Bravo Team Blog

For those of you who are continuing to see Bravo Team NOT go out due to posted Small Craft Advisories, below you’ll find a link to Townshend’s Certificate of Inspection which states (in second page, third paragraph down, “This vessel … Read More

It’s spring and the weather has been windy! Today was yet another Small Craft Advisory posted which means that the Townshend and her crew were staying safely ashore. We started the day as we always do with a check on … Read More

Bravo Team has a diverse mix of characters and each week we get to know each other better through time, activities, and challenges.  After yet another Small Craft Advisory from the National Weather Service, we made a land-based plan to keep … Read More

We came to the realization today that we only have 8 more classes until we head out on our journey! With that in mind, Sonia and Chrissy made a list of skills we want to work on before then: navigation, … Read More

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

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

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

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

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

Today was our second day of haul-out maintenance. We were challenged by an hour late start and by missing four of our hardy crew members (we were also amazed at that a 2.5 hour class can seem too short, while … Read More