Today was sunny with light winds- a perfect day for longboat sailing. Three consecutive weeks of Small Craft Advisories had kept us ashore and we were more than ready to get back on the water. We started our afternoon with … Read More
5 Reasons Not to Miss Tasmania and the Australian Wooden Boat Festival
The Inside Scoop with Kaci Cronkhite #1 THE FESTIVAL Sail up the River Derwent on a replica of HMS Endeavor or a fishing-inspired Couta boat; cruise in a wood-pellet steamboat; row a Piner’s Punt; or, paddle an Aboriginal reed boat— … Read More
Videography 101
Today’s class was about planning and preparations, both for Bravo Team Journey coming up in May, and for video-making for our environmental project. We began with an overview of the Eastern San Juan Islands to help students plan for the … Read More
February in the Boatshop
10 volunteers 203.5 hours The month of February was as busy as ever in the shop, too much to effectively shine a light on all of the projects, programs and partners, so I will focus on three. I’ll start with … Read More
Journey and Environmental Project Planning
A blustery and rainy Thursday kept us ashore 2 weeks in a row. We utilized our time well and accomplished several things. We practiced our knots, did journey preparation, and environmental planning project planning. Our longboat journey is May 5-9 … Read More
Decisions, decisions, decisions
Today is March 1st and we had a lot to decide on today. First of all, it was the day students were asked to commit to going on our journey in May. Fortunately, we have a large crew returning and … Read More
A Busy Day in the Shop
This week we got so much done in the shop! As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words…check out what we did below.
Sailing in a Time Machine
Today’s forecast was perfect for a much-needed day on the water for Bravo Team. We looked at our records and realized we hadn’t been on the water since January 4th when Townshend was hauled out for annual maintenance. And it … Read More
Townshend is back in the water!
Townshend is back in the water after a month of loving care, but alas, we were kept on land by a small craft advisory. Teambuilding, birdwatching and environmental project planning were on our agenda. Our teambuilding activity got the crew … Read More