Junior Instructor Awards 2020
We are so fortunate here at CBC to work with a great team of young people, our Junior Instructors. Each year we recognize a few of them with special awards. Read below about our 2020 recipients. 2020 Kinship Award Winners: Nate Machado and Shealin Palmer The Kinship...
Happy Holidays from CBC
Dear Friends, As we reflect on 2020 at CBC I continue to be in awe of our supporters, our staff, our kids and our community and what we were able to accomplish together. This was a highly unusual year for all of us. We did not think, back in March, that we would be...
A New Sea Lab
Even in the midst of a global pandemic, Community Boating Center continues to provide interactive programs to local students. In collaboration with Sea Lab, CBC is able to deliver virtual programming to every 4th grade student in New Bedford Public Schools over the course of the 2020-2021 school year.
Float Haul 2020
This past Monday we hauled our docks out of the water, an event that marks the official end of our sailing season. Despite a midnight coldfront with 40 knot gusts, Monday morning gave us clear skies, and 15 knots of wind from the West--all in all, a fair weather day....
Leviathan Visits Infirmary
One day in August the crew rowing Leviathan were thrown akimbo and dropped crookedly down to the floor of the boat when the starboard seat rail ripped out or bent all its nails. This boat was built by Anchor Academy students 2 years earlier. I called them up to ask if...
Fall Classic 2020
On Saturday, October 17, CBC hosted our annual Fall Classic. Most of the participants had been sailing here as part of our fall high school sail program and we're proud that a few of our own junior instructors participated. We asked one of them, Hunter, to share a...