TWBW in the Media
TWBW featured in Virginian Pilot (June 12,2025)
Author Lisa Suhay issues a plea to the community in response to Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop losing their current shop space and hardships finding a new location to continue teaching critical life skills to Hampton Roads' youth.
TWBW featured in TSCA's Ash Breeze Magazine (Spring 2025)
Author Kevin Callahan highlights Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop's 10th Anniversary in an article denoting the history and accomplishments of our programs in the quarterly magazine circulated by Traditional Small Craft Alliance, another non-profit educational organization that "strives to preserve and continue the living traditions, skills, lore, and legends surrounding working and pleasure watercraft."
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z__O5Rd4u25iskZu0nDe7SDTYW1GQWAZ/view?usp=sharing
Alumni Parent Mentions TWBW in Virginian Pilot (2/2/2025)
Guest Columnist, Benjamin Miner, mentions Tidewater Wooden Boat Workshop in an article petitioning for the addition of a maritime academy in Virginia.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10jHzgZiuCOPg4uknUJpyiYgz0ggl3Ajk/view?usp=drive_link
TWBW Featured on Wavy 10 (1/26/2022)
The WAVY-10 news program covered TWBW's new Pre-Apprentice Program as we reach out to disconnected youth ages 17-24.
TWBW is featured on the Hampton Roads Show (9/15/2020)
The WAVY-10 program covered TWBW's pivot to building desks for kids forced to learn virtually at home due to COVID-19.
https://www.wavy.com/hr-show/reck-on-the-road/reck-on-the-road-desk-building/
TWBW is interviewed the Virginian Pilot Online (7/19/2019)
Take a look at TWBW in the Virginian Pilot Online. We have our sailboats and a rowboat in the water with our summer camp group.
TWBW is interviewed on Wavy 10 (3/15/18)
Here's a link to an interview by Marielana Balouris featuring our young boat builders in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRXpFtY88Q8
TWBW at Engage Norfolk 2018 (02/11/18)
Tom Brandl, Executive Director talks with Marielena Balouris from WAVY10 about TWBW and our youth boatbuilding program before going to Engage Norfolk this past weekend. See the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kR4slWrfk
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TWBW Featured in PilotOnline Video (05/01/16)
TWBW was the subject of a video published in The Virginian-Pilot's PilotOnline. The video, produced by Pilot staff photographer Steve Earley, chronicles our just-completed winter 2016 boatbuilding program during which 22 eighth grade students from Sail Nauticus Academy built three wooden rowboats. Click on this link to view the awesome video:
Summer 2015 Boatbuilding Program
Check out our young boat builders from our inaugural program in action!