3-day Women's Sailing Challenge
 

Limited time $300 price reduction on May Challenge!

Sign up for the May 14-17, 2009 Women's Sailing Challenge by March 6, 2009 and reduce your participant fees by $300. Simply pay your registration fee and send/fax your registration form to us by March 6 and we will reduce your fees from $1,500 to $1,200. Also, see below for exciting offers for Challenge Participants from ALaVie Fitness!

Program Overview

Always wanted to learn to sail but never have? Sign up today for the 3-day Women’s Sailing Challenge, an adventure trip for women that explores ocean sailing in and beyond the San Francisco Bay. On board the sailing vessel Seaward, you and your crew of women will be given a crash course in sailing an 85 foot schooner, and then make a unique exploration of the Bay Area under the guidance of your Tall Ship Academy instructors and Seaward's professional crew. Its a great way to get a taste of sailing and connect with a group of adventurous women.

The Women's Challenge was inspired by the many women who expressed an interest in experiencing a piece of our Tall Ship Semester for Girls program. No sailing experience is necessary! Proceeds from the Women's Challenge support the Tall Ship Semester for Girls scholarship fund. The cost to participate in the Women's Challenge is $1,500 which can either be paid directly to TSEA (partial tax deducation) or participants can fundraise on behalf of the Academy and meet that goal.

Dates

Women's Challenge 10: May 14-17, 2009

  • The Challenge begins at 5pm on Thursday evening at Pier 40, San Francisco and ends on Sunday afternoon at 3pm at Pier 40, San Francisco.
  • AlaVie Fitness, the Bay Area's leader in outdoor fitness boot camps, is a long-time supporter of the Tall Ship Education Academy. AlaVie is sponsoring the Tall Ship Education Academy's Women’s Challenge participants by offering their boot camp program as cross-training at a discounted rate. Join the next Challenge May 14-17, 2009 and cross-train with AlaVie to experience a new physical and emotional challenge; become part of a team of women working towards common goals.   Contact Heather at heather@alaviefitness.com for more information about discounts for Women's Challenge participants. 

    Registration

    There is a $75 registration fee. By registering you are agreeing to pay or fundraise a minimum of $1,500.

    More Information

    New to fundraising or need some fresh ideas? Download our Women's Challenge Fundraising Ideas document.

    For more information please visit our FAQ page or contact us by phone or email. We would be happy to answer questions and/or put you in touch with a past Women's Challenge participant.

    Testimonials and Press Coverage
    1. Read a Report on Women's Challenge 8!
    2. Read Tracy Watson's account of Women's Challenge 6 at Bay Area Business Women
    3. Women's Challenge was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle on September 14, 2006. Read and listen at sfgate.com
    4. READ the experience of Marty Makower, Women's Challenge participant.
      "Having done the Week for Women, I have now joined the ranks of those who do instead
      of remaining in the ranks of those who admire from afar, safe and cozy in our own homes.
      I now feel anything is possible - it's up to us to reach out and do those things that most of
      us just think are dreams. We can make it happen. We can make the dreams a reality.
      And I think once we have that feeling nothing will ever be the same again.
      "

      -- Elizabeth Coleman, Women Challenge participant

    Tall Ships Challenge is a registered trademark of the American Sail Training Association. TSEA is an affiliate member of the American Sail Training Association.