Elementary School Camp students will:

• explore Gig Harbor aboard electric boats.

• go sailing aboard Thunderbird No. 2, Pirouette

• learn about salmon habitat exploring Donkey Creek

• be introduced to Gig Harbor’s historic working waterfront aboard Veteran, in the Skansie NetShed and at the Eddon Boatyard shops

• learn how to tie knots and how to dock and tie up a small boat

• be introduced to Shipwright tools and learn how to use them

• make a wooden toy model of Veteran in the historic Eddon Boatyard shop

• learn how to use a compass and how to read a chart

What to bring to Camp each day to maximize your child's camp experience. Please bring with you each day:

1. A sack lunch - We have a refrigerator available to store food until lunch time

2. A water bottle

3. Sunscreen

4. A hat with a bill 

5. Closed toed shoes for work in the Shop

6. Water shoes for on the water activities

Please plan to allocate 30 minutes on Monday morning at 9am for camp orientation and registration with your child. Registration and drop off (9am) and pick up (4pm) will occur at the Boatyard house (brick house down the driveway) each day.