Planning takes time and that happened today as Bravo Team did not go out on the water due to the Small Craft Advisory. After weather observations showed us that wind speeds were in excess of our COI, we had a … Read More
First Day Longboating
This Wednesday turned out beautifully for a day on the water. Just a wee bit of wind and a whole lot of sunshine. ? With five girls, three instructors, and the help of Chrissy McLean we loaded the boat headed … Read More
Sailing in the Rainshadow
It’s Spring! It was hard to believe that we woke to slushy roads and as we checked the weather this sunny afternoon. We took advantage of our light wind and blue skies to get out on the water and set … Read More
Sharing the Fun
This week the girls continued to make good progress on their projects and shared their experiences with Girls Boat Project donors while they toured the shop. Harper and Linnea carefully used dividers and combination squared to lay out the half-laps for their tool trays. … Read More
Bird watching in the sunshine
Bravo Team reconnected with recently launched Townshend for an afternoon of bird watching in the sunshine. First we had a visit from Ron Sikes from Admiralty Audubon. Ron visited to share his extensive birding experiences and show us photos of … Read More
Windy and Watery Work Day
The weather was not in our favor today, so we changed our plans from going out in the longboat, instead we learned about some safety gear and continued to make progress on our boat and tool trays. To start the … Read More
When Things Flow
Our hope for today was to launch our freshly painted and oiled boat Townshend. A Small Craft Advisory was posted for the day which requires us to stay ashore according to our Coast Guard Certificate of Inspection. We started out … Read More
Boats and Totes
Our first day on the water! It was a nice, sunny day when the Girls Boat Project went for a nice dockside row. Taking turns, each girl got to practice following the newly learned rowing commands. We went through some … Read More
Taking Care of Townshend-Part 3
Another day of maintenance and Bravo Team knocked it out of the park. After practicing the Zeppelin Bend knot thoroughly we discussed this as our last day of Townshend maintenance before launching next week. A continued focus, an awareness of … Read More
Transom and Tool Trays
We untangled this human knot and then we spent another fabulous day working away in the wood shop. This week we switched projects, the boat group starting on their tool trays, and the tool tray group working on the boat. … Read More