Zach McGarvey, volunteer with Wind & Oar Boat School, works with students at Sauvie Island School on building the center framing of a Bevin’s Skiff model boat on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Students in seventh and eighth grade at the school helped build the boat this week and incorporated science and math lessons into the project.
Volunteer Abby Cummings shows Ayla Powers how to use woodworking tools to mark a straight edge on a plank of wood before using a hand saw to cut it. Students worked on various aspects of the boat build throughout the week, including sawing wood, clamping parts together and using wood glue and screws for assembly.
Students create foil boats and load them with golf balls to test how much volume the boats can hold before they sink.
A completed model of one of the boats used by Wind & Oar Boat School. The students at Sauvie Island School were working to create their own model boat earlier this month.
Students work on the boat assembly. Students learned to use wood glue, rigging equipment, power tools, hand tools and more in order to construct the boat.
Students work on the boat assembly. Students learned to use wood glue, rigging equipment, power tools, hand tools and more in order to construct the boat.
Students work on the boat assembly. Students learned to use wood glue, rigging equipment, power tools, hand tools and more in order to construct the boat.
Students work on the boat assembly while Peter Crim, director and founder of the Wind & Oar Boat School, watches.
Students inspect the inside of the boat to check for areas where the boat could leak before moving forward with the project.
On Oct. 23 students were able to take their completed boat to Dairy Creek to see it float and take a short ride in it.
The students held a brief christening ceremony before launching their boat, which they named "White Whale," into Dairy Creek on Sauvie Island.