Boatshop Blog

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More

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 … Read More