Bravo Team: hosting an adventure!
Bravo team ended their year together with a one day journey from Point Hudson to Rat Island (about a mile across the bay). We were excited to spend the day together and use all of the skills we had learned ...
Ship's Log: Youth Programs
Bravo team: slow is smooth and smooth is fast
By Chrissy McLean, Bravo Team Co-Captain
There is a saying that slow is smooth and smooth is fast. According to the internet, the saying originated with the Navy Seals. In any case, the idea is that in order to learn ...
Bravo Team- Confidence and Leadership Grows
By Nancy Israel, Bravo Team Co-Captain
Bravo Team this year is a group of creative and caring middle and high school students from Port Townsend's alternative learning program, OCEAN. We've really been enjoying the gift of being together during the ...
Girls’ Boat Project is Back!
We are so excited to finally restart our Girls Boat Project program this week!
In the Girls’ Boat Project, middle school girls gain skills and have fun in the maritime trades. They learn woodworking and boat maintenance techniques in our ...
Bravo Team…All Skills Are Learned Skills
I have a personal philosophy: all skills are learned and anyone can learn a skill. This doesn't mean that everyone masters a skill easily, but that we all have the capacity to learn what we need or want to know. ...
The High School Sailing Team’s Fall Season is in Full Swing!
By Alyce Flanagan, High School Sailing Team Coach, and Ace Spragg, Adult Programs Manager
[caption id="attachment_22905" align="alignleft" width="228"] Sailors Lhotse Rowell and Sevryn Rust hike out as they come into pressure at sailing practice on Port Townsend Bay[/...
Field Trip On a Boat? Yes!
By Nancy Israel, Education Program Manager
In October and November this year, up to 240 8th graders from six middle schools representing diverse communities south of Seattle have been given the opportunity to leave their school campus for the day to ...
The Port Townsend Maritime Academy is Back in Session
By Colleen O’Brien (NWMC Instructor for the PTMA)
You know that moment when perspective happens? When enough time has passed to inform your opinion, your success (or failure)? That’s where we are with the Port Townsend Maritime Academy (...
The First Month of School at Maritime High School
By Tyson Trudel, Maritime Education Manager
After months of work and through the combined efforts of the lead partners—Highline Public schools, Northwest Maritime Center, Duwamish River Clean-up Coalition (DRCC), and Port of Seattle—Maritime High School officially launched on ...
Meet Point Hudson’s New Dock Attendants
We are excited to be partnering with the Port of Port Townsend this summer to provide Dock Attendants for Point Hudson! Four young people, some of whom have been students in our Port Townsend Maritime Academy program, have been working ...