Call of the Sea partners with corporations, foundations, and agencies to provide life changing experiences for thousands of youth every year.

Bay Model Visitor Center, US Army Corps of Engineers

Call of the Sea’s vessels are docked at the US Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model Pier in Sausalito. The Bay Model Visitor Center, adjacent to the pier, is a hydraulic scale model of San Francisco Bay, now used as an educational display for the public. This invaluable teaching tool accompanies Call of the Sea’s educational program. We encourage schools, families and visiting sailors to take a stroll through their informative exhibits and visitor center.

Located in Monterey Bay, California, Camp SEA Lab is a non-profit organization that offers outdoor school and summer camp programs to educate and inspire the next generation of ocean stewards. During the summer, Camp SEA Lab partners with Call of the Sea to offer week-long sailing voyages to teens. These voyages are a chance to combine Camp SEA Lab’s marine science expertise and focus with Call of the Sea’s unique ocean education platform- the beautiful Schooner Seaward. 

Enriching Lives through Music provides youth with an immersive music education and resources that inspire and empower them to pursue their dreams.  There are no financial barriers to participation. ELM is a full scholarship, multi-year, intensive program that provides music education, ensemble, and performance opportunities to youth to develop the social, emotional, and academic skills they need to succeed in life.  Since 2023 Call of the Sea has provided full scholarships for interested ELM students to attend sailing summer camp

Oakland Goes Outdoors’ mission is to create more accessible and equitable opportunities for Oakland youth to experience the outdoors, through inclusive, culturally informed, skills-building trips facilitated by Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) educators and partners. OGO has been partnering with Call of the Sea since September 2023, facilitating field trips for scholarship eligible OUSD schools and students on board schooner Seaward and brigantine Matthew Turner.

Oceanic Society’s Conservation Scholars Program aims to give life-changing ocean experiences to underserved students and communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Oceanic has sponsored over 30 fully funded Call of the Sea sailing field trips to Bay Area schools, including transportation.  They also provide an expert naturalist on the field trip, to compliment Call of the Sea’s educators.

Performing Stars transforms the lives of low-income, primarily multicultural, children throughout Marin County by using enrichment programs to build pride, character, discipline and self-esteem. Our programs help youth develop good work habits and positive social skills, enhance academic performance and professional readiness, improve critical thinking and communication skills, and gain the confidence they need to overcome the limitations imposed by poverty.

The Port of San Francisco generously supports Call of the Sea and San Francisco Unified School District schools by providing reduced rate docking for Call of the Sea’s educational field trips that start and end in San Francisco.

The Sailing Science Center’s mission is to inspire a passion for sailing and science by delighting people through discovery and play.  They have been partnering with Call of the Sea for several years, bringing their unique interactive exhibits to Sausalito for the Annual Tall Ship Celebration in the Spring, and to the sailing summer camps in the summertime.

As a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Spaulding Marine Center’s mission is to preserve the Spaulding Boatworks as a working and living museum; to educate the next generation of shipwrights and marine service technicians; to restore and return to active use historically significant vessels such as their flagship Freda; to share with the community maritime history and culture through classes and public programming.

The mission of Tall Ships America is to encourage character building through sail training, promote sail training to the North American public, and support education under sail. Founded in 1973, Tall Ships America is a non-profit organization commended by Congress as The National Sail Training Organization representing the United States. Call of the Sea has been a member of Tall Ships America for many years.

VetsBoats is a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring health and well-being to military veterans suffering from PTSD and traumatic injuries through the transformative power of wooden boats and sailing.

Thank you to all of our Partners

Bay Area Discovery Museum

Boy Scouts of America

California State University Maritime (Vallejo)

California Academy of Sciences

California State Coastal Conservancy

Dominican University

For the Love of Water & Wildlife (FLOW)

Girl Scouts Heart of Central California

Marin Community Development Corporation

Marina Bay Yacht Harbor

The Marine Mammal Center

Mission Blue

Modern Sailing School & Club

NatureBridge

Port of San Francisco

Romberg/Tiburon Center

Sailing Education Adventures

San Francisco Maritime National Park Association

San Francisco State University

San Francisco Yacht Club

Sausalito Community Boating Center

Sausalito Youth Sailing Foundation

Sea Scouts

SeaTrek

St Francis Yacht Club

If you’re interested in a partnership, please contact us at info@callofthesea.org