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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2021 Week-long Day Trips for Teens - Registration Open
Our popular teen programs Girls at the Helm and Fantastic Voyage are back for July 2021! Both programs have been adapted to provide a Covid-responsible experience so be sure to join us this summer on these unique programs where STEM science, the Salish Sea, and maritime history come alive.

Now scheduling for 2021 Programs
Schedule your 2021 program today!
Both in-person and virtual options are available to help fit your needs. Programs are available to schools, homeschool groups, learning pods, youth groups and more.
Both in-person and virtual options are available to help fit your needs. Programs are available to schools, homeschool groups, learning pods, youth groups and more.
To learn more click the link below or contact Amy at amy@soundexp.org or call 360-379-0438 x 2

Save the Date! – Give BIG on May 4th & 5th
As we get ready to sail will you help keep Adventuress sailing strong for our youth and marine environment? Join the region’s nonprofit organizations on May 4th and 5th for Give BIG, a 48-hour display of community and generosity.
You don't have to wait until May 4th, you can give early starting April 20th. Mark your calendars to schedule your donation on April 20th to help more youth participate in on-the-water experiential education aboard Adventuress.

It's Membership March!
Membership is an important aspect of the Sound Experience community. Your membership not only gets you discounts on Public Sails, special access to Member Only activities but it also supports program scholarships and buys navigational charts, fuel, galley provisions, programming supplies and equipment…the list goes on ad infinitum. We value your Membership. Explore the Membership page to learn more and sign up today!

It's Not a Time to be Silent - A message from Sound Experience
Recent events have shown that the pain and suffering of our Black family, friends, neighbors and co-workers is not only unacceptable, it is unconscionable. America has to do better. All of us have to do better. It is long past time for change.
As a nonprofit education organization, Sound Experience is committed to equity and racial justice. Our policies reflect this commitment of inclusion; our practices include restorative training and programming. We recognize, though, that we are not doing enough.
In the coming weeks and months, we commit to deepening our work with community partners to address the continuing inequities in environmental education and maritime workforce development. For decades, both these spaces have lacked diversity and inclusion of Black and Brown people. This needs to change. Change happens with intention, planning and resources. We can do better.
Aboard Adventuress, we are ALL shipmates. This means that all of us – aboard the ship and throughout the Puget Sound region communities we serve – are shipmates. We care for each other physically and emotionally. We commit to fostering safe spaces for young people to grow and to learn. We steward the environment which sustains us all – all beings, all humans regardless of skin color.
We stand together, for our shipmates, until justice is achieved – and until all human beings can live without fear and can thrive in an equitable America.
As a nonprofit education organization, Sound Experience is committed to equity and racial justice. Our policies reflect this commitment of inclusion; our practices include restorative training and programming. We recognize, though, that we are not doing enough.
In the coming weeks and months, we commit to deepening our work with community partners to address the continuing inequities in environmental education and maritime workforce development. For decades, both these spaces have lacked diversity and inclusion of Black and Brown people. This needs to change. Change happens with intention, planning and resources. We can do better.
Aboard Adventuress, we are ALL shipmates. This means that all of us – aboard the ship and throughout the Puget Sound region communities we serve – are shipmates. We care for each other physically and emotionally. We commit to fostering safe spaces for young people to grow and to learn. We steward the environment which sustains us all – all beings, all humans regardless of skin color.
We stand together, for our shipmates, until justice is achieved – and until all human beings can live without fear and can thrive in an equitable America.

Shipmates Together A web page full of posts on everything Adventuress!
The Shipmates Together web page (Click here) brings you some of the magic that you may remember having experienced aboard Adventuress.
A Galley Recipe? Clear your kitchen counters for Recipes from the Adventuress Galley.
A PodCast-Off limited series? Listen to podcasts based on stories from Adventuress!
Want to learn more about the history of Adventuress? Try Throw Back Thursdays.
Want to learn about Micro plastics, Orcas, Tide pools, the Marine Life in the Salish Sea. Learn with your children with the Marine Science post.
Want to watch a good maritime movie? Check out the Maritime Movie Matinee where each week a member of the Sound Experience Board reviews their favorite film.
Please visit our social media platforms (Facebook,Instagram) for our Shipmates Together weekly postings too!
Thank you to the inaugural Adventuress Cup Sponsors!
“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?”