Lowell's Boat Shop

12/22/2020

Our Apprentice Program in action
@mollym86 and @aaron_cross14
Both are in college and are home on winter/COVID vacation. They are former apprentices and we are employing them while they are home. The best part is... we are employing them because they are capable which is in part due to their apprenticeship and in part due to their maturity and experience in the wider world. This is what what we are all about and it makes us proud to have them back as it should make our supporters proud that this is the sign of a successful apprentice program. Thank you

12/21/2020

Lowell's Boat Shop

12/18/2020

The calm before the storm
#thisisnotapainting

12/12/2020

RAFFLE TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
Win this original painting of the dory Provident by @ellendoremus
Drawing this Thursday Dec 17. Link in bio for tix!
lowellsboatshop.com

12/09/2020

Our Online Store is open until Dec 18
Shop online for all your favorite Lowell’s gear and handmade items.
Follow link in bio!

12/06/2020

Quick get your bids in! Auction ends at 4pm
Link in Bio for our auction and store

12/06/2020

ONLINE AUCTION ENDS AT 4pm TODAY!
Link in bio
We have a few trees left 7-8’ better hurry!

12/05/2020

Hurry! Only two days left to bid and shop! We also have a fresh supply of 7-8’ Christmas trees! Click link in bio for more info. No better day than a rainy Saturday to shop online and support a non profit!

12/02/2020

Visit our online open house to find unique gifts and support a National Historic Landmark at the same time! Get Lowell’s gear and visit out online auction for Sox tix, a getaway from @larkhotels, rum from @privateerrum and @rumsonsrum and much more!
Link in bio for the open house!

12/01/2020

VIRTUAL HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE and ONLINE AUCTION
With items like a beautiful handmade boat, a @larkhotels getaway, rum from @privateerrum and @rumsonsrum more! We also have an online store with all your Lowell’s gear! Visit website for links!

11/26/2020

Come get your Christmas Tree and Wreath at Lowell’s
This Friday Saturday Sunday 11-4
We have all shapes and sizes this year including some cute little Charlie Browners! Apparently there is a national Christmas Tree shortage so we have fewer than in years past so don’t wait!

11/24/2020

A few apprentices working late on Thanksgiving week. They are getting there!
Come get your Christmas 🎄 at Lowell’s and support this kind of programming in your community

10/30/2020

Nice little morning in October
Photo @mjbrittan

10/16/2020

Plus a bonus view from the bench

10/16/2020

Apprentice William sanding his skiff on a dreary Friday afternoon in October

10/16/2020

Lowell's Boat Shop completes $500,000 fundraising campaign

Lowell's Boat Shop completes $500,000 fundraising campaign

NEWBURYPORT — Lowell's Boat Shop finally completed its "500 for 225" campaign last month, raising $500,000 in two years through donations from the community and matching state and federal grants.

09/23/2020

Trails and sails tour

09/09/2020

#Repost @drippixx
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Ran the lower part of Main Street this morning... this angle of the wood dory boats at mooring in front of @lowellsboatshop nearly tripped me mid run. Had to stop and grab it. #myamesbury #mainstreetsandbackroads #merrimackriver #amesburyma #boats #earlymornings #fogessentials #igessexcountymass #igmassachusetts #foggymorning

09/04/2020

We have developed small batch Covid safe fall programming for students who need more hands on non-zoom learning opportunities. Visit the link in bio for more information!

09/01/2020

Young Apprentice William @wsail343 driving trunnels into the shallop with a wooden beetle he and the Saffos boys made from a broken oar and some live oak offcuts from the shallop framing. Trunnels are “tree nails”....wooden pegs that hold the boat together

08/27/2020

Our Marsh Madness program yesterday got a special treat... a close up and personal look at a 6’ sturgeon mortality which was recovered from the river by USGS scientist Micah Keiffer. Our executive director Graham McKay is a deputized sturgeon handler and collects “floaters” for Micah to dissect in his lab. This particular fish is interesting in that it was killed by a propeller strike which makes it particularly interesting for conservation studies. Our programs are experiential and we try to take advantage of teaching moments when they present themselves, this is just one such example!

07/28/2020

The fleet coming home on a hot hot day. This is day 1 of our Castaways program. We offer several short programs for youth in a COVID safe manner, check out the link in the bio for more info

07/14/2020

SUMMER PROGRAMS
We are running the outdoor youth programs that we feel we can run in a safe manner. Rowing and exploring the river and marshes. See link in bio for program listings

07/10/2020

Young William is an apprentice at Lowell’s... he has a passion for boats and with his summer plans being nil thanks to COVID we have provided a place and the guidance for him to build himself a sailing skiff this summer. Our mission is to preserve and perpetuate the art and craft of wooden boat building. There is nothing that fulfills that mission more than this. For those of you that support us and our mission, we thank you @ Lowell's Boat Shop

06/24/2020

A new fire retardant cedar roof going on thanks to all of the donors to our 500 for 225 campaign. The shop has been strengthened beneath, had a fire suppression system installed, and a new roof going on.
THANK YOU

06/23/2020

Building a boat the Lowell’s way

06/16/2020

06/05/2020

Gettin there

06/02/2020

Harold Burnham’s Saul loft

05/26/2020

Tour of the wreck of the ada k Damon

05/25/2020

A visit to the wreck of the ADA K DAMON on FACEBOOK LIVE tomorrow Tuesday May 26 at 10 am. Visit our page to watch live and comment

05/21/2020

Homeschool history discussion Friday on zoom at 10 am for students 8-13. Free form bring your questions!
Zoom meeting ID 845 5245 2484
Password: HISTORY

05/19/2020

Wood types and uses

05/19/2020

FACEBOOK LIVE
Wood types and their uses for building wooden boats today at 11 am. Visit our page for the live broadcast

05/15/2020

Homeschool history discussion today on zoom at 10 am for students 8-13. Free form bring your questions!
Zoom meeting ID 895 4247 4129
Password: HISTORY