2024 SUMMER CAMPS!

We’re excited to welcome Kip and Kristin Otteson to the BoatShop again this summer as we blend their background in outdoor experiential learning with our expertise in maritime programming for another summer of outstanding camps! BoatShop camps emphasize hands-on learning in a fun, maritime setting on the working waterfront in Gig Harbor, WA.

What happens at Camp?

2024 Camps & Dates

-All Camps: 9AM - 4PM daily -

Pre School Camps

LITTLE SKIPPERS, LITTLE SHIPWRIGHTS

{Pre School Age 4 yrs - 6 yrs}

  • Mon. July 1st - Fri. July 5th Full

  • Mon. July 8th - Fri. July 12th

Elementary School Camps

JUNIOR SKIPPERS, JUNIOR SHIPWRIGHTS

{Grade School Age 7 yrs - 10 yrs}

  • Mon. July 15th - Fri. July 19th

    Full

  • Mon. July 22nd - Fri. July 26th Full

Middle School Camps

MARITIME ADVENTURERS

{Middle School Age 11 yrs - 13 yrs}

  • Mon. June 24th - Fri. June 29th

MARITIME ADVENTURERS FOR GIRLS

  • Mon. Aug. 5th - Fri. Aug. 9th

Teens/ High School Camp

MARITIME SKILLS FOR TEENS

{Teens Age 14 yrs - 18 yrs}

  • Mon. Aug. 12th - Fri. Aug. 16th

About the Camp Leaders

Kristin and Kip Otteson operate an “urban forest preschool” in Loveland, Colorado based on “an inspirational process that offers ALL learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning and experiences in a natural environment.”

While the Otteson’s live in Colorado they are not new to the Northwest. They met at Pacific Lutheran University, got married on Fox Island, lived aboard a sailboat in Gig Harbor for two years and crewed aboard the local fishing vessel Beryl E.

Their teaching careers have taken them to the arctic in Alaska and the tropics of Thailand. Kip mirthfully says, “I tend to like students who dislike school,” and Kristin is focused on taking her preschoolers “out of the classroom every day of the week” regardless of the weather.

Outdoors, experiential, and now on-the-water and in the shop, are at the core of how and why they teach.

Please reach out if you have any questions!

info@gigharborboatshop.org or 253-857-9344