These are photos taken during a workshop at Harvard on hands-on project building presented by Stevenson Designed Solutions. We wanted to explore the benefits of building a somewhat larger project, as opposed to the usual table-top projects most beginner builders tackle. As we had expected, given our forty-plus years of experience in DIY project design, the experience was as powerful as we'd hoped, and we all learned a lot — both the participants and SDS!

We want to thank Dr. Melissa Franklin and the builders for their kind participation in this event, as we certainly enjoyed the experience. All of the aspects of this workshop were outstanding: The people gracious and remarkably competant, kind and creative, and the space we built these boats in was inspiring! We hope this will be the first of many joint hands-on projects at Harvard!

Most of the builders in this workshop had little to no experience in building projects of this scale, and they were pleasantly surprised to be on the water a week after they started! We were not surprised, however, as they were all motivated and very capable people!