We have been asked not to communicate the choice for the next Head of School until some formalities are completed. It's a good time to consider one of the great lessons of adolescence: delayed gratification. Proctor's woodshop--and the art of boat building--have been well documented on this website, and readers are encouraged to check out
A Little Boat Comes Home,
History Remembered and
A Dream Comes True. The zen of woodworking continues to be practiced here today. Heidi has been crafting this beautiful, cedar-strip rowing skiff for four terms!
When he was a boy, the future-astronaut Alan Shepard spent a summer at Proctor building a boat, so when he became famous, we named the woodshop the Alan Shepard Boathouse. Upstairs in the loft, Joe sizes up his eleven-foot pram.
Dominating the main floor is this twelve-foot catboat, which John plans to sail out of Vinalhaven, Maine.
Greg Allen helps some relative novices get started with some projects.
Building a boat by hand takes lots of time. We can wait a little while.....
