Each year, Bravo Team chooses an environmental topic that we are concerned about. We study it and then we choose a service project that we can do to have a positive impact on that problem. We had several topics that … Read More
Be Here Now
Bravo Team is coming to the last 6 weeks of the school year and we’re melding into a team that takes care of one another. Ship’s Articles is a social contract constructed in a democratic way. We looked up the … Read More
Gybing and Tacking
Bravo Team had incredible weather today. Sailing was the goal after we decided on an environmental project activity. Stay tuned for more info about the project that we hope will take place locally in the next month. After welcoming a … Read More
Bravo Team is Sailing Again!
It is starting to feel like spring and we were happy to get out in the breeze. The team got to learn and refresh sailing skills as we sailed down the bay to Boathaven and back. Which meant we only … Read More
A Little Help From Our Friends
Bravo Team was called in today to lend a hand to help launch Longboat Bear. We launched Townshend a few weeks back (blog post: https://nwmaritime.org/bravo-team/floating-our-boat/) after putting lots of energy into her maintenance in the boatshop. Bear is very similar to Townshend … Read More
Service Projects and Sunshine
Today Bravo team started off the day with a focus on developing our environmental service project. We worked in small groups to brainstorm projects that could address four areas we are concerned about: deforestation, ocean acidification, orca populations, and plastics … Read More
The Slowest Way to Do Anything
Today was the first sailing day of the the year! And it was full of laughter, slow-ish sailing, and much learning of words and parts of the boat. Sailing involves learning a new language. Some of the words to make … Read More
The Joy of Rowing Hard
Townshend is in great shape and we hit the bay ready to row after snowpocolypse finally let up. We were all happy to get out on the water again with several new team members to train up! It was a … Read More
Floating Our Boat
After a month of maintenance, today was the day we launched our boat Townshend. It was exciting to see all of the results of our hard work. We admired the water beading up on the freshly oiled wood, the shiny … Read More
Shave and a Haircut
Bravo Team’s last day of maintenance was today to complete Townshend’s annual ‘shave and a haircut.’ We got right to work and had all hands on deck complete the last of the hull prep before we vacuumed and wiped before … Read More