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June Offers a Sea of Activities
 
June promises to be a busy month with every weekend offering activities, including the Small Craft Weekend, JGTSCA Nautical Tag Sale, Row for the Bay, Sea Musical Festival, Campout at Selden Island, and Wooden Boat Show.

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Essex River Race Report
 
JGTSCA members recently rowed the 5.5+ mile course on the beautiful Essex river and bay.

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Welcome to the John Gardner Chapter of the
Traditional Small Craft Association

Whether you have an interest in traditional boatbuilding, messing about in small boats, or helping to preserve our maritime heritage -- come join us and share the comradery of kindred spirits. We invite you to attend one of our meetings, go for a row, or help with our next boatbuilding project.

"Our obligation is to make sure that the richness of our small craft heritage
is passed on intact to the generations that will come after us." -- John Gardner

Pine Island Clean Up

Sea Scouts and Ledyard Community Boating Assist with Pine Island Clean Up

The Sea Scouts of Ship Dragon (Groton, CT) and several members of Ledyard Community Boating worked with JGTSCA members to help clean up Pine Island during our annual Earth Day activity.

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Working on 12 foot skiff

Building a 12-foot Lapstrake Planked Skiff

JGTSCA member John Hacunda is working on his first project, a 12' flat bottom, lapstrake planked skiff. The design is from the book Traditional Boatbuilding Made Easy published by WoodenBoat.

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