Sailing with S.E.A.

 the Indigo

SEA (Service, Education, and Adventure) is a very exciting program that connects people with nature through direct experiences aboard boats exploring the Puget Sound and its wildlife.  To learn more visit their website:
http://www.serviceeducationadventure.org/

The SEA program has several boats that they use for educational purposes, including the Indigo.  
In partner with the showing of "Beneath the Salish Sea" by Florian Graner, at the Clyde in Langley, WA, the SEA program brought the Indigo down from Oak Harbor to Langley to offer tours and information about SEA both before and after the movie.  To read about the movie and SEA click here.  I have included some pictures from the voyage south to Langley on the Indigo, which I was lucky enough to be a part of. 

Calm and Sunny in Oak Harbor, it was beautiful!  I love how the water makes a perfect mirror, above.

 

 View from the Indigo, Oak Harbor marina

 

 that's Oak Harbor from the boat

 

 Ahnika aboard the Indigo

 

 High tide even covers part of the exit sign

 

Oak Harbor marina

 

Above: looking in at the Captain

 

 there was quite a bit of fog through parts of the trip

 

 

 

 

 the kitchen, not too shabby! 

 

 Chris Burt, boat Captain and SEA founder, makes breakfast.  To read more about the staff of SEA, visit their website here.

 

 

 

 

 On the top deck of the Indigo

 

 Looking into the steering room (is that what you call it?)

 

 We were at Langley in less that 3 hours!  Here's looking out from the Langley marina

 

 View of Langley from the water

 

Preparing to dock, above.  Pictured in the middle is Scott Ashworth, owner of the Indigo.  To read more about the staff of SEA, visit their website here.

 

 Chris and Scott, discussing where to dock the boat.

 

We're docked!

 

 the Indigo at the Langley marina, above

SEA links schools, universities, government agencies and the private sector to create real-world learning and authentic work-based experiences. Our work is conducted in and around Northwest Washington, though we are available to work up and down the Pacific Coast.
 
We collaborate with educational organizations and community partners to build supportive networks of educational learning experiences, community enhancement and student empowerment. This is a unique but logical fusion of community, business, government and educational agencies. ---http://www.serviceeducationadventure.org/