The Adventuress Cup - A Race for the Salish Sea supporting Sound Experience
The Adventuress Cup - A Race for the Salish Sea supporting Sound Experience
About The Adventures Cup - A Race for the Salish Sea
On Saturday, October 19, 2024, sailboats, motorboats and an enthusiastic ever-growing community will come together in Puget Sound to support the mission of nonprofit, Sound Experience. In it's 5th year, The Adventuress Cup - A Race for the Salish Sea is a public, values-driven event that engages people who care about our marine environment and the future we are leaving the next generation. Thanks to our generous sponsors, every dollar raised will directly support the care and maintenance of Sound Experience’s unique education platform, the National Historic Landmark sailing vessel, schooner Adventuress. Programs aboard Adventuress reach Puget Sound area young people with powerful maritime and environmental education. The Adventuress Cup enables Sound Experience to reach underserved youth including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and those otherwise unable to participate for financial reasons or who do not traditionally have access to the waterfront. Together, young people raise the sails, take the helm and learn how our daily actions make a difference in the health of our waterways and oceans. As important, they experience what it means to be a shipmate.
Join us by...
- Racing your sailboat
- Creating a virtual team
- Joining the pre-race parade with your powerboat
- Becoming a sponsor
- Completing Wind in Your Sails Challenges to support a team
- Donating to a team
Learn more about Sound Experience and schooner Adventuress at www.soundexp.org
Date
Starts at: October 19, 2024 3:00 PM
Ends at: October 19, 2024 11:00 PM
Location
Shilshole Bay, Seattle, WA, USA
Shilshole Bay
Seattle,WA 98117 USA
Contact
Jenny Huntley
(360)379-0438 x5
jenny@soundexp.org
Is this a REAL race/regatta?
Yes! This is a one-day “around the buoys” racing event which will include multiple starts that split the fleet into similar sized groups. The race will be governed by the rules as defined in The Racing Rules of Sailing. Race scoring will be comprised of:
1) On-the-water Race Results
2) Wind in Your Sails Challenge Points
3) Fundraising (1 dollar = 1 point)
4) Social Media and Recruiting Points
How is this a fundraiser and what does it support?
Adventuress Cup is a peer-to-peer fundraising event (similar to a bike-a-thon) where folks reach out to their network to encourage donations toward their team's goal. Sail and powerboats are asked to make a minimum “good faith pledge” of $1,500 in tax-deductible financial support. Thanks to our generous sponsors, every dollar that you raise will directly support the care and maintenance of Sound Experience’s unique education platform, the National Historic Landmark sailing vessel, schooner Adventuress. Programs aboard Adventuress reach Puget Sound area young people with powerful maritime and environmental education. The Adventuress Cup enables Sound Experience to reach underserved youth including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and those otherwise unable to participate for financial reasons or who do not traditionally have access to the waterfront.
Adventuress Cup is a peer-to-peer fundraising event (similar to a bike-a-thon) where folks reach out to their network to encourage donations toward their team's goal. Sail and powerboats are asked to make a minimum “good faith pledge” of $1,500 in tax-deductible financial support. Thanks to our generous sponsors, every dollar that you raise will directly support the care and maintenance of Sound Experience’s unique education platform, the National Historic Landmark sailing vessel, schooner Adventuress. Programs aboard Adventuress reach Puget Sound area young people with powerful maritime and environmental education. The Adventuress Cup enables Sound Experience to reach underserved youth including BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and those otherwise unable to participate for financial reasons or who do not traditionally have access to the waterfront.
Who is Sound Experience?
Sound Experience is a Washington-based nonprofit education organization that delivers powerful shipboard – and virtual – programs that shape young people’s perspectives about the marine environment. For more than 30 years, over 30,000 Puget Sound area children and teens have climbed aboard the 133-foot Adventuress for day and overnight programs. Programs teach environmental stewardship and current issues affecting Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, and introduce young people to potential marine-science and maritime-related career paths. Adventuress, which was built in 1913, carries the highest designation of historic significance as a National Historic Landmark (NHL) and is one of only two NHL sailing ships still in active operation on the West Coast.