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 boat,

and finished the week with the bottom mostly complete and two new side planks secured to the boat.

Even though we were not able to finish the boat and give it a real splash test, during the final workday we gave the boat its name and splashed a bit of water on the bottom planks as a toast. Everybody joined in the celebration.

Spending a total of 15 hours on this project, the girls  learned to appreciate the amount of work and time that really goes into boat building.

In these 15 hours the girls learned to use over a dozen different tools. They used these tools to measure, outline, cut, plane, secure, and fasten the individual boards to the boat.  They used a mixture of hand tools and power tools to get the job done.

Most of the tools used on this project came from some wonderfully put together toolboxes which some generous soles made it possible to fill.  Thank you to everybody who made this program possible.