We are so excited to finally restart our Girls Boat Project program this week! In the Girls’ Boat Project, middle school girls gain skills and have fun in the maritime trades. They learn woodworking and boat maintenance techniques in our boatshop as they create their own projects and … Read More
New Year, New Hotel: The Swan Joins the NWMC Family!
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
Onboard the Admiral Jack
By Mara Mersai, Maritime High School Student Blogger Hello! Mara Mersai here. Sometime after the beginning of this quarter, we were introduced to voyage planning, where we learned about the different roles within voyage planning and then went on trips … Read More
Bravo Team…All Skills Are Learned Skills
I have a personal philosophy: all skills are learned and anyone can learn a skill. This doesn’t mean that everyone masters a skill easily, but that we all have the capacity to learn what we need or want to know. … 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
