Halloween is a busy day in Port Townsend, so our shop time was focused and concentrated today. We all wanted to leave a bit early to join the massive Halloween parade downtown. We stayed in our same work groups as last week. The bench project team continued to work on their tool trays, making cuts
Real World Readiness A 10-week program to help our community’s adjudicated youth Hello, my name is Robin Mills, and I am the Program Director at the Northwest Maritime Center. A challenge we face in our community came to my attention on the sidelines at a soccer game last fall. My son and the son of
The most valuable lesson I learned during my 2017 R2AK is how deeply important it is to challenge myself outdoors. That is where I belong. It feels like home. I am ready to go further. Each step we take in life is training for the one after. The Next Thing. Next year, 2019, I plan
48° North joins the Northwest Maritime Center! We know, we know—we should have sent invitations to a big wedding and invited all of our friends, but as it happened, the Northwest Maritime Center and 48° North, the Northwest’s sailing magazine of record for 30-plus years, effectively eloped during the summer of 2018—and all of us
School Program Manager Nancy brings to the team her passions for sailing and marine science along with an extensive background in experiential learning programs on the east and west coasts. She holds a degree in Environmental and Marine Science Education, is a USCG licensed Captain since 2002, and has served as the Education Director of
Program Director Robin began her career in maritime education as an instructor for Outward Bound’s NW Sailing program in 1994. She has worked on sail-training ships in a variety of programs on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In 2003 Robin received her master’s degree in Education and began teaching in public schools before staying
Associate Program Manager Chrissy has worked as an experiential educator on or near our local waters for over 20 years, and has worked at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, the North Olympic Salmon Coalition, the WA Dept of Fish and Wildlife, as a classroom teacher, an Outward Bound instructor, and as a sea kayaking
Trevor, Chris, and Tripp Burd of Team FreeBurd, winners of the 2017 Race to Alaska, share their thoughts about the Race. The Race to Alaska distills sailing to its purest form. Get from point A to point B however you see fit. Oh, but don’t use an engine, don’t plan for help along the way,
We asked Karl Kruger of R2AK Team Heart of Gold to share a glimpse into his life of adventure. In 2017’s Race to Alaska, Karl became the first and only person to have paddled unsupported from Port Townsend to Alaska on a stand up paddleboard. What compels you to make the choice of adventure? Living
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 his wife, Lucy, have been living on their boat in Point Hudson since October. After