Ship's Log: Boatshop

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 ...

This week in the Girls' Boat Project we took on a variety of tasks. First off, we completed our Ship's Articles or team agreements. This took the form a pennant or flag that we created as a group. We started ...

As we enter into December, our team has developed a flow. We started the day with a challenge- escaping the Bosun's Handcuffs! Bosun's handcuffs are made by tying two bowlines in a line, slipping one around each wrist, and then ...

We started off today looking at the results of the #GivingTuesday and #GiveLikeAGirl fundraising campaigns which took place yesterday. More than $23,000 was raised to support women and girls maritime programming. We are so proud to be part of this movement. ...

While the hard skills of woodworking and boating might be the most tangible things we work on, many days learning the soft skills of how to operate as a human in the world are even more important. This week, our ...

Halloween is a busy day in Port Townsend, so our shop time was focused and concentrated today. We all wanted to leave a bit early to join the massive Halloween parade downtown. We stayed in our same work groups as ...

This week we headed back into the shop. The first part of our day was spent reviewing shop safety and re-orienting ourselves to using the tools. Each girl went through a rotation with our instructors. They practiced lining up cuts ...