It’s only a few days until our sold out fundraiser, She Tells Sea Tales. The girls spent the first half of class rehearsing the shanty they wrote to share at the event. We are excited to share it with you! … Read More
Readying the Oars
This week the Girls’ Boat Project put in a final day of maintenance on our longdory Onward. We split into two groups, with four girls prepping and painting oars and the other four working on our personal projects. It was … Read More
Service Projects and Sunshine
Today Bravo team started off the day with a focus on developing our environmental service project. We worked in small groups to brainstorm projects that could address four areas we are concerned about: deforestation, ocean acidification, orca populations, and plastics … Read More
Oily Satisfaction
This week in Girls’ Boat Project we worked on Onward’s oars. It was a busy and productive day in the shop and our last week to work on the boat before she is launched for the spring. We worked in … Read More
The Slowest Way to Do Anything
Today was the first sailing day of the the year! And it was full of laughter, slow-ish sailing, and much learning of words and parts of the boat. Sailing involves learning a new language. Some of the words to make … Read More
The Joy of Rowing Hard
Townshend is in great shape and we hit the bay ready to row after snowpocolypse finally let up. We were all happy to get out on the water again with several new team members to train up! It was a … Read More
Onward Maintenance Day
This week the Girls’ Boat Project jumped into fleet maintenance for our boat, Onward. Onward is the long dory we use for our program. She is coming out for some much needed painting and varnishing as well as a few … Read More
Floating Our Boat
After a month of maintenance, today was the day we launched our boat Townshend. It was exciting to see all of the results of our hard work. We admired the water beading up on the freshly oiled wood, the shiny … Read More
Shave and a Haircut
Bravo Team’s last day of maintenance was today to complete Townshend’s annual ‘shave and a haircut.’ We got right to work and had all hands on deck complete the last of the hull prep before we vacuumed and wiped before … Read More
Painting, Varnishing, and Leathering
Today was another maintenance day for the longboat Townshend. Bravo team spends several weeks each winter working on the care of this boat that is our floating classroom. We started the day with a silly dance move name game. It … Read More
