For the 2000 day sails, each volunteer who went through training was able to sail for at least 3 of the 7 days. That's not bad at all. Simple answer - yes. Sailing a 19 th Century square-rigger involves a lot of pulling on lines . Our crew, however, are all ages - from early teens to retirees.
Any volunteer can ask to climb.
If you can traverse a set of playground monkey bars and keep a clear head aloft, you'll be one of our climbing crew. If not, we do have a limited number of crew slots for non-climbers. During sail training, you will be pulling lines, tying knots, climbing 90 feet into the rig, straining with your crewmates at the capstan and windlass , singing sea chanties as 10 people raise a yard in unison, walking around the ship over and over while memorizing the placement and use of 180 lines. You will also be getting to know a lot of new people from every conceivable walk of life. This is overwhelming.