Ship's Log: Team Longboat

Halloween Sail

Some of us showed up in costume today, although it was hard to tell under all our warm layers! It was a rare day to have sunshine and light wind on Halloween. A great day to go on a mini ...

Science on the Water

It was a still day on the water and a great chance to do some science sampling. After getting to know the science gear last week, students were ready to use the equipment aboard Onward. Two teams of scientists, the ...

Studying Science

Science was the focus of today's Bravo team class. With windy weather and a small craft advisory posted, we were not able to go boating. Instead, we focused on learning more about inquiry based science. We stared off the day ...

Rowing Onward!

We were lucky to have sunshine and calm conditions for our first time out rowing with this crew. Onward was our vessel of choice today for the number of students we had. Bravo team continued to get to know each ...

Bravo Team: More than Just Boating

Today was the first day of Bravo Team for the school year. We started off our day playing some fun games to get acquainted with each other and reminding ourselves what it was like to be a part of Bravo ...

Bravo Team End of Year Thoughts

The end of year came sneaking up on all of us this spring. Bravo Team had a final class last week which included a guest, Sara Poindexter, from Patagonia.  We are the grateful recipients of a Patagonia grant which awarded ...

A Magical Overnight Journey

On May 6th and 7th the Bravo Team set out on our journey. The students had been training all year to learn the skills they needed to row, sail, navigate and work together. They worked in three teams and each ...

Soundings and Singing

Today was our last day of class before our one-night Bravo Team Journey next week.  Honing in on the last pieces of logistics before Journey was the goal of today's class. After our check-in about personal gear, we discussed menu ...

Journey is 10 days Away!

Bravo Team has been working diligently to prepare for the upcoming overnight journey on May 6-7. We started the day by reviewing the tenet "Boat, Crew, Self" as a way of framing the journey. We'll need to always take care ...

Speed = Distance / Time…

...or another way to put it, plan to row unless you have wind.  Then go sailing, unless it's on your nose.  Always look at the current guides to literally, go with the flow. Journey Planning for our early May Bravo ...