Press

• Suburban and Wayne Times, December 13, 2007
Radnor 'Bridge' students take to boat-building, by: Alan Thomas

• Fox 29, 5 O'Clock News, June 21, 2007
Program Gets Kids Off Streets and On the Water, by: Michelle Williams

• Fox 29, 10 O'Clock News, June 16, 2007
Program Gets Kids Off Streets and On the Water, by: Michelle Williams

WoodenBoat Magazine, May/June, 2007
Herreshoff Pulling Boat, Launchings, Edited by: Mike O'Brien

WoodenBoat Magazine, May/June, 2007
Ocean City Life Boat 17~76, Relaunchings, Edited by: Mike O'Brien

WoodenBoat Magazine, May/June, 2007
Piqued about Teak By: Richard Jagels

O, The Oprah Magazine, May, 2007
You Gotta Have Faith- Herreshoff Rowboat built by Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory illustrates article

Guerilla Educators A Blog Exploration of Project-Based Learning (PBL) and Service Learning (SL), February 20, 2007
Project Based Service Learning Video; the Wooden Boat Factory By: John Sole

• Messing About in Boats, February 1, 2007
Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory Report By: Geoff McKonly

Sequoia Newsletter, October 1, 2006
Sequoia students are making a difference!!!

• WMRD 1150-AM, WLIS 1420-AM, September 15, 2006
Interview with Geoff McKonly at the 2006 WoodenBoat Show on 'The Maritime Scene with Captain Bill Pinkney'

• Ocean City Sentinel , August 17, 2006
Spirit of the 1776 reborn By: Susie Cook

• Ocean City Sentinel , August 10, 2006
Wooden lifeboat '1776' revived, to be relaunched Friday on beach By: Susie Cook

• Atlantic City Weekly , August 3, 2006
Summer's Superstars; Lifeguards past and present gather this week By: Chuck Betson

• Mainsheet- Newsletter of the Delaware River Chapter TSCA , August, 2006
The Launching of ELF By: Geoff McKonly

• WoodenBoat Show E-Newsletter, June, 2006
Educational Opportunities

• Essential Teacher, June, 2006
Building Boats, Confidence, and English By: Mary Libby and Geoff McKonly

• WoodenBoat Show E-Newsletter, May, 2006
Study Student Restoration Work

• The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 28, 2006
Museum Volunteers All In The Same Boat By: Don Sapatkin

• Gloucester County Times, January 12, 2006
Boating Aficionados Set Sail from South Phila. Warehouse By: Dante DelVecchio

• The Express-Times, January 3, 2006
Pa. Navy on Board to Build Vessel By: Sara K. Satullo


WMRD 1150-AM, WLIS 1420-AM, September 2, 2005
Interview with Geoff McKonly at the 2005 WoodenBoat Show on 'The Maritime Scene with Captain Bill Pinkney'

• Mainsheet- Monthly Newsletter of the Delaware River TSCA, March, 2005
More Mast Making at Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory

• Courier-Post, January 25, 2005
By Hand and By Sea By: Michael T. Burkhart

• Boat US Magazine, January, 2005
Mastering the Craft By: Dick Thompson

• WoodenBoat Magazine, November/December, 2004
Nice Things Come in Small Packages By: Jenny Bennett

• Good Day Philadelphia, Fox 29, October 21, 2004
Weather on the ‘9’s’ from Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory With: Sue Serio

• Messing About in Boats, October 15, 2004
Sparmaking at the Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory Photos By: Ron Gryn

• Messing About in Boats, October 1, 2004
Celebrating WoodenBoat Magazine’s 30th Anniversay at the WoodenBoat Show By: Bob Hicks

• The Review, June 16, 2004
Green Woods Students’ Friday Float By: Mike Benigno

• Mainsheet- Monthly Newsletter of the Delaware River TSCA, April, 2004
March Program: Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory

• South Philly Review, April 29, 2004
All Hands-On Board By: Jared Byrd

• Progress Log- World Ocean School, February, 2004
Philadelphia Students Contribute Hands and Hearts By: Geoff McKonly

• The Today Show- MSNBC, November 16, 2003
Participatory Travel Getaways By Peter Greenberg

• Points East- The Gulf of Maine Cruising Magazine, April 2003
Bring Boat Building to the Neighborhood By: Tim Harkins


• AMC Outdoors- The Magazine of the Appalachian Mountain Club, March 2003
To Build A Boat by Katharine Roth


• The Trenton Times, September 2001
Wooden Boat Factory Update By: Stan Osowski

• The Review, June 20, 2001
Learning By Building Canoes By: Jordan Reese

• The Ridge Record- The Student Publication of Roxborough High School, May 24, 2001
Boats ‘R’ Us By: Shannon Boone

• Friends of Philadelphia Parks, Winter 2000
Campers Build Their Own Boats By: Christina Piazza


• The Trenton Times, July 14, 2000
A Cleanup Grant for Boat Factory By: Stan Osowski

• Field Trip Ideas, Spring 2000
Wooden Boat Factory

• Messing About in Boats, January 15, 2000
Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory

• The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 6, 1999
Learning To Stay Afloat In A Boat By: Eyobong Ita

• Action News- WPVI-TV (ABC), July 30, 1999
Art Of Woodworking

• Southwest Philadelphia Review, July 15, 1999
Crafting An Experience By: Mary Jane Thompson

• South Philadelphia Review, July 15, 1999
Building An Experience By: Mary Jane Thompson

• The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 23 1999
Student’s Project: A Sale Boat By: Louise Harbach

• Heartland Boating- Mid America’s Premier Boating Magazine, May 1999
Boat-Building School By: Jay Lloyd

• Paddler, March/April 1999
Six-Hour Canoe Building Challenge By: Linda Riggins

• Soundings- The Nation’s Boating Newspaper, February 1999
Program Boosts Self-Confidence By: Jane Kopacki

• Soundings- The Nation’s Boating Newspaper, February 1999
Boat Building Fund Raiser Aids Philadelphia Program By: Jane Kopacki

• Resources for Human Development, Inc., Fall 1998
Program Teaches the Craft of Boat Building and the Benefits of Sailing to Disadvantaged Philadelphia Teens

• Philadelphia’s Promise- The Alliance for Youth, Fall 1998
Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory

• WorkBench- The Original Home Woodworking and Improvement Magazine, September/October 1998
Boat Building Program Takes Kids Off Streets, Onto Water

• News 10, September 1998
Wooden Boat Challenge

• Fox 10 ‘O’ Clock News, September 19, 1998
Wooden Boat Challenge

• Good Day Philadelphia, September 19, 1998
Wooden Boat Challenge By: Liz Matt

• WoodenBoat Magazine’s Community Boat Building Manual, 1998
Community Boatbuilding In It’s Infancy By: Eban McLane


• Philadelphia Weekly, September 3, 1997
Anchors Away By: Kent Steinriede


• Courier-Post, July 1997
Purists Revere Wooden Vessels By: William H. Sokolic