Emerging Adults

Ages 17+

Semester Voyages Starting in 2025. Click here to reserve your bunk.

Semester Voyages Starting in 2025. Click here to reserve your bunk.

Mariner competency, emotional literacy, life-skills

Become the crew of a working sailing ship and set sail for a week you will never forget. Unplug, make new friends, and become immersed in a lifestyle that is dictated by the winds and the tides. Build your sailing foundation and see if a maritime career is right for you.

2023 Voyage Availability Based on Interest

 

2023 Voyages Based on Interest

Cost: Sliding Scale

• 5.5 days voyaging
• 5 nights at anchor
• Possible port visits

Activities

Sailing, maritime skill development, navigation, log-keeping, hiking, small boat rowing, small boat sailing, swimming, personal time

Sea Time

Upon completion of the program, students will receive sea service letters that can be used toward obtaining a U.S. Coast Guard license.

Sample Day Itinerary

0700 — Wake up
0715 — Deck wash, brass polishing, bunk inspection
0800 — Breakfast with a lesson on tides from the captain.
0900 — Goal setting with watch groups
1000 — Maritime skills training
1100 — Personal time
1130 — Begin preparations for sailing
1200 — Sailing
1300 — Lunch is served while sailing
1400 — Watch group instruction, demonstrations, and hands-on sailing lessons
1600 — Personal time while sailing
1700 — Ship anchors, sails and rigging are stowed
1730 — Swimming
1830 — Dinner is served
1930 — Watch-group reflection
2000 — Sea stories and poems from the Captain
2100 — Personal Time

 
 
 

2023 Voyages Availability Based on Interest

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