My name is George Bradbury and I am a retired boar builder. I am beginning my second year as the shop teacher for boat and yacht building. For six years prior to RBMA, I was the shop teacher in the maritime program at Palm Beach Lakes High School.

This year my new students will be involved in learning shop and tool safety, how to use and maintain hand and power tools, and begin to build a wood boat project. Returning students will continue with their projects, which includes prepping and finishing skiffs, adding a new transform to a center console boat, and installing a deck and a layer of fiberglass to a kayak. All students will learn a valuable lesson of time and material management.

I will be involved in the school’s Underwater Robotics Club, which promotes the activities involved with a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV). Former club members have completed and outperformed not only high schools, but also colleges including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The 2006 club team had victories in the International Engineering Category, as well as the Biggest Bang for the Buck Category and the Advanced Class Category.

I will also be heavily involved in the school’s Underwater Robotics Club, which promotes the activities involved with a Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV). Former club members have competed and outperformed not only high schools, but also colleges including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The 2006 club team had victories in the International Engineering Category, as well as the Biggest Bang for the Buck Category and the Advanced Class Category.

I will also be heavily involved in the school’s SCUBA club, which meets on a regular basis. The club has a large student-body participation level and has a very active dive schedule. Most of the students have earned. Or are working on earning, the status of PADI Open Water Diver.

I feel confident that young people appreciate my patience, kind nature and subtle sense of humor.