Upcoming Events

A presentation by Paul & Denise Pouliot ~ Head Speakers of the Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki This presentation will focus on Abenaki lifeways along the Piscataqua watershed and Great Bay estuary. Paul and Denise will discuss what indigenous life was like prior to contact, including indigenous place names and cultural practices. They will also share some of what the tribe is doing to expand traditional stewardship practices through education and partnerships with the greater regional community today. This event is SOLD OUT! April 25th at The Music Room in Carey Cottage [400 Little Harbor Road Portsmouth, NH] 5-6:30p.m. […]...

Ocean Classroom Aboard the Harvey Gamage Matt Glenn has worked in the tall ship fleet since 2003, sailing the Atlantic, Pacific, Great Lakes, and Caribbean before coming to the Gundalow Company in 2012. He will share about the experience of captaining a high school program aboard the 131′ schooner Harvey Gamage for parts of the past few winters. JUST ONE ticket left! GET it HERE for this Gundalow Gathering#2...

Reflections on the Water: A conversation with Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper Melissa Paly. Join us in a stunning home beside Sagamore Creek for this fantastic opportunity to engage in conversation with Melissa Paly. Melissa is Conservation Law Foundation’s Great Bay–Piscataqua Waterkeeper, working to advocate, inform, and inspire people to protect and restore the rivers, bays, and coast that make the Seacoast such a spectacular place to live, work, and play. Tickets available HERE for this Gundalow Gathering #3...

Attention Homeschool Families! Please help us spread the word about our THREE homeschool sail programs, open to all, this spring! Step aboard the Gundalow and head out on the Piscataqua River for an exciting 2 hour education sail. While on-board, participants will set the sail, steer the vessel, learn to navigate, tow for plankton, and explore the human impact on our watershed.  This educational program is geared towards students ages 7 and up. The rate for these programs will be $25 per-passenger (no infants and toddlers, please). We will only be taking a limited number of students and adults per sail […]...

16’ Cedar Strip West Point Skiff 30hp Honda, start battery, running lights, bilge pump, anchor & line, oarsAlton Wallace design, built 1997 Custom aluminum trailer with extendable tongue Good condition, ready to go Asking $12,500 Proceeds benefit the non-profit Gundalow Company captain@gundalow.org 603-433-9505 16’ Cedar Strip West Point Skiff 30hp Honda, start battery, running lights, bilge pump, anchor & line, oarsAlton Wallace design, built 1997 Custom aluminum trailer with extendable tongue Good condition, ready to go Asking $12,500 Proceeds benefit the non-profit Gundalow Company captain@gundalow.org 603-433-9505...

Joan Slavin Rice of Portsmouth, N.H., passed away on March 4, 2024, after a four-year struggle with ovarian cancer. Born December 29, 1948, in Boston, Joan’s mother, Leona Bruck Slavin, was intelligent, fashionable, and beautiful. She was an active volunteer and president of the Watertown (Ma.) League of Women Voters. Lee also passed away from cancer when Joan was 10. Her father, Robert M. Slavin, was left as sole parent. He was a rocket scientist working for Aerospace Instrumention Lab in Bedford, Ma. Major project credits included the lunar module. Throughout her life Joan would encompass her mother’s beauty and […]...

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Gundalow Campers’ Dad Invents Clever and Fun Board Game for Rainy and Sunny Days! Kevin Trainer, whose kids spent many happy weeks at Gundalow Company’s summer camps, heard from them that Gundalow staff were looking for activities that the children could do indoors when the weather is bad. “As an avid board gamer myself, the idea of a creating a historical board game about gundalows that would be fun and educational was irresistible,” says Kevin. Initially, his plan was to make just a few rough copies using cardstock and simple components that the campers could use. But it turns out […]...

Enjoy a $5 discount on admission to Strawbery Banke with your purchase of a Gundalow Company sail pass.  Visitors to Strawbery Banke have the opportunity to experience and imagine how people lived and worked in this typical American neighborhood through nearly four centuries of history. Using restored houses, featured exhibits, historic landscapes and gardens, and interpretive programs, Strawbery Banke tells the stories of the many generations who settled in this Portsmouth, New Hampshire “Puddle Dock” community from the late l7th to the mid-20th century. Strawbery Banke is typically open from May 1- October 31.  To obtain your discount, print your Gundalow Company sailing ticket […]...