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A boat-building workshop in London, Ont., is not only teaching youth how to put together a boat in just five days, it's also providing valuable skills they can take into adulthood.

As part of the Youth Empowerment Program run by the Northwest London Resource Centre (NLRC), eight students between 14 to 17 years old took part in a week-long workshop to build a boat they can eventually launch on the lake.

The program is run in collaboration with Stem2Stern, a community boat-building organization that ran the same workshop at the Neighbourhood Resource Association of Westminster Park the week before, and will also be kicking off their third workshop with the South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre next week.

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, the team works to build a 12-foot flat-bottom skiff, from start to finish, in just one week. The three-seat boat can hold between two to three youth.

David Vine, founder and principle boat builder of Stem2Stern, first started the project five years ago, when he was teaching at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute, later running it every year during the summer.

"The funniest reaction is when they show up on day one, and they're unloading my trailer and they're looking at all the pieces coming out, and I show them the photo album of what their target is by the end of the day on Friday. They say, 'Wait, this is a full-sized boat?' 'I'm getting in this boat?'" Vine said.