Team Longboat

For students from the OCEAN program of Port Townsend School District.

Team Longboat (formerly known as Bravo Team) is a longboat seamanship, team building, and environmental learning program that lasts the entire school year. Together, participants work to voyage on Port Townsend Bay, maintain the longboat, and learn about marine trades and the natural history of the Salish Sea. The year culminates with an overnight voyage. 

Students can register for Team Longboat through OCEAN.

Questions? Contact Chrissy McLean at chrissy@nwmaritime.org or 360.385.3628 x113

Read our blog to follow along with their activities during the year!

Team Longboat: Dabob Bay Adventure

Three days on the water, two nights under the stars, and one unforgettable adventure. This year, Team Longboat journeyed from Quilcene to Dabob Bay—eleven students, three adults, and two charismatic parrot mascots —returning stronger, more connected, and in awe of the wild beauty just beyond home. We launched from Quilcene Marina with high spirits and…

Team Longboat: The Purple Martin Bird Box Project

What you’re seeing are Purple Martin Bird Boxes, built and placed here by Team Longboat, a Northwest Maritime Program for OCEAN students, with help from Rainshadow Bird Alliance. For more information on these visiting iridescent aerial acrobats, explore Team Longboat’s infographic below!

Team Longboat: Rowing together, growing together

“…We all row as a part of Bravo Team, a part of Bravo Team, a part of Bravo Team.  We all sail as a part of Bravo Team, a part of Bravo Team, a part of Bravo Team” ~sung to the tune of Yellow Submarine We are eight weeks into Team Longboat (formerly Bravo Team)…

Adventure Awaits: Team Longboat’s Season is Underway!

“…And we’re bound away for Austraaaalia!” We are three weeks into Team Longboat (formerly Bravo Team) with a motley crew of brand-new folks and seasoned returners! The returning crew has stepped up into leadership roles to show new folks the ropes (literally), and the crew is working amazingly well together, singing chanteys, rowing hard, and…

Bravo Team’s Five-Day Island Adventure

With calloused hands, warm hearts, and soaring spirits, Bravo Team returns from Journey! Five days out in the islands and four nights under a blanket of stars have left us better friends and more experienced mariners.

Bravo Team: Sailing into Spring

With longer days and warmer weather on the way, our band of singing, sailing, and rowing comrades are merrily, cheerily refining our maritime skills aboard our trusted vessel Townshend.

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