By Sean Bunting, Bravo Team Instructor You get to a certain point in an undertaking where things start to get easier. Bravo Team, as a crew, has definitely put the work in and has gotten through the initial learning curve with gusto. Taking the boat out is starting to become routine and automatic. Confidence from
The smell of sawdust, paint, and epoxy is in the air. We’re in the midst of fleet maintenance season here at the Northwest Maritime Center and that means a busy, bustling Boatshop. This maintenance season, which spans from October to April, 42 of our fleet boats will be rotating through the shop for upkeep and
Registration for our youth summer camps and classes is now open, and we have some exciting new changes and updates to share with you. First off, we are offering double the number of our popular Lil Scuppers half-day camps for 5-7 year-olds and Junior full-day camps for 7-10 year-olds. These camps fill up fast, so
It’s almost mid-way through year two of Maritime High School (MHS), and the 9th- and 10th-grade classes have been busy engaging in frequent boat-based learning trips and field experiences with industry partners. Based in Des Moines, WA, the school’s project based learning and STEM-focused approach allows students to spend increased time out of the classroom—learning
By Sean Bunting, Bravo Team Instructor Sometimes it’s best to start a new year fresh. Bravo Team took this idea and ran with it (rowed with it?) all the way to the travel lift at Boat Haven Marina. During our first class of the new year, we hauled Townshend out for a bit of paint
By Taylor Austin, Girls’ Boat Project Instructor Over the past few weeks in the shop, the group has been focused on skill-building and practicing with various tools as we continue building tool trays and parts of what will be our boat! Big news is we have a transom! Made out of Sapele wood, the process
Speech by Matthew Rothschild, NWMC Program Alumnus & Cal Maritime Academy Student, from Navigator Night Out 2022 I graduated in 2020 from Port Townsend High School and the Port Townsend Maritime Academy in its inaugural year. I will be going into my junior year at Cal Maritime in Vallejo, CA, where I am majoring in
Created by R2AK Film Boss Zach Carver and his team of filmmakers, The Race to Alaska movie is a visceral film showcasing the camaraderie of the racers and the competition of the race. From the quirky to the sublime, from Olympic athletes to high schoolers, the characters in this film show that there’s no one way to
By Sean Bunting, Bravo Team Instructor It’s that time of year again. Driving rains reinvigorate dry ground, bitter winds gust through the land, wood stoves across the state are reawakened—and two captains, a mate, and nine brave teenagers start going out in the fine longboat, Townshend, bow-first into those first two things. Bravo Team is
By Taylor Austin, Girls’ Boat Project Instructor Since our last update about the Girls’ Boat Project return, we have been getting underway familiarizing ourselves with the tools in the shop, the plans for the boat we are going to build, and getting to know each other! Now on our third week, we have eight girls