Happy New Year! We bought a hotel! You probably already know, as we announced our intentions back in June, that the future of our growing campus includes the Swan Hotel—a 13-room boutique hotel located across the street from our main … Read More
Preserving the Old While Building the New: The Schooner Martha Main Mast Project
By Joel Arrington, NWMC Boatshop Manager, and Robert d’Arcy “Built in 1907 for San Francisco Yacht Club Commodore J. R. Hanify, and named after his wife, Martha Fitzmaurice Hanify, Martha is a B.B. Crowninshield design built at W. F. Stone … Read More
Maritime High School Collaborator Spotlight: Wilbur “JC” Clark of Pacific Pile & Marine
My name is Wilbur Clark. I am the Chief Operating Officer for Pacific Pile & Marine, a heavy-civil marine construction firm based in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. I have been in the marine construction industry for 14 years … Read More
Akeyla Behrenfeld: SEVENTY48 Is Only The Beginning
Speech by Akeyla Behrenfeld from Navigator Night Out 2021 Hello, my name is Akeyla Behrenfeld. I am 14 years old, and I participated in two of the SEVENTY48 races the Maritime Center has put on. My first race was in … Read More
Chuck Henry, Volunteer of the Year
Chuck Henry moved from a small midwest town to Port Townsend in 1977, and that same year, he and his wife happened to attend the first Wooden Boat Festival by pure coincidence! Chuck loves wooden boats and has owned, repaired, … Read More
Introducing the Maritime High School Bloggers!
Hello! My name is Mara Mersai, and I am one of the bloggers for Maritime High School (MHS)! What interested me to choose MHS is that it focuses more on fieldwork experiences and science, and I wanted to work more … Read More
The High School Sailing Team’s Fall Season is in Full Swing!
By Alyce Flanagan, High School Sailing Team Coach, and Ace Spragg, Adult Programs Manager The Port Townsend High School Sailing Team is in full swing this fall, despite the blustery weather! We have 23 students on the team—a record number! They are … Read More
Field Trip On a Boat? Yes!
By Nancy Israel, Education Program Manager In October and November this year, up to 240 8th graders from six middle schools representing diverse communities south of Seattle have been given the opportunity to leave their school campus for the day … Read More
Maritime High School Collaborator Spotlight: Lindsay Holladay Van Damme of foundry10
I have dedicated my career to inspiring the next generation of ocean-lovers. From feeding wolf eels underwater and talking with guests as an aquarium interpretive diver, to answering questions about deep sea volcanoes with classrooms aboard a research vessel fifty … Read More
Maritime High School Collaborator Spotlight: Joe Youcha of Building to Teach
My name is Joe Youcha. I’m the Founder and Director of Building To Teach, a train-the-trainer program for hands-on math instructors, and a proud community collaborator of Maritime High School. Building To Teach reintroduces the building process as a context … Read More