On Friday, December 17th, nine of our apprentices launched six beautiful Susan Skiffs. We wanted to share some images from the launch…

Do you remember the first time you touched salt water? How about your first walk along a seaweed strewn piece of granite?…

Elizabeth “Eli” Sue Sherfey was a sunflower in human translation. Her bright personality and glowing blonde hair radiated every space that she entered…

Ken Rich was a great friend of the Apprenticeshop almost from the beginning. Kevin remembers when he was an apprentice, back in the late 1970s, meeting Ken at Roque Island.…

This week, our very own Youth Program Director and Break the Anchor project leader, João Strout-Bentes, was featured in the Penobscot Bay Pilot…

We are excited to announce the recent award of a grant from the The RPM Foundation to provide financial support for one of our 2021 Fellows…

In honor of Women’s History month 2020, we announced the establishment of the Mary Lacy Scholarship for women…

In the past few months, we’ve been featured in two magazines, MaineBiz’s Work for ME 2020 issue and Cape Air’s in-flight magazine…

Recently, our Board Chair, Molly Mulhern, sent me a post about a new line of wooden bathtubs designed and built by NK Woodworking. The post reminded me of a different context in which I’ve heard of boatbuilders building bathtubs…

A little over a week ago, MaineBoats.com featured us in their blog…

Ann Flannery, one of the first women to attend The Apprenticeshop, has been teaching young people how to build boats…

We have a new two-year apprentice. He’s been here now for 3 weeks, lofting, building molds, and sailing around Penobscot Bay on expedition…

This year, we sent two teams from the shop to the US Toboggan National Championships at the Camden Snow Bowl…