Meet the Team
Captain Pamela Coughlin holds a USCG 1,600 Ton Master of Power and Sail Vessel Upon Oceans and was Captain of SEA’s SSV Robert C. Seamans and Cory Cramer for 10 years. She is a nautical science teacher helping students and crew to embrace ocean stewardship. She has planned and led successful voyages in the Pacific, Atlantic and Caribbean.
Join Schooner Harvey Gamage as a Junior Deckhand Apprentice. Chief Educator Erika You will begin your term as a sail trainee and complete your time on Stafne is former Chief board as a trained deckhand gaining sea time and leadership Scientist for Sea Education training and learning how to crew and operate a tall ship. You will Association (SEA), a Math live on board and become a junior member of the crew working side for America Master by side with the nine professional crew. Teacher and a current AP Environmental Science and Who can apply? Earth Science teacher in Anyone ages 14-17, no sailing experience necessary. the New York City public school system. She works Dates and Rates: with diverse learners to nd th August 2 through August 30 , 2020 inspire a love for science.
Tuition of $8,500 includes: -room and board at camp and on schooner -hands-on training
-crew uniform
-2 transferable academic credits, one elective and one science
To apply or for more information: Email your questions and/or resume and a cover letter describing why you are interested to [email protected].
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Schedule at a Glance
August 2nd - students arrive and join with
5 other students and two instructors at a wilderness camp site
August 3 rd-7th - sailing, rowing, paddling and cooking activities while in quarantine at camp site
August 8 th-9th - weekend field trip TBD
August 10 th-16th - ecology/oceanography studies at camp
August 17 th - Join quarantined crew on board Schooner Harvey Gamage and depart for sea voyage
August 30 th - Return from sea voyage and depart ship
On Shore At Sea Students will develop a deep understanding of ecosystem dynamics by While aboard the Harvey Gamage, identifying organisms from various students will have the opportunity to put ecosystems, comparing species diversity and their onshore knowledge to work. They richness, testing various water sources for will build upon their marine knowledge nutrients and oxygen levels, and noticing and see key differences between shallow relationships and connections. Hands on water and deep-water ecosystems. activities will introduce them to Students will learn about bathymetry and oceanography concepts that they will how underwater mapping is used to navigate the waters at sea. They will experience firsthand on the Harvey expand upon their teambuilding Gamage. They will develop leadership skills through sailing, rowing, and teambuilding foundation to successfully navigate and
activities. Students will have opportunities crew the ship during their voyage.
for astronomy exploration, field trips, and Students will learn about the history of
artistic expression. All their knowledge will sailing and how it has evolved throughout
then be applied to a student developed field different eras. Through these tasks, research project where they will have an students will have the opportunity to opportunity to pitch their research idea, develop key skills such as problem collect and analyze their data, and share their solving, teamwork, and communication in discoveries. a real-life setting.
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Our COVID-19 Strategy
Sailing Ships Maine will comply with and exceed the Maine CDC summer camp guidelines to keep both the crew and apprentices safe. This includes, but is not limited to requiring testing prior to arrival, quarantining all participants for two weeks prior to boarding the ship, limiting the number of people onboard to 50% of ship’s capacity, watches of 6 people, keeping good hygiene and regular intense cleaning of all common areas.
Disclaimer: While we are actively mitigating opportunities for participants to contract COVID-19, there is no way to guarantee student or crew health. If a participant or member of the crew does exhibit signs of COVID-19, action will be taken immediately to stop the spread.
Our Curriculum
On the Harvey Gamage, we use the Sailing Ships Maine Curriculum aligned with the Guiding Principles of the State of Maine Learning Results Curriculum to provide comprehensive and up to date instruction on crewing tall ships. These areas include boat safety, sail theory, and na vigation, as well as critical thinking, responsibility, and creativity. A full list of topics can be found on the pages below.
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Watch keeping: ● Demonstrate knowledge of watch procedures and an ability to follow them. (A1) ● Demonstrate the ability to execute a “boat check” during a watch. (B4; E14) ● Demonstrate the ability to steer a vessel by:(B6; C14,6; E12) ○ Compass. ○ Sail. ○ Visual mark. ● Explain and demonstrate the procedures for relieving the watch. (A1,3) ● Demonstrate the ability to execute helm orders. (A1; E1) ● Demonstrate the ability to stand a lookout and to correctly report hazards and approaching vessels. (A1; B1,6; C13,67)
Safety Procedures: ● Locate and explain the station bill. (A1,4; B2; D1) ● Identify and explain your position during any drill. (A1,4; B2; D1) ● Locate and explain fire control and life saving plan. (A1,4; D1) ● Identify the alarms and what they mean. (A1,4; B1D1) ● Locate and explain: (A14; B1,35; C1,47; D6) ○ Abandon ship supply location. ○ Life rafts, rings, lines and buoys. ○ Fire stations. ○ Man overboard station. ○ Life jackets and immersion suits. ○ Cold water survival equipment and techniques.
Sail Handling: ● Demonstrate how to utilize a belaying pin to properly make off, coil and hang a line. (B3) ● Demonstrate how to properly slack, haul and sweat a line. (B3) ● Demonstrate proper technique for working in the rig and sail furling (B3) ● Visually identify and explain running rigging. (B3; C3) ● Visually identify and explain all standing rigging. (B3, C3) ● Explain and execute commands for setting and dousing sails. (A1,2; B3, C3)
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Advanced Sailing: ● Define and describe the following terms: (A1; C6) ○ Port tack/Starboard tack ○ Heading up ○ Falling off ● Explain how the ship sails into the wind (airfoil effect). Explain how wind will push vessel from aft of the beam and the reasons for choosing one or the other. (A12; E14) ● Describe the different points of sail: (A1, E14) ○ Close hauled ○ Beam reach ○ Broad reach ○ Running ○ In Irons ● Explain wearing and tacking, how each is accomplished and why one might choose to do one or the other. (A1; C14,67; E2,4)
Basic Navigation: (A1,4; B1,56; C14,67; E14) ● Explain latitude and longitude. ● Plot a fix from a given latitude and longitude. ● Plot a fix from compass bearings. ● Explain deviation and variation and correct for both. ● Plot pilotage in both magnetic and true from a given fix. ● Maintain and accurate DR position. ● Maintain and accurate Log of all navigation and shipboard activities.
PO Box 517 Portland, ME 04112 | 207-619-1842 | [email protected] www.sailingshipsmaine.org Sailing Ships Maine is a project of Sailing Ships Portland, a 501(C)3. A. A clear and effective communicator who: 1. Demonstrates organized and purposeful communication in English and at least one other language 2. Uses evidence and logic appropriately in communication 3. Adjusts communication based on the audience 4. Uses a variety of modes of expression (spoken, written and visual and performing including the use of technology to create and share the expressions) B. A self-directed and lifelong learner who: 1. Recognizes the need for information and locates and evaluates resources 2. Applies knowledge to set goals and make informed decisions 3. Applies knowledge in new contexts 4. Demonstrates initiative and independence 5. Demonstrates flexibility including the ability to learn, unlearn and relearn 6. Demonstrates reliability and concern for quality 7. Uses interpersonal skills to learn and work with individuals from diverse backgrounds C. A creative and practical problem solver who: 1. Observes and evaluates situations to define problems 2. Frames questions, makes predictions and designs data/information collection and analysis strategies 3. Identifies patterns, trends and relationships that apply to solutions 4. Generates a variety of solutions, builds a case for a best response and critically evaluates the effectiveness of the response 5. Sees opportunities, finds resources and seeks results 6. Uses information and technology to solve problems 7. Perseveres in challenging situations D. A responsible and involved citizen who: 1. Participates positively in the community and designs creative solutions to meet human needs and wants 2. Accepts responsibility for personal decisions and actions 3. Demonstrates ethical behavior and the moral courage to sustain it 4. Understands and respects diversity 5. Displays global awareness and economic and civic literacy 6. Demonstrates awareness of personal and community health and wellness E. An integrative and informed thinker who: 1. Gains and applies knowledge across disciplines and learning contexts and to real life situations with and without technology 2. Evaluates and synthesizes information from multiple sources 3. Applies ideas across disciplines 4. Applies systems thinking to understand the interaction and influence of related parts on each other and on outcomes
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Next Generation Science Standards
Students who demonstrate understanding can: MS-LS2-1. Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. MS-LS2-2. Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems. MS-LS2-3 Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem. MS-LS2-4. Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations. MS-LS2-5. Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. MS-ESS2-1. Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process. MS-ESS2-2. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how geoscience processes have changed Earth's surface at varying time and spatial scales. MS-ESS2-4. Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. HS-LS2-6 Evaluate the claims, evidence, and reasoning that the complex interactions in ecosystems maintain relatively consistent numbers and types of organisms in stable conditions but changing conditions may result in a new ecosystem.
Students will demonstrate the above through: • Field studies o Pond ecology o Forest ecology o Wetland ecology o Sandy beach ecology o Stream ecology o Benthic ecology • Identification and biodiversity analysis of organisms from above ecosystems • Water testing and comparison: nitrates, phosphates, pH, oxygen • Modeling thermohaline circulation, movement of Earth’s plates, water masses, weather • Evaluating claims, evidence, and reasoning for climate change, fisheries management, Tragedy of the Commons, and ocean acidification • Research, design, collect data, and analyze the results of a self-created field research project
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