Sisters Under Sail Teenage Girl's Sail Training Program

Daily Activities

• 7:30am - wake-up and morning swim
• cabin clean up
• 8:00am - breakfast and galley clean-up
• 9:30am - morning instructional session
  • going aloft
  • line handling
  • sail theory
  • navigation
  • knot tying
  • engine room familiarity
  • general seamanship
  • emergency drills
• 12:00 - lunch and standing watch activities begin
• 12:30 - afternoon instructional session
  • navigating the course
  • steering the ship to stay on course
  • setting sails
  • striking sails
  • furling sails
  • engine room checks
  • anchor watch
• group non-watch activities
  • deck washing
  • learning various knots
  • sail repairs
  • galley assistance in prep and clean-up
  • swimming
  • relaxing - reading, journaling, games
• 8:00pm - dinner, preparation and cleaning
• 9:00pm - group discussion of days activities and relating it to real-life
• 10pm - anchor watch begins
• 10pm - relaxing time, journaling and bedtime

Our Girls Take the Helm