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Rowing Enlightenment – Stage 3
The weather today was fluky and when students arrived for class at noon, going out on the water wasn’t likely as the white caps were stacking up in Port Townsend Bay from the morning blow. While waiting for students to … Read More
Boat Frames and Tool Trays on a Blustery Day
Today was blustery and rainy, a perfect day to spend in the shop. We started off the day with some knot tying practice while we waited for everyone to arrive. Cleat hitches and reef knots were the focus today. … Read More
Stepping Back in Time
Longboats are like time machines- they take us back 200 years to a technology that isn’t sleek, fast, or always efficient, but it’s pretty fun! Today was week two of Bravo Team and we had a chance to hit the … Read More
International Day of the Girl
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
Bravo Team is back in action!
For our first class of the fall we welcomed OCEAN students back aboard Longboat Townshend on a glorious fall day! We focused on getting to know each other and the boat as well as setting expectations and goals for the … 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