We foster environmental sustainability, youth development, and maritime careers through powerful shipboard programs aboard the schooner Adventuress on the waters of the Salish Sea. Adventuress is a century-old National Historic Landmark tall ship. Sound Experience is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) based in Washington State, USA.
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2019 Winter Work Weekends
Winter Work Weekends are back!
Click below to learn more about how to get involved over the winter.
Click here to read more about the winter restoration project.
Click below to learn more about how to get involved over the winter.
Click here to read more about the winter restoration project.
Bring your school or youth group aboard
Adventuress offers the experience of "ship as teacher"—a way to enhance school curriculum in a truly unique and hands-on setting.
We are scheduling now for the 2018 sailing season. For more information click on the button below or contact Education Director Amy Kovacs at. amy@soundexp.org
We are scheduling now for the 2018 sailing season. For more information click on the button below or contact Education Director Amy Kovacs at. amy@soundexp.org
Support our Blocks4Kids Project
Sound Experience is undertaking a major overhaul of the Schooner Adventuress' traditional rigging by replacing all of her blocks. The blocks are pulleys that utilize mechanical advantage to allow Adventuress' thousands of pounds of sails to be raised and managed by human power alone. The blocks will be replaced by locally-crafted, custom-designed, hand-built blocks that are a revolution in technological advancement, while preserving the traditional form and function of the historic rig and vessel. We need your help to build the new blocks needed to keep raising Adventuress' sails!
Check out our GoFundMe page to donate and for more information
Check out our GoFundMe page to donate and for more information
Introducing our Newest Video!
Check out our new and beautiful short video, "Ship as Teacher - A Look at Youth and Maritime Pathways" that shares the experience and impact of overnight programs aboard schooner Adventuress for teen youth that are exploring a career in maritime. It was debuted at our 2018 annual benefit auction & dinner, Party for Adventuress - Seas the Moment and was produced by Arc Media.
Thank you to all who made the Party for Adventuress 2018 Gala so successful!
“Kids learn through experience. Some of the most vivid and meaningful learning happens outside of the classroom… There aren’t many places on Earth that have a resource as powerful as Adventuress. I am truly grateful that my students can have this opportunity.”
“It’s a very unique opportunity for young people to get away from an urban environment and really live with a group of people working on the water. Partly it has to do with the historic nature of the ship and partly it has to do with a deep love for Puget Sound. Who wouldn’t want that for their kids?”