“If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want one hundred years of prosperity, grow people.” — Chinese proverb Last week ten intrepid students from Seattle School district’s … Read More
Viking Faering in Progress in the Boatshop!
There are vikings in the Boatshop and they’ve been busy! Students have been working with local materials and traditional tools which were selected to mimic the characteristics of what the vikings used; grown crooks, green oak, pine tar, and hand … Read More
Longboat Explorers science camp
This week was the first ever Longboat Explorers camp! This 4 day camp was a combined program with Port Townsend Marine Science Center. Students spent the first day at the Marine Science Center learning to use science equipment and setting … Read More
Salish Sea Science Summer Longboat Voyage 2019
Salish Sea Sciences, based in Friday Harbor, WA, (https://salishseasciences.org/) and the Northwest Maritime Center, collaborated in a double longboat convoy the last week of June. The focus of the voyage was hands-on science data collection, team-building, nature journaling, and maritime … Read More
Japanese Boat Building theme at 2019 Wooden Boat Festival
You may have heard about our new boatshop course—Japanese Boat Building with Douglas Brooks, August 24-28—but you may not have heard about what an incredible opportunity this is. In Japan, design and boat building techniques are well guarded and not … Read More
Meet Lead Adult Program Instructor Samuel Swenson-Daly
Samuel hails from the great inland sea of Lake Michigan where the seagulls are much smaller, but the water’s just as cold. He grew up with stories of his Kiwi grandfather’s backyard boat-building and dinghy racing adventures. After a hitchhiking … Read More
Chimacum Maritime Discovery Program – 12th Year!
We are in our third day of hosting all of the Seventh Grade Chimacum School District 7th graders for their end-of-the year Maritime Discovery Program. With collaboration from Centrum, we have planned a seven-day experience to have all classes maritime … Read More
We Made This!
Last Wednesday was the final regular day of the Girls’ Boat Project for this year. We started off with a sail on Onward and enjoyed the sunny day on the bay. At the end of our day we celebrated and … Read More
Bravo Team End of Year Thoughts
The end of year came sneaking up on all of us this spring. Bravo Team had a final class last week which included a guest, Sara Poindexter, from Patagonia. We are the grateful recipients of a Patagonia grant which awarded … Read More
NWMC camper talks about her sailing camp experience
NWMC camper Winnie Colvin told us about her sailing camp experience and what she did with her new-found confidence. Sailing camp was one of the best camps I did last summer, not just because it was on the water, but … Read More
