Ship's Log

Nothing Can Stop These Girls!

Last Saturday was the last day of Girls' Boat Project for this year (although we do have a summer program in August.) We spent the whole day together on a journey. After meeting early, we packed our gear and provisions ...

A Little of This (work), A Little of That (play)

The end of the school year is soon here. Bravo Team's second to last class was today and after such a full, awesome journey (see blog post https://nwmaritime.org/2018/05/10/bravo-team-journey-day/) on Tuesday, the group decided to focus in on ...

Bravo Team Journey Day

We plan a journey every year as a culminating experience and on Tuesday, Bravo Team spent the whole day on the water. Journey allows us to put all of our skills to work: rowing and sailing a long boat, leading ...

Onward! with the Girls’ Boat Project

Today we had a great and challenging day on the water. We spent the afternoon practicing our rowing of the long dory Onward in preparation for our full day journey this weekend. The northwest wind gave us the chance to ...

Being with Great People

After what feels like too long, Bravo Team finally made it back on the water today and it was glorious. We spent the first few minutes of class finalizing some journey plans for the all day trip next week. We ...

Square Pegs, Round Holes

Today was the last day of the season in the boat shop for the Girls Boat Project. We only had a short day due to school testing so the benches were a flurry of focused work. Girls spent the afternoon ...

Filming and Opening the Bird Boxes!

Bravo team has less then a month until our last class on May 17. Between now and then we have a lot to accomplish. We are going to go on a one day expediton on May 8 in our local waters. We ...

To Do or Not to Do, There is No Try

This quote by Yoda broke the silence today during Bravo Team Class - To Do or Not to Do, There is No Try. In the classroom at the beginning of class, we decided to shift gears in our Journey Planning ...

Almost Finished

Most of our girls spent their day taking a state test on a computer at school. Even though this meant we only had an hour to work today, the overall sentiment was that being in the shop was way more ...

Volunteer Highlight: Rob Cole

With spring in full swing, the Wooden Boat Foundation Boat Shop was embarking on a building project for a much-needed, mobile, boat storage rack for our small boat and dingy collection. This is where Rob Cole came in. Rob and ...