Middle School Camp students will:

• explore Gig Harbor aboard electric boats

• learn the basics of sailing aboard Thunderbird No. 2, Pirouette

• explore Gig Harbor and learn boat handling aboard electric boats

• learn about salmon habitat by 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

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

• learn how to use Shipwright hand and power tools

• learn how to work together while rowing a two-person boat

• be introduced to navigation, how to use a compass, how to take sights, how to read charts and tide & current tables