Girls' Boat Project Blog

To start out this week we played a fun game with a tricky solution. The girls had to think outside of the box to figure out how to separate their ropes without taking their hands out of the bowlines. After … Read More

This week the wind was a bit too blustery to go out on the water so instead we stayed inside where it was nice and warm.   We started by playing some rolling-hitch limbo and eating snacks. Then every girl … Read More

This week all of the girls got to work on their tool trays. One of our goals was to have each girl finish her own tool tray before the end of the session. Grace, Sophia, and Opal all pushed ahead on their … Read More

Come see us perform our sea chantey, as well as listen to tales from women mariners at She Tells Sea Tales this Saturday March 11th 2017 at 7pm! Tickets are available at She Tells Sea Tales and the evening is a benefit … Read More

To warm up for the day we wrote a chantey called “Girls at Sea” based on the traditional tune “Fish in the Sea.” The girls will be performing this chantey at She Tells Sea Tales our fundraising event that is … Read More

This Wednesday turned out beautifully for a day on the water. Just a wee bit of wind and a whole lot of sunshine. ? With five girls, three instructors, and the help of Chrissy McLean we loaded the boat headed … Read More

This week the girls continued to make good progress on  their projects and shared their experiences with Girls Boat Project donors while they toured the shop. Harper and Linnea carefully used dividers and combination squared to lay out the half-laps for their tool trays. … Read More

The weather was not in our favor today, so we changed our plans from going out in the longboat, instead we learned about some safety gear and continued to make progress on our boat and tool trays. To start the … Read More

Our first day on the water! It was a nice, sunny day when the Girls Boat Project went for a nice dockside row. Taking turns, each girl got to practice following the newly learned rowing commands. We went through some … Read More

We untangled this human knot and then we spent another fabulous day working away in the wood shop.  This week we switched projects, the boat group starting on their tool trays, and the tool tray group working on the boat. … Read More