From the Sailing Montauk Website:
Here at Sailing Montauk, we recognize our little hamlet is not simply a collection of businesses serving the summer tourist trade, Montauk is also the thriving year-round community we call home. We also recognize that life offers rewards and responsibilities that go beyond what can be tallied on a spread sheet. The “good life” is measured as much by what we give as by what we get.
During the shoulder season, Mon Tiki is available as a “floating classroom”, hosting day trips for school and other youth groups so that children can learn hands-on about physics, marine science, low-impact and sustainable technology, and teamwork. These outings will be offered at no cost, and are our way of building ongoing community service into our business model.
If you’re an educator or youth group leader, we invite you to get in touch with us. The number of Floating Classroom trips we offer each season is limited. Trip size is limited to 30 participants total, and we ask that your student to chaperone ratio be no greater than 6:1.
Mon Tiki is a US Coast Guard Certificated Passenger Vessel, operated by a USCG-licensed captain and crew. Mon Tiki is fully insured for charter and school-trip operation. Documentation available by request.
Presently there will be another announcement of an underwriting project for the Hampton Ballet Theatre School and Hampton Chamber Orchestra. I would be deeply grateful if Gents readers and writers would help us get the word out about both undertaking!
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Good luck!Report
This is fantastic.Report
I see a sail, do you have pictures of the full rigging yet?Report
The railing that we needed to add on to meet the USCG regs was/is a pretty big departure from the original design in terms of how the deck is organized. We’ve been living with it for about a month now, figuring out what problems or opportunities it creates for how we run lines. The working sails rig should take shape over the next couple of weeks, but I expect we’ll be doing a lot of work under a light air sailplan featuring the staysail that you’ve seen pictures of, and an asym that I bought this morning. These sails are made of .7 oz cloth, rather than the 7 oz cloth of our working sails and will draw better on the light air days that air common in the summer. They also look really pretty!Report