Even though there was a small craft advisory today, we got ourselves down to the Townshend at the dock and did a squall drill! It was our 4th class of the season and we are continuing to progress our skills. … Read More
Going Slow to Go Smooth
Bravo Team numbers were small this week but not in energy or focus. We went sailing on our longboat for the first time and enjoyed the weather and each other’s company! A new coxswain got to practice getting us out … Read More
Rowing Enlightenment: Stage One
Today was the first day that Bravo Team headed out onto the water for this school year. We started off our day with another name game and time to get to know each other a little bit better. Then we … Read More
It’s Only the Beginning
Today was the first class of Bravo Team for 2018 – 2019! Janet is teaching for OCEAN this year and she has much maritime experience in her life up and down the West Coast. Many new students showed up today … Read More
“Don’t Suck!” Bravo Team takes on Plastic Straws
As part of our Bravo Team class each year, we take on an environmental project. This year the team wanted to talk about plastic straws and their effect on the marine environment. They worked for many hours to create this … Read More
Sharing our last day together
Our final class of the school year brought us together for the last time as a group. We were grateful to have time together out on the water and back on land to celebrate our accomplishments. Calm waters made our … Read More
A Little of This (work), A Little of That (play)
The end of the school year is soon here. Bravo Team’s second to last class was today and after such a full, awesome journey (see blog post https://nwmaritime.org/2018/05/10/bravo-team-journey-day/) on Tuesday, the group decided to focus in on their environmental project. Their video … Read More
Bravo Team Journey Day
We plan a journey every year as a culminating experience and on Tuesday, Bravo Team spent the whole day on the water. Journey allows us to put all of our skills to work: rowing and sailing a long boat, leading … Read More
Being with Great People
After what feels like too long, Bravo Team finally made it back on the water today and it was glorious. We spent the first few minutes of class finalizing some journey plans for the all day trip next week. We … Read More
Filming and Opening the Bird Boxes!
Bravo team has less then a month until our last class on May 17. Between now and then we have a lot to accomplish. We are going to go on a one day expediton on May 8 in our local … Read More









