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Photos: Building boats, and learning lifelong skills

Making a boat paddle
Ridwana Osman, 17, shaped the handle of a boat paddle, July 22, 2015 at Urban Boatbuilders in St. Paul. She is part of St. Paul's Right Track program, which provides internships and career development opportunities to local youth. Osman and eight other youth will spend seven weeks building canoe-style boats at Urban Boatbuilders.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News

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For 20 years, a local organization has helped kids in the Twin Cities develop skills in teamwork, communication, problem solving — all through boat building.

Youth interns at St. Paul's Urban Boatbuilders are putting the finishing touches on wooden boats that they have been working on throughout the summer.

Mayor Chris Coleman stopped by the organization's University Avenue workshop on Wednesday to lend a hand in finishing some of the watercraft.

The interns will launch their boats on Como Lake on Wednesday, July 29 at 6:30 p.m.

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Lifting a hand-made canoe frame
The Right Track interns lifted a hand-made canoe frame from its supports. They are in week six of a seven-week program and will launch their boats at Como Lake later this month.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News
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Learning to build boats
With guidance from boatbuilding instructor Maila Lee, left, 17-year-old Christal Her sewed a skin onto a canoe frame.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News
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Workshop aprons
Urban Boatbuilders aprons hanging on the shop wall.
Jennifer Simonson | MPR News