Inspiration: Vivian Strolis; What a Woman Can do
Turning a derelict boat into a Knot-learning station
What one woman can do:
What is Knot A Boat?
It is a 8’ BY 8’ bow of a fiberglass boat outfitted as a knot-tying station. It offers a 3 dimensional opportunity to learn and practice tying the many knots that we as boaters need to or should use to make our boating lives safer and easier but which we are often out of practice with or have never learned.
Where did the idea for Knot A Boat come from?
It came from the creative imagination of the co-director/creator of Northwest Women in Boating, Vivian Strolis, who needed a hands-on three dimensional way of making knot tying stick. It took the focus of Northwest Women in Boating on helping improve boating skills for greater safety. It took the supportive community of boat-loving gals to adopt a unique idea.
Where did Knot A Boat come from?
It came from ‘the depths of the Puget Sound’. Yep, creative Vivian asked herself, “Where can we get a boat and someone to cut the end off for us? It turned out that the Derelict Vessel Removal Program were the perfect source. These are the folks who drag up derelict, sunken boats from the depths and gather other abandoned boats from around the Sound. They were so thrilled that someone actually wanted to take one of the boats off their hands, or at least part of one, that they did the actual cutting off of the bow to Vivian’s specifications.
Inspiration: Jeanne Socrates; What a Woman Can Do
Her voyage
The oldest woman to sail solo nonstop unassisted around the world. The first woman to sail solo nonstop unassisted around the world from North America.
NOW, the oldest PERSON to sail solo nonstop unassisted around the world. Track to the right shows her going around Cape Horn!
Inspiration: Girls STEM and Sailing with FrogPrints e!
Using boating to interest girls in Science, Tech, Engr and Math
What a Woman Can do: Founding Organizer and President Laura Wilbur was inspired by a girl she knew announcing "I don't do math!"
After school and summer programs for middle-school aged girls. Held in partnership with local organizations such as the Center for Wooden Boats, Sail Sand Point, Virginia V. Enroll your daughter, and/or volunteer to help!