Youth Program Participants Voyage Aboard Tall Ship During Sail Boston

Youth enrolled at Piers Park Sailing Center share a rare opportunity to sail aboard the brigantine, Formidable. Young sailors will view the international flotilla visiting for Sail Boston while aboard the Formidable, a tall ship whose home port is Boston Harbor.

More than 160 local Boston youth ages 10 -16 years old participating in Piers Park Sailing Center’s fully-inclusive sailing programs will unofficially join this international sail training event. On July 8 the young sailors will become “sail trainees” aboard the 72-foot square-rigged brigantine and voyage throughout Boston Harbor.

In groups numbering 40, the kids will hoist sails, take a “trick at the helm” and learn how trainees aboard the Sail Boston visiting ships live, work and study while underway between ports. The mini-voyages around the harbor will introduce these boys and girls to new ways of life and possible maritime careers on the water.

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PPSC makes front page of the Boston Herald

Piers Park Sailing Center was prominently featured in the Sunday, May 10, 2009 issue of the Boston Herald. The article has generated an outpouring of support for our youth programs and we thank all those who made a contribution.

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