Apprenticeship Program
Philadelphia City Sail’s Apprenticeship Program:
Each fall the staff at City Sail identifies twelve students, usually who completed the Summer Sail Training Program, who displayed the best mix of awareness, perseverance,discipline, passions and aptitude for maritime arts. These twelve students are awarded an apprenticeship for the winter - tuition free -building a beautiful, traditionally constructed wooden boat through a City Sail partnership with Philadelphia Wooden Boat Factory.
Apprentices in the Program:
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Learn to work independently with shop machinery and hand tools
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Build a traditional wooden sailing vessel.
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Continue to develop critical reasoning skills.
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Attend the launching party for the vessel.
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Have the oppertunity to sail the vessel once complete.
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Travel on field trips including an overnight in Novermber to the Mystic Seaport Museum.
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Are introduced to a number of career oppertunities in the maritime industry from sailing schooners and yachts, to commercial towing and shipping.
Apprentices who successfully complete one full semester as an apprentice are recruited to return as interns aboard the North Wind for the next sailing season.
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