Summer Internship & Leadership Opportunity
Atlantic Challenge USA International Crew Program
France & Denmark | June 21 – July 14, 2026

Atlantic Challenge USA is offering an immersive unpaid summer leadership and seamanship experience for college students and young adults interested in maritime culture, teamwork, leadership, and international exchange. Participants will join an international crew training in traditional rowing, sailing, navigation, knot tying, and expedition seamanship aboard 38-foot Bantry Bay gigs, replicas of 18th-century French naval vessels. Training will take place in Mesquer, France before traveling to Roskilde, Denmark for the 2026 Atlantic Challenge International Contest of Seamanship alongside crews from more than a dozen nations.

This program offers:

• Intensive experiential leadership development
• Cross-cultural collaboration and international exchange
• Hands-on maritime and traditional seamanship skills
• Teamwork, and multi-cultural living experience
• More than 240 hours of structured training and crew participation. This is a 10-hour-per-day immersive training and crew experience for 24 days total.

The experience is unpaid and designed as an educational and leadership-training opportunity eligible for college internships and experiential learning funding programs. Additional weeks may be scheduled for this internship supporting our non profit in a variety ways as needed to fulfill any college internship requirements. 
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Program Dates: June 21 – July 14, 2026
Ages: 15+ (college students encouraged to apply)
Location: Mesquer, France & Roskilde, Denmark

For questions, contact: [email protected]