Greens Island Service and Boating Weekend
Friday June 7 - Sunday June 9th, 2024
Camp on Greens island, next to Vinalhaven Island, 13 miles east of Rockland, Maine, and enjoy a long weekend of community island service projects and rowing and sailing a Bantry Bay gig, and/or other small craft. This is an all-ages expedition designed for those who wish to be part of a community in learning, and honing both light carpentry skills, trail making and clearing, and rowing, sailing, and traditional seamanship skills in a fun, supportive atmosphere!
With guidance from AC USA instructors, participants will rotate and be invited to participate through a range roles each day on and off the water to keep our crew healthy and our boats well tended. For example, you may refill the group's water jugs, stow the sails and oars at the end of the day, or assist our cook with preparing a group meal. Under sail, your leadership role may rotate from coxing, to being the mast captain, to doing a specific task such as raising and lowering the sail. While rowing, you may cox, navigate, lead the other rowers by keeping the stroke, actively follow the stroke oar, or perhaps be inspired to lead a call-and-response song to help keep the rowers in sync. On land, you may lead or assist in building the ramp in the tideline and then launch our second gig from the island boathouse (called the Naust), secure our docks, and improve our trails and campsites.
Typical Daily Schedule:
6:30am Gather to stretch
7-7:30am Light Morning Row
7:45-8am Morning Dip (optional after the first day, but encouraged)
8:30am Breakfast and coffee/tea
9:30am Clean up, group chores (usually take no more than 15-20 minutes and include either group dish washing, refilling water jugs, getting the weather report, preparing food for lunch, etc), and personal time.
10:30am Gather to do island service projects (could include carpentry, trail clearing, and boat repairs)
12:30pm lunch onshore
1:30pm Clean up/personal time
2:30pm Gather to row/sail OR continue on a group island project depending on the weather and the group's interests.
5pm Put the boats to bed for the night (pump out any water, tie them securely to the dock, put sails away).
6pm Dinner
7pm Clean up
7:30pm Evening meeting/group check in, or songs and tunes.
9-10pm Folks typically head to bed (to sleep in tents).
Provisional Schedule:
Friday June 7th
Transport to Greens Island via Bantry Bay gig or ferry depending on our weather window, depart mid-morning.
Build ramp to boathouse in the tideline on Greens Island
Set up camp, dinner on Greens.
Saturday June 8th
Launch gig from Boathouse
Set up dock
Clear trails
Afternoon Row/Sail
Sunday June 9th
Wrap up weekend projects
Transport back to Rockland via Bantry Bay gig or ferry, in early afternoon.
Detailed logistics to follow.
No prior experience necessary. Instruction, and meals provided. All ages 14 years old and up. This program is on Greens Island and starts and ends in Rockland, Maine.
Have any questions? Please get in touch.
Maximum group size 24 people. All ages, 14 and up.
Friday June 7 - Sunday June 9th, 2024
Camp on Greens island, next to Vinalhaven Island, 13 miles east of Rockland, Maine, and enjoy a long weekend of community island service projects and rowing and sailing a Bantry Bay gig, and/or other small craft. This is an all-ages expedition designed for those who wish to be part of a community in learning, and honing both light carpentry skills, trail making and clearing, and rowing, sailing, and traditional seamanship skills in a fun, supportive atmosphere!
With guidance from AC USA instructors, participants will rotate and be invited to participate through a range roles each day on and off the water to keep our crew healthy and our boats well tended. For example, you may refill the group's water jugs, stow the sails and oars at the end of the day, or assist our cook with preparing a group meal. Under sail, your leadership role may rotate from coxing, to being the mast captain, to doing a specific task such as raising and lowering the sail. While rowing, you may cox, navigate, lead the other rowers by keeping the stroke, actively follow the stroke oar, or perhaps be inspired to lead a call-and-response song to help keep the rowers in sync. On land, you may lead or assist in building the ramp in the tideline and then launch our second gig from the island boathouse (called the Naust), secure our docks, and improve our trails and campsites.
Typical Daily Schedule:
6:30am Gather to stretch
7-7:30am Light Morning Row
7:45-8am Morning Dip (optional after the first day, but encouraged)
8:30am Breakfast and coffee/tea
9:30am Clean up, group chores (usually take no more than 15-20 minutes and include either group dish washing, refilling water jugs, getting the weather report, preparing food for lunch, etc), and personal time.
10:30am Gather to do island service projects (could include carpentry, trail clearing, and boat repairs)
12:30pm lunch onshore
1:30pm Clean up/personal time
2:30pm Gather to row/sail OR continue on a group island project depending on the weather and the group's interests.
5pm Put the boats to bed for the night (pump out any water, tie them securely to the dock, put sails away).
6pm Dinner
7pm Clean up
7:30pm Evening meeting/group check in, or songs and tunes.
9-10pm Folks typically head to bed (to sleep in tents).
Provisional Schedule:
Friday June 7th
Transport to Greens Island via Bantry Bay gig or ferry depending on our weather window, depart mid-morning.
Build ramp to boathouse in the tideline on Greens Island
Set up camp, dinner on Greens.
Saturday June 8th
Launch gig from Boathouse
Set up dock
Clear trails
Afternoon Row/Sail
Sunday June 9th
Wrap up weekend projects
Transport back to Rockland via Bantry Bay gig or ferry, in early afternoon.
Detailed logistics to follow.
No prior experience necessary. Instruction, and meals provided. All ages 14 years old and up. This program is on Greens Island and starts and ends in Rockland, Maine.
Have any questions? Please get in touch.
Maximum group size 24 people. All ages, 14 and up.
