VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - SAILING SHIPS MAINE

 

Sailing Ships Maine is a volunteer-run organization. Please join us!

Reach out to info@sailingshipsmaine.org

Here are some volunteer areas:

  • Teach sailing to middle and high school students and adults. We need volunteer educators to teach sailing and rowing on sloops and fixed-seat rowing gigs.

  • Manage boats. We own and operate more than 20 boats and volunteers repair them, sail them and sometimes sell them to good homes. We manage sailboats, rowing boats and motorboats. Volunteers care for them as if they were their own and enjoy learning the skills of boat ownership.

  • Recruit students to sail with us. Adult volunteers bring in the kids.

  • Manage and Maintain Schooner Sara Jane and SV Brightside. This is a fascinating area for volunteers interested in woodworking, ship systems, paint and varnish and the skills needed to maintain classic wooden sail training vessels.

  • Raise scholarship funds so every Maine student can sail for free.

  • Help with events such as Portland SchoonerFest & Regatta, Tall Ship festivals, individual ship visits, Saturday night sunset sails, our annual meeting and other fun events including the Brewers Regatta which we hope to hold in 2025.

  • Help with Operations, finance, governance and program

 

"ALL HANDS ON DECK!"

Sailing Ships Maine is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your contribution is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law (EIN 47-3101784).

Sailing Ships Maine creates life-changing opportunities for teens of all abilities and income levels so that they may discover the ocean environment and expand leadership skills while being encouraged to consider further maritime training.  Through public events, we support the marine economy, provide access to the ocean and traditional sailing ships and preserve our maritime heritage.