Participants must be physically fit and agile as well as competent swimmers to take part in the sailing program. Once you reserve a berth aboard Martha, you will be sent a health form and info form outlining what to bring, arrival information, as well as many other details. No sailing experience is necessary.
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Participants must be physically fit and agile as well as competent swimmers to take part in the sailing program. Once you reserve a berth aboard Martha, you will be sent a health form and info form outlining what to bring, arrival information, as well as many other details. No sailing experience is necessary.
[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ _label=”Section 3″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 0px 0px 45px;”][cs_row inner_container=”false” marginless_columns=”false” _label=”New Item 2″ class=”cs-ta-center” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_custom_headline level=”h2″ looks_like=”h3″ accent=”true”]2020 Trip Descriptions[/x_custom_headline][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” _label=”New Item 4″ style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_feature_headline level=”h3″ looks_like=”h5″ icon=”anchor”]Premium Event: Regatta Weekends, Classic Mariners’ Regatta [/x_feature_headline][cs_text]Join three others and the racing crew aboard Martha for a hands-on, full participation sailing/racing experience aboard a classic yacht. Learn to sail and race a 84-foot classic schooner in one of the areas classic yacht regattas.
Participants become part of the crew as they raise the sails, haul on lines, steer, help with ship’s duties and learn traditional seamanship. You will board the vessel before the races and prepare for sail training. Enjoy the camaraderie of classic yacht racing and the award ceremony with the crew.
[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” _label=”Copy of New Item 4″ style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_feature_headline level=”h3″ looks_like=”h5″ icon=”anchor”]5-Day Sail Training[/x_feature_headline][cs_text]Board at 10am in Point Hudson Marina, meet the crew, other students. Get to know the vessel and all agree to the Ship’s Articles before getting under way. Each day consists of learning about the responsibilities and skills of being crew on board a classic vessel—sail handling, steering, safety, piloting, reading charts, and more.
With a 5 day trip we can venture around the San Juan Island in a fashion that we as a crew choose, depending on tides, weather and crew complexion.
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The CRISR event is always special and we look forward to participating in 2017. If extra experience in piloting, navigating, sail-trim, anchoring and all the joys of summer cruising is what you are looking for, this is the trip for you. A passport is required.
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by Sophie Kunka[/x_custom_headline][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][cs_element_layout_row _id=”59″ ][cs_element_layout_column _id=”60″ ][cs_element_text _id=”61″ ][/cs_element_layout_column][/cs_element_layout_row][/cs_element_section][cs_section bg_color=”hsl(16, 22%, 58%)” parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_inset=”0px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_inset=”0px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ _label=”Section 6″ class=”cs-hide-xs cs-hide-sm” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 40px 10px;border-style: solid;border-width: 0px 0px 3px;border-color: hsl(11, 26%, 34%);”][cs_row inner_container=”false” marginless_columns=”true” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”3/5″ style=”padding: 0px 35px 0px 0px;”][x_gap size=”1%”][x_custom_headline level=”h4″ looks_like=”h5″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-right mtn” style=”color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);”]Support youth sail training programs.[/x_custom_headline][/cs_column][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”2/5″ class=”cs-ta-left” style=”padding: 0px;”][x_button size=”regular” block=”false” circle=”false” icon_only=”false” href=”http://www.schoonermartha.org/site/donate/” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””]Donate Today![/x_button][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content][cs_content_seo]School Group Sail Training The Schooner Martha Foundation offers sail training vacations for families, as well as adults and youth. No experience is necessary! We sail in and around the San Juan Islands, the Puget Sound, and Canadian waters. You will learn about local history and wildlife of the Northwest, and the Captain will share knowledge of yachting and restoration.
View our 2020 schedule to book a trip!Martha’s sail-training program is unique in many ways. First off she only carries 6 students. On a vessel of Martha’s size you are involved in all the workings of the ship. You will rise to the morning listening to the VHF radio weather report to help decide the destination for the day. Our program will show you what it is like to live and work on board a vessel. Meals are served family style around the large main saloon mahogany table.
Martha’s sail-training program is unique in many ways. First off she only carries 6 students. On a vessel of Martha’s size you are involved in all the workings of the ship. You will rise to the morning listening to the VHF radio weather report to help decide the destination for the day. Our program will show you what it is like to live and work on board a vessel. Meals are served family style around the large main saloon mahogany table.
Martha’s accommodations are basic but comfortable. Come ready to participate and jump in to learn and become part of the crew. We have a full galley and everyone takes a turn at helping with both cooking and clean up. No experience is required, only a willing attitude and energy. You will have a chance to experience sailing on an historic vessel of yacht quality and learn a variety of seamanship skills for safe and fun adventures. You can sleep out under the stars on deck or even in the bow netting!
Sailing on a 1907 built wooden schooner is not only a privilege, but a fun and exciting learning experience. Those who have sailed on board have had some of the best sailing times of their life.Our trips are geared towards those who want to experience the finesse of making a classic racing yacht perform to her highest ability. We hold each participant to a high standard and we find that they proudly rise to that standard. You will be expected to conduct yourself as a professional mariner.
Participants must be physically fit and agile as well as competent swimmers to take part in the sailing program. Once you reserve a berth aboard Martha, you will be sent a health form and info form outlining what to bring, arrival information, as well as many other details. No sailing experience is necessary.
Our trips are geared towards those who want to experience the finesse of making a classic racing yacht perform to her highest ability. We hold each participant to a high standard and we find that they proudly rise to that standard. You will be expected to conduct yourself as a professional mariner.
Participants must be physically fit and agile as well as competent swimmers to take part in the sailing program. Once you reserve a berth aboard Martha, you will be sent a health form and info form outlining what to bring, arrival information, as well as many other details. No sailing experience is necessary.
2020 Trip DescriptionsPremium Event: Regatta Weekends, Classic Mariners’ Regatta Join three others and the racing crew aboard Martha for a hands-on, full participation sailing/racing experience aboard a classic yacht. Learn to sail and race a 84-foot classic schooner in one of the areas classic yacht regattas.
Participants become part of the crew as they raise the sails, haul on lines, steer, help with ship’s duties and learn traditional seamanship. You will board the vessel before the races and prepare for sail training. Enjoy the camaraderie of classic yacht racing and the award ceremony with the crew.
5-Day Sail TrainingBoard at 10am in Point Hudson Marina, meet the crew, other students. Get to know the vessel and all agree to the Ship’s Articles before getting under way. Each day consists of learning about the responsibilities and skills of being crew on board a classic vessel—sail handling, steering, safety, piloting, reading charts, and more.
With a 5 day trip we can venture around the San Juan Island in a fashion that we as a crew choose, depending on tides, weather and crew complexion.
Youth scholarships are available.
CRISR: JulyThe Captain Raynaud International Schooner Race is an annual event with 5 days of destination racing with a fleet of schooners. Students make up a large part of the crew on this event and become very involved with the daily functions of the vessel, learning racing skills as crew on a classic racing yacht. Experience is not required but helpful.
The CRISR event is always special and we look forward to participating in 2017. If extra experience in piloting, navigating, sail-trim, anchoring and all the joys of summer cruising is what you are looking for, this is the trip for you. A passport is required.
Youth scholarships are available.
Student Perspective: SAILING ON THE MARTHA
by Sophie Kunka
“Blue Thunderbird to your port side!” calls the bow watch on one of many Friday-night Spring Whitecap Series races upon the Martha, an 84-foot long, 110 year-old schooner.
The schooner takes students from the OCEAN program in Port Townsend to race in the Whitecap races every Friday night during April and May. Most of these spring races have been held in calm weather, except the first one, which was canceled because of a blustery forecast. As well as those races, OCEAN students participated in the Smith Island race on April 3 and a Protection Island race on April 29.
“This is the third year that we have been sailing with OCEAN students,” says the schooner’s captain, Robert d’Arcy. The Schooner Martha Foundation and the d’Arcy family decided to give OCEAN students the opportunity to sail on this impressive schooner, “to offer young students an opportunity to get out on the water and experience racing and voyaging.” continued Captain d’Arcy.
OCEAN students in the program really enjoy sailing this fantastic ship. “It’s amazing racing on a boat like Martha,” says Maeve Kenney, a student sailing in the Spring Whitecap Series races. Sailing on the Martha is one of the best opportunities that OCEAN offers. Student Zia Magill says that sailing on Martha, “is very fun and I learn a lot.” Hazel Windstorm, another student, observed, “I think she is a really beautiful boat with a lot of sail.”
Some OCEAN students have even gone on to train to be deck hands and crew on the Martha. “OCEAN as a school class is relatively new, we have had other alternative and regular school students become crew and go on to become professional sailors and work in the marine trades. Our foredeck leader, Anne Aldrich, started sailing with us when she was 13. Along with Mary [d’Arcy], Lia Poore has been sailing with us for several years and is training to become a deck hand. Gabe Hefley and Anna Molotsky have been sailing with us for a few years. We hope that anyone who really wants to become part of our crew will commit to sailing with us more and learn while having fun,” Captain d’Arcy.
Part of what makes this experience so amazing is the astounding history in Martha’s very sails. The Martha was originally built in San Francisco in 1907 for the San Francisco Yacht Club commodore J. R. Hanify and named after his wife, Martha Fitzmaurance Hanify. When Captain d’Arcy was asked what the longest trip Martha has been on (although without OCEAN students) he said it was “down the coast to SanFrancisco, Monterey Bay, Moro Bay, Channel Islands, San Diego, Baja Mexico to Cabo San Lucas, Cabo to La Paz, LaPaz back to Cabo, Cabo to San Diego, San Diego to San Francisco, SanFrancisco to Long Beach, Long Beach to Oahu, Hawaii in “Transpac” (an ocean race), Oahu to Hanalei Bay Kauai, Kauai to Victoria BC and home. We were away for 1 year and two weeks.”
According to Captain d’Arcy, no one owns Martha. She is her very own free self, and unencumbered by being owned by anyone.
“I really didn’t decide to get Martha, she decided to get me! Martha needed someone to take care of her and help her start a sail training program. So, Martha really is her own gal, nobody owns her but herself with the Schooner Martha Foundation,” said Captain d’Arcy.
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