The Schooner Alcyone departs from Port Townsend,WA on youth sail training trips, adult charters and family sailing adventures in the San Juan Islands, Desolation Sound and Barkley Sound.
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Alcyone Sail Training Youth sail training adult or family sailing adventures! |
Thank you for your interest in sailing on the Alcyone. This is our 23rd year of getting youth, families, and adults out on the water in a hands-on, fun-while-you-learn sailing experience. This year we will be sailing from Port Townsend, Washington, offering a variety of exciting sailing adventures.On our six-day trips will be exploring the San Juan Islands. On our longer trips we cross the border into Canada with a destination of either Desolation Sound or Barkley Sound. While not a luxury yacht, the Alcyone is roomy and comfortable. She offers a group of up to six people a memorable sailing experience in some of the best cruising grounds in the world. Our sail-training trips are for youth ages 12-18. For youth, sail-training aboard the Alcyone includes sailing, navigation, marlin spike seamanship, chart reading, standing watches, small boat handling, knot tying and rigging: student crew are exposed to all this as well as swimming, exploring and adventure. We also offer a special rate that makes it easier for families with children to sail with us. Any combination of parents and children, that does not exceed six, can charter the boat at a special "family" rate. We have raised our daughters aboard the Alcyone, and are accustomed to and enjoy sailing with other families. Our definition of "children" goes through college aged young adults, since we hope that our college aged daughter will still accompany us on family vacations. For adults we offer two types of trips: full boat charter by a single group (Alcyone sails with at most six guests aboard), or rent-a -bunk where you reserve a spot aboard and we supply the other sailors. We have just posted our 2010 schedule. We are looking forward to stretching our legs a bit this season. For youth we are offering a San Juan Island, Desolation Sound trip as well as a trip out to the West Coast of Vancouver Island to Barkley Sound. Sugar has been wanting to get back out there; it is always a great adventure. For our rent-a bunk adult trips we have a June trip to the San Juans as well as a September trip to Desolation Sound. And there is still one week in July open for a family or adult full boat charter to the San Juan Islands. Enjoy exploring the web site. There are slide shows on the Cruising Destination, Sail Training, Adult and Family Trips, and Layout pages.There are also some journals from our offshore adventures posted online. If you have any question, e-mail or give us a call. We hope to have the opportunity to sail with you sometime. Fair winds, Captains John "Sugar" Flanagan and Leslie McNish This website was designed by Leslie. If there are any problems, please let me know. Updated01/26/2010 |
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