Ship's Log

Boat Frames and Tool Trays on a Blustery Day

Today was blustery and rainy, a perfect day to spend in the shop. We started off the day with some knot tying practice while we waited for everyone to arrive. Cleat hitches and reef knots were the focus today. [caption ...

Stepping Back in Time

Longboats are like time machines- they take us back 200 years to a technology that isn't sleek, fast, or always efficient, but it's pretty fun! Today was week two of Bravo Team and we had a chance to hit the water ...

International Day of the Girl

Did you know that October 11th is the International Day of the Girl? The UN has declared this day with a mission to "help galvanize worldwide enthusiasm for goals to better girls' lives, providing an opportunity for them to show ...

Bravo Team is back in action!

[gallery ids="1926,1927,1924" type="rectangular"] For our first class of the fall we welcomed OCEAN students back aboard Longboat Townshend on a glorious fall day! We focused on getting to know each other and the boat as well as setting expectations ...

Fabulous First Day!

First days don't get much better than this! We decided to take advantage of the stellar weather this week and go sailing on Dorjun. She is a beautiful double-ended lifeboat that was built in 1905 and she's an amazing way to ...

Beth O’Neal Eliminates Plastic One Festival at a Time

September 28, 2017 My name is Beth O’Neal. I have lived in Port Townsend for 22 years and raised my two daughters here. I love being surrounded by the water, marine life, and this charming town. After graduating from massage school in ...

Don’t Forget the Bevel Gauges

During the intensive week of boat building we also wanted to make sure the girls had a little something to take home with them. As a bench project each girl made her very own bevel gauge. Lara headed up the ...

Showing our Otter Pride

In one intensive week of work the Girls Boat Project team was able to make a great amount of progress toward the completion of Otter Pride. We started out with only a few bottom planks on the bottom of the ...

An Intensive Week of Boat Building

This summer a crew of eight hardworking girls has gotten together to spend an intensive week working on the work punt. Three hours of hard work each morning. This is how it started out For this week ...

Volunteer Highlight: Karen Crouse and Maureen Huff

Karen Crouse and Maureen Huff have been volunteering with us since the 2005 Wooden Boat Festival, and three years ago they got promoted to year-round, weekly volunteer work stuffing envelopes, scanning documents, sending RV reservation reminders, and washing glasses for Bar ...