Aquaculture Mini Course & Safe Powerboat handling certification
CBC is offering an aquaculture mini course and Safe Powerboat Handling certification course this weekend for the low cost of $45. (a $350+ value). This is to get people interested in marine industry jobs and educate them on shellfish farming which is a growing industry in our region. Must be 18 years or older. Registration ends Friday. No prior boating experience needed.
October 5th – 6th 9:00AM to 6:00PM
For more information see FLYERopens PDF file and link to REGISTER
We are looking for volunteers!
This winter we will be building model and full size boats at a number of local schools and organizations and we’d like your help!
Volunteers will work alongside trained staff and use the hands-on building process to help students improve their skills, learn to use basic hand tools and much more. As a Boat-by-Kids volunteer you help students to develop teamwork, focus, confidence and perseverance. No experience is necessary, but an open mind and commitment to helping others is required.
If you’d like more information, contact Caroline Conzatti at cconzatti@communityboating.orgcreate new email or (508) 992-6219.
Check out more information on our Boats-by-Kids program HERE
http://www.communityboating.org/project/b-o-a-t-s-b-y-k-i-d-s/
New CBC volunteer, Jean Lawlor, joined in the fun with Our Sisters’ School 8th graders as they went out on the water last Thursday. Here’s what she had to say…
CBC First Impressions: Laughter and a Good Soaking!
A dozen OSS 8th graders poured out the CBC front door as I approached, all boisterous and joking with the staff. The wind was up, gusting and blowing to the point where I wondered if we’d even go out. But soon the Boston Whalers were ferrying groups out to the Sonar fleet moored off the dock, and we sailed off the mooring on a reefed main.
Clearly, the young women aboard knew the ropes, and senior instructor, Adilson, was quick to fill in, despite a broken hand. Two of the OSS sailors took up residence on the bow, and within a few tacks they were completely soaked – I mean drenched! With nothing but each other to hold onto, they were laughing harder with every wave and loving every minute of it.
I’m not sure who was laughing more, the two up forward or the crew in the cockpit, though my inner water safety instructor worried we’d have to snap into person-overboard mode. Then I remembered the two safety boats were circling nearby, and my main concern became snapping a shot or two and getting the phone back in the dry bag before the next wave. And I relaxed into the fun of it all.
