Brooklin School Boatbuilding

05/24/2023

Today was the big day! The 7th and 8th grade boat building class launched Water Bear this morning at Center Harbor, watched by all of the other Brooklin School students and many supportive members of the community. After two years of hard work, the students were so happy to finally to get it in the water!

05/23/2023

Everyone is invited to the launch of the 7th and 8th graders’ boat that they just finished after two years of hard work. The launch will be held at Center Harbor tomorrow, May 24 at 9:30. Come celebrate with us! 🎉

05/17/2023

Work party this Saturday, May 20, from 9:00am to noon! We need help getting the boats from past years’ boat building classes ready for the summer. Join us at the Brooklin Boat Yard to help sand, paint, and oil the school’s fleet of rowboats.

04/05/2023

With six more classes until we plan to launch the boat, the class is working on finishing touches on the boat and crafting oars. We’re so close to getting our biggest boat ever on the water!

02/06/2023

Learning hand tool skills and a lesson in delayed gratification, seventh- and eighth-graders at Brooklin School are in the second year of building their biggest wooden boat ever.

01/22/2023

The 7th and 8th graders have been making great progress on their boat over the last few months!

10/19/2022

Last school year, the 6th-8th graders worked on building the largest boat in Brooklin School Boatbuilding history! This year's 7th and 8th graders will be completing this boat, and are excited to have their first boatbuilding class of the fall tomorrow with instructor Eric Blake.

10/18/2020

03/04/2020

Last week, the woodworking crew worked on the final shaping and smoothing of their oars. The sail crew worked on finished the edges of the sail. Both teams have one more class to finish their projects before they swap places and make another set of oars and a sail.

02/26/2020

Oops... we’re behind in our posts! Last time class met, two weeks ago, the woodworking team got their oar handles and mast to be round with more planing and the first sanding. The sailmaking group worked on sewing their sails.