I’m slow to connect the dots. When my wife and I announced to our grown daughter we were moving to join her in Maine, our daughter suggested I take the wooden boat building class at The Apprenticeshop…
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Like any organization that’s been in existence for a long time, The Apprenticeshop is ripe with its own lore. You hear stories from the “old days”…
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A recent graduate of our 9-month apprenticeship program, Ellery Kempe-Chalmers, reached out in response to our last newsletter with some photos of her time at the ‘Shop…
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We recently reached out to Dagmar Bay (alumna ‘96-’98) to ask her a few questions about her experience at the ‘Shop and what she’s doing now…
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People talk of wooden boats as romantic, graceful objects, wherein form is married to function…
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On Friday, December 17th, nine of our apprentices launched six beautiful Susan Skiffs. We wanted to share some images from the launch…
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Do you remember the first time you touched salt water? How about your first walk along a seaweed strewn piece of granite?…
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For the last year I’ve been having an interesting correspondence with Josef Eggert of Los Angeles, a former apprentice…
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Elizabeth “Eli” Sue Sherfey was a sunflower in human translation. Her bright personality and glowing blonde hair radiated every space that she entered…
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Ken Rich was a great friend of the Apprenticeshop almost from the beginning. Kevin remembers when he was an apprentice, back in the late 1970s, meeting Ken at Roque Island.…
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This week, our very own Youth Program Director and Break the Anchor project leader, João Strout-Bentes, was featured in the Penobscot Bay Pilot…
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In honor of Women’s History month 2020, we announced the establishment of the Mary Lacy Scholarship for women…
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Let me start by answering the oft-asked question "why does your skiff need a bow fender"? Bear with me…
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We reached out to Tom Weis recently to ask him a few questions about his experience at the ‘Shop and what he’s doing now…
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In the past few months, we’ve been featured in two magazines, MaineBiz’s Work for ME 2020 issue and Cape Air’s in-flight magazine…
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We received the following email this morning. It’s always nice to know where our boats end up…
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We are excited to share this new video produced about our Maritime Skills program…
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Former apprentice Bruce Bouldry passed away on Saturday, August 3rd, 2019…
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