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
Adventures on Martha J and a Plank on the Boat
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
Planks for the Boat!
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
First Day Longboating
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