the American Yacht Club from August 17-21. Spots are limited and our session in Boston has already sold out, so register now!
https://www.communityboatbuilding.org/summer-program
07/16/2024
We've got boats for sale!!!!! Student crafted, student named boats selling for $1,000 each. We currently have 4 boats looking for a home! Come on down to the shop at 21 Liberty Drive, Boston MA if interested! For more information, email: info@communityboatbuilding. Lets beat the heat and hit the water! 🚣♀️
06/15/2023
Launch Day with Harvard-Kent Elementary in Charlestown!
06/15/2023
https://www.itemlive.com/2023/06/14/lynn-students-launch-boat-they-made-from-scratch/
Lynn students launch boat they made from scratch - Itemlive LYNN — Lynn students Jaleel Khamis, Uriel Fernandez, Crystal Fernandez, and Tony Gonzalez spent their spring vacation in April at the makerspace Brickyard Collaborative building a rowboat from scratch. On
04/21/2023
https://www.itemlive.com/2023/04/21/lynn-students-build-boat-from-scratch-during-april-vacation/
Our new program in Lynn went really well this week!
Lynn students build boat from scratch during April vacation - Itemlive LYNN — Four students from Lynn decided to spend their April vacation this past week building a boat. The makerspace The Brickyard Collaborative, Kayak and Sail Lynn, and the Boston-based
09/18/2022
Had a blast with at —their Seaport location, just down the block from us. Love the toy boats! Why a 🐷 on one of them? He said, “People say they oink. Who knows where the oink comes from?”
08/31/2022
The Razzle Dazzle project is complete! Working in the Navy Yard, Ranger Betsy became fascinated with this camo scheme from WW I and II, and we decided to try it out on a Periwinkle. Not sure if it will distract torpedo mates on Jamaica Pond.
07/11/2022
We are so excited to welcome our newest employee—Janell! She is no stranger to us, having participated in both our fifth grade boatbuilding and boatshop apprentice programs. She has also been an ambassador for us many times, at school math and science nights, an event with and , and on the Harborwalk. Janell will be with us this summer part-time and hopefully into the future as she transitions to high school next year. How cool will it be for you to respond to the question, What was your first job? — Boatbuilder! Congrats!
06/16/2022
Our launch made it into the ! Betsy, Nicole, Michael, Tom, and Bolt, you’re famous! Nice work, Aaliyah!
06/14/2022
Minutes away from launch! The morning started early doing one of our favorite things—pushing boats through the Seaport! One fella pointed behind me and said the water is the other way. :-)
06/10/2022
After building skiffs with us, students at Harvard-Kent are working with Courageous Sailing in honor of World Ocean Day to hear about efforts by The Rozalia Project to clean up the sea. Pictured here is their vessel, American Promise and, in the background the USS Cassin Young, a Fletcher class destroyer in Charlestown Navy Yard.
| Monday | 9am - 4pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 4pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 8pm |
| Friday | 9am - 4pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 2pm |