This month, nineteen teenagers and two trip leaders have accomplished epic kayak expeditions, kayaking the length of Lake Champlain and reaching the Canadian border. An epic goal in a standard …
Kayaking the Length of Lake Champlain: Teen Expeditions in 2020 Read More »
By Benjamin Mayock, Champlain Longboats coach and coxswain As you might remember last summer, thanks to our Community Rowing club, we acquired a St. Ayles Skiff. Over the winter, the …
By Charlie Beyer, Champlain Longboats Assistant Director I’m writing this with my feet still damp after taking our newly finished Buyce-design Adirondack Guideboat out for a spin in the harbor. …
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director This spring has been a spring like no other and it has impacted us all in so many ways. It is certainly not what …
A Salute to our Graduating High School Senior Rowers Read More »
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director As you’ve probably been following our updates, the Museum’s boat shop team has been finding creative ways to continue our boat shop work from …
Working from Home: Boat Shop Volunteers Are Keeping Busy! Read More »
How does the boat shop work from home? During these unprecedented times our boat shop staff have found creative ways to continue our work at home, and right now it …
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director Since January we’ve been sharing weekly updates on our Champlain Longboats student boat building program as students from Middlebury and Vergennes learn how to …
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director Big news from the boat shop: this week students from Vergennes Middle and High School along with teachers and museum staff celebrated the installation …
What is a Whiskey Plank? Updates from the Boat Shop Read More »
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director This past November, the Museum’s Champlain Longboats program embarked on an exciting new initiative with Two Roads Academy, a privately operated alternative education program …
Building Kayaks for Adventure with Two Roads Academy Read More »
By Nick Patch, Champlain Longboats Director In addition to our ongoing student boat building work in the boat shop, our students, staff, and volunteers have been busy repairing other boats …
What is old is new again: Repair work for Osprey Read More »
