What a fantastic day out on the water. The sky was blue, the wind was perfect and the mountains were out in snow capped glory! Our crew was festive in green and celebrated Nancy’s birthday with a rousing version of Haul Away Joe. We started our day with a crew overboard drill and rescued “Jimmy”
Thursday’s wind storm wreaked havoc all along Western Washington. Cliff Mass’ Weather Blog is an incredible resource. Check it out if you’ve never done so. Power was out at Point Hudson for most of the day Thursday. WSU Extension, Hasse’s sail loft, Docs and Northwest Maritime Center all were closed due to the lack of electricity.
Francis Beaufort, 1805, an Irish Royal Naval Officer created this scale to relate wind speed to observed conditions. Today when Bravo students arrived, it was a Force 5 (more wind speed in knots than the Coast Guard allows for us to go out). When the students left for the day, it was less than a
Today was a beautiful sailing day aboard Townshend. Before leaving the dock we had a group building initiative where some folks could see, others could talk and another couldn’t see — this activity is called “Monkey See, Monkey Do.” We worked together to locate a hidden object and focused on aspects of teamwork for our
Kelley Watson was a substitute today for Nancy Israel (on vacation). Even though the wind was blowing a Force 6 on the Beaufort Scale (determined by our students at the beginning of class) and we couldn’t go out on the water, we had a great day anyway. We reflected on the maintenance and launching of
Today was a big day for longboats! We launched Townshend and hauled out Bear. We’re excited to get back on the water to prepare for our Journey in May, a four-day longboat trip up to the San Juan Islands. Thank you to Don Mathrole and Scott Jones for the launching and trailering! Also, our Port
The boat needed one more day of maintenance. Our crew went right to work on various green painting tasks including the floorboards, sheer strake and rudder. We also prepped for and did some varnish work. It looks fantastic! Re-launch will happen next Thursday, Feb. 11 at Boat Haven Marina in the afternoon. We’ve even got a ceremony planned