Did you know that October 11th is the International Day of the Girl? The UN has declared this day with a mission to “help galvanize worldwide enthusiasm for goals to better girls’ lives, providing an opportunity for them to show … Read More
Fabulous First Day!
First days don’t get much better than this! We decided to take advantage of the stellar weather this week and go sailing on Dorjun. She is a beautiful double-ended lifeboat that was built in 1905 and she’s an amazing way … Read More
Don’t Forget the Bevel Gauges
During the intensive week of boat building we also wanted to make sure the girls had a little something to take home with them. As a bench project each girl made her very own bevel gauge. Lara headed up the … Read More
Showing our Otter Pride
In one intensive week of work the Girls Boat Project team was able to make a great amount of progress toward the completion of Otter Pride. We started out with only a few bottom planks on the bottom of the … Read More
An Intensive Week of Boat Building
This summer a crew of eight hardworking girls has gotten together to spend an intensive week working on the work punt. Three hours of hard work each morning. This is how it started out For this week … Read More
Overnight Longboat Journey!
Saturday May 14th – The girls pack up and head out On our day off from school the members of the Girls Boat Project all gave up some extra morning sleep to meet at the Maritime Center at the early … Read More
A Great Beginning to a New Session
This week was the first week of the spring session. For this session we gained a new member. Welcome Emilia! We also had a new instructor join us in place of Kat who had to leave early to go fishing in … Read More
A New Kind of Boating Experience
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
A Little Wood Working, A Whole Lot of Fun, and A Bit of Navigation
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
Gluing Trays and Lashing Sails
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