We are so proud of our 2020 boat building students from Vergennes and Middlebury who completed this year’s pilot gig. Our Champlain Longboats community named this year’s boat Rising Tide. Please enjoy the story of this year’s boat.
Many thanks to those who helped make this year’s boat building project possible:
Leo Cox Beach Philanthropic Foundation
Robbins-de Beaumont Foundation
People’s United Community Foundation
RPM Foundation
Bernard F. and Mary Ann Powell Foundation
Cartwheel Foundation
Charlie Burchard Memorial Trust Fund
RiseVT
George W. Mergens Foundation
Walter Cerf Foundation
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group
Bay and Paul Foundations
Tony and Gina Bruno
Ned and Lauren Pike
Bob and Lee Albern
Peter and Gail Beckett
Doug Vetter
Elizabeth Smith
Alison Gates Brown
Lake Champlain Antique and Classic Boat Society
Tom’s Marine
Vermont Family Forest
Epifanes North America
Small Boat Exchange
Bob Schumacher
Don Brush
Bruce Hill Yacht Sales
Matt Daniels
Boat Shop Volunteers
