Summer Programs

Maritime 101

"Adventures at Sea" Course Aboard the Schooner Adventuress

West Sound Technical Skills Center Program

Due to Covid-19, our summer programs were cancelled in 2021.

Our 6-Day Maritime Experiences will be -

Coming back in 2022!

(Lab) Fee: $100

Come sail aboard the historic Schooner Adventuress for six days and five nights in the scenic waters of Puget Sound. Sound Experience is partnering with West Sound Technical Skills Center to offer an intensive experiential Adventures at Sea program for 23 students. West Sound Tech is an educational cooperative, serving students in the Bremerton, Central Kitsap, Chimacum, North Kitsap, North Mason, Peninsula, Quilcene, Bainbridge Island, South Kitsap and Port Townsend School Districts providing advanced career and technical education programming preparing students for career and college. Nonprofit Sound Experience owns and operates the historic schooner Adventuress as an education platform to engage young people in marine stewardship, and increasingly to inspire students to look-to-the-water for career choices.

Students learn to sail, navigate, manage emergencies, tie knots, splice, hold anchor watches, read tides and currents, while learning to work as a team. Through this unique experience, students earn a .5 Career and Technical Education (CTE) Credit. The Schooner Adventuress is a 133 foot, 104 year old historic sailing vessel, that is designed to allow the crew (YOU) to gain a great sense of life aboard a working ship. Skills required are an open mind, a sense of adventure, and a willingness to work as a team. The course will also visit the Skagit Valley Center for Maritime Excellence or Seattle Maritime Academy where students will learn about future career options. Students will need to complete five hours of independent and online study to earn their Washington State Boater's card and food handler's permit in advance of the sailing trip.

This is a great first step in exploring a maritime career.