Today was the first day of winter maintenance for Townshend. After a successful haul out last week, we jumped into the many tasks that need to be done to prepare Townshend for our upcoming journey. It was exciting to be … Read More
Winter session begins!
Yesterday was our first day of winter session. The shop was a-buzz as we got back into the rhythm of work. We are excited to have three new girls joining our group this winter.
Smooth Townshend Haulout
Today was a success as Townshend sits on the trailer downstairs ready for her annual maintenance to begin and the annual Coast Guard Inspection next week. It was the first day back for Port Townsend School District and we were … Read More
Tools! Tools!
“There’s something about these vessels that cause some kind of hypnotism, you do things you’d never dream of doing in your ordinary mind” -Irving Johnson Today was the last day of our fall session, to celebrate we made popcorn and … Read More
Eyes closed rowing and more…
We were blessed with the second sunny and calm Thursday in a row. It was a great day to get out and practice our rowing skills and connect with the natural world. We started with a crew overboard drill then … Read More
Sunshine Day!
After too many weeks of windy small craft advisory weather Bravo Team was back on the water today. Yay! We loaded our gear in the Bosun’s locker and headed down to the boat. Because it had been a while, Captain … Read More
Team building, bilge pumping and persuasion!
Our 4th Thursday in a row with a small craft advisory kept us ashore, but not out of the boats. RAIN has been filling our bilges! Imagine that. We had a bilge pumping party. We love being outside and taking … Read More
We Are All Friends Here!
Someone once quoted “As we grow up we realize it is less important to have lots of friends and more important to have real ones.” In the Girls Boat Project all of us are friends as well as a team. … Read More
Fitting Frames and Cutting Half-Laps
We start each week with a discussion question. This week it seemed apt to ask, “What you thankful for?” Our answers ranged far and wide from family and friends, to lots of kinds of food (cheese, pasta, turkey), to great … Read More