Come Boating Winter Adventure Series

The Belfast Free Library is is co- hosting three evening programs about adventures on the water with Come Boating!
The first is a film presentation of The Boys of ’36.
The story of nine working-class young men from the University of Washington who took the rowing world and America by storm when they captured the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Their unexpected victory, against not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast but Adolf Hitler’s elite German rowers, gave hope to a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Great Depression

On February 28th we present, “Art Paine’s Story of building Rose”
Renowned Maine boat designer and builder Art Paine presents The Building of the dory Rose. A very special boat Art designed and helped his daughter build in the chicken yard of their home on Mount Desert. This boat was borrowed for an ocean voyage by a man who had a 42-year long quest to row from Albany,Maine to Nova Scotia. It’s a good dory and a good story!

On March 21st, Film presentation, Paddle to Seattle.
Follow two friends as they build their own kayaks and paddle together for 97 days through the wilderness on a journey from Alaska to Seattle—only to survive to talk about…most things. Join adventurers Josh Thomas and J.J. Kelley as they masterfully navigate the 1,300-mile Inside Passage, traveling through waters that border North America’s largest temperate rainforest. Brown bears guard the shores. Rain pelts them for weeks without rest. They’ll even encounter deadly—not to mention dead—marine life. Enriched with interviews of colorful locals, our charming heroes’ stories are threaded together by their unconventional humor and wit. Ultimately, this is a story about friendship and how it survives the…Paddle to Seattle.