Ship's Log: Girls’ Boat Project

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 out ...

Sharing the Fun

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 ...

Windy and Watery Work Day

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 ...

Boats and Totes

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 ...

Transom and Tool Trays

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.   ...

Woodworking and Learning New Tools

Day two and the girls are hard at work. After welcoming our newest member Opal, the girls did some knot tying, learning the square knot and the cleat hitch. Then we got busy down in the shop. After a quick ...

Getting Hands On

Today was the first day of the 2017 Girls Boat Project! It was an exciting time for all of us-- making new friends, learning new skills, and moving the Girls Boat Project to its new home at the Northwest Maritime Center. ...