Adventure on the Sound
Grades 9 - 12

Adventure on the Sound is a three-day, two-night program aboard the Schooner SoundWaters that offers groups of 15 - 20 students in 9th -12th grade a unique opportunity for personal growth. During the program students will learn to work as a team, discover the leader within themselves, understand a new meaning of community and experience adventure within a safe environment,aboard the schooner SoundWaters and on Sheffield Island, home of the historic Sheffield Island Lighthouse (listed on the National Register of Historic Places) and the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge.

SoundWaters Adventure on the Sound program provides students with critical leadership and team building skills, an opportunity to experience their local environment and multiple ways to learn in a non-competitive setting. Through Adventure on the Sound, students grow personally, improve communication skills, learn to think more deeply about their natural environment and achieve a higher level of solidarity. We teach leadership through experience while fostering an educational and fun environment.

Teambuilding and Leadership
Sailing the 80' Schooner SoundWaters demands that participants act as a
team and accept responsibility.

• Work together as to navigate the schooner to her overnight destination.
• Strike and set the four sails on SoundWaters.
• Create shelter, start a fire, and prepare meals at the island campsite.

Experiencing Adventure
Under the leadership of the seasoned SoundWaters captain and crew, students will experience new challenges in a safe environment.

• Feel the thrill of steering a 32-ton vessel powered only by the wind!
• Navigate to an uninhabited island and home again!
• Learn survival skills and sleep under the stars!

SoundWaters believes in the importance of designing an experience that is meaningful and memorable for your students and will work with you to customize the program activities based on your goals and the needs of your students.

For more information:

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Pre and Post Trip Information (coming soon)
• Directions to the Schooner SoundWaters homeport
• Sign Up Now - Adventure on the Sound Application (coming soon)

For further questions please contact the Captain, Justin Cathcart, at jcathcart@soundwaters.org or (203) 918-1219.
or Olena Czebiniak at oczebiniak@soundwaters.org or (203) 406-3319.