Ship's Log: Boatshop

A Boat Shape Emerges

This week we headed back into the shop after the Thanksgiving break. We were all happy to be back together and shared stories of our favorite Thanksgiving foods and things we are grateful for. Then we spent some time playing ...

GBP: First Phases of Skiff Building

The first week of November brought us back in to the Northwest Maritime Center boat shop, with much excitement to get our hands on more tools and continue with our individual and group project. The week also reunited us with ...

Viking Faering Boatbuilding at the Northwest Maritime Center

Viking Faering in Progress in the Boatshop!

There are vikings in the Boatshop and they've been busy! Students have been working with local materials and traditional tools which were selected to mimic the characteristics of what the vikings used; grown crooks, green oak, pine tar, and hand ...

Japanese Boat Building theme at 2019 Wooden Boat Festival

You may have heard about our new boatshop course—Japanese Boat Building with Douglas Brooks, August 24-28—but you may not have heard about what an incredible opportunity this is. In Japan, design and boat building techniques are well guarded ...

We Made This!

Last Wednesday was the final regular day of the Girls' Boat Project for this year. We started off with a sail on Onward and enjoyed the sunny day on the bay. At the end of our day we celebrated and ...

Shop Projects Are Almost Done

This week was our last day in the shop for this year. Everyone to got their projects to a completed stage so they are ready to take home next week. The girls working on tool trays glued, clamped, sanded, nailed, ...

Shanty Singing and Making Things Shiny

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! ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...