Ship's Log: Team Longboat

Bravo Team had incredible weather today.  Sailing was the goal after we decided on an environmental project activity.  Stay tuned for more info about the project that we hope will take place locally in the next month. After welcoming a ...

Bravo Team was called in today to lend a hand to help launch Longboat Bear.  We launched Townshend a few weeks back (blog post: https://nwmaritime.org/bravo-team/floating-our-boat/) after putting lots of energy into her maintenance in the boatshop.  ...

Today Bravo team started off the day with a focus on developing our environmental service project. We worked in small groups to brainstorm projects that could address four areas we are concerned about: deforestation, ocean acidification, orca populations, and plastics ...

Today was the first sailing day of the the year!  And it was full of laughter, slow-ish sailing, and much learning of words and parts of the boat. Sailing involves learning a new language.  Some of the words to make ...

Townshend is in great shape and we hit the bay ready to row after snowpocolypse finally let up. We were all happy to get out on the water again with several new team members to train up! It was a ...

After a month of maintenance, today was the day we launched our boat Townshend. It was exciting to see all of the results of our hard work. We admired the water beading up on the freshly oiled wood, the shiny ...

Bravo Team's last day of maintenance was today to complete Townshend's annual 'shave and a haircut.' We got right to work and had all hands on deck complete the last of the hull prep before we vacuumed and wiped ...

Bravo Team members were busy with more Townshend maintenance today in the Boat Shop. We had a chance for a group activity for new team members to get to know each other.  Then we split into teams of two and ...