Chesapeake Bay Sea Week

 

Live-aboard educational sailing adventures on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay!
    
 

5 day Potomac River middle school Sea Week program: During Sea Week trip you'll get hands-on experience learning to sail a 46 foot ketch.  You will learn how to raise sails, tie knots behind your back, work with parallel rulers and dividers then chart a course, follow navigation markers through narrow channels, maintain and operate a 92 hp diesel engine, raise, lower, and set anchors, row a dinghy, operate an outboard and that's on the first day! 

You will also help fix meals, help maintain the boat, go swimming, explore a beach for fossilized sharks teeth, go on a treasure hunt, learn to predict weather changes, and travel to at least 4 different destinations. Most of your trip will take place on the lower Potomac River where it meets the Chesapeake Bay with a possible side trip into the Bay if weather    and time allow.

7 day Chesapeake Bay high school Sea Week program: You will learn and do everything that's in our 5 day Discover trip and more! Sail past Smith Point lighthouse on the Chesapeake Bay to uninhabited Watt's Island. Dinghy ashore and observe the sights and sounds of this wildlife refuge. Sleep under the stars at night as you learn to indentify constellations.  Then head the boat north or south whichever way the wind blows, and spend the day ashore exploring the seaport towns of Onancock, Crisfield, Oxford, or St. Michael's. Exploration, fun, music, and laughter all go together during a Sea Week adventure!

• Navigation and chart reading
• Dolphin watching
• Star gazing
• Sailing skills
• Math - History - Biology - Marine Science
• Academic credit
• Certificate of completion
• Environmental awareness
  

*These are sample itineraries.  All travel during any Sea Week program is subject to change due to 
weather conditions and forecasts. The safety and comfort of both vessel and crew are our primary
concern.  Trips are customized to meet the needs and educational interests of each group.

   

 

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