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In the past, windjammers (tall ships) were used for world discovery and
conquest. Today they are used for self-discovery and self-conquest.
Motivation and Leadership Training Aboard
Tall Ships
By Captain Bob Webb
Experience aboard a tall ship inspires
a vision that transcends into motivation that has the power to overcome ALL barriers.
Tall ships are natural learning
environments, that teach and motivate participants to learn with nature as an
instructor.
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Building character through
adventure.
To develop a love to learn that lasts a lifetime. People who maintain a love to learn are the ones
who change the world.
Exploring and discovery awakens our inner self, creating a desire to learn
more about the world around us, setting in motion a vision. A vision is the
source of all achievement.
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Note: This page is an outline of a proposed maritime
program for at-risk youth in South Carolina. |
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- The Need for Self-Discovery
- Many teenagers only experience is with asphalt, walls, high tech entertainment and
the struggle for power to control others. They develop a relationship
with a manmade world that is based on materialism and greed. They learn
nothing about being in harmony with the forces of nature.
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- The Clipper Schooner
- The Baltimore Clipper (sharp-lined hull) class of ships
are rated the most beautiful sailing vessels ever built.
Their beauty is a source of inspiration, with the ability
of stirring lifelong dreams into action.
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- Teen Responsibility
- I told the teenagers they had to assume full responsibility, including
getting the ship ready for sailing, which included supplies, and they must
assume full responsibility for the ship at sea. I will not intervene with
their decisions even if it is bad, they had to learn from their mistakes.
I will only intervened if the decision is too risky, which turned out to
be rare.
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- Motivating Teenagers
- How Sailing Programs Change Attitudes
- Ocean sailing is an educational opportunity where the
curriculum is controlled by nature. The crew and ship
must work in harmony with nature. When under way, there
is the never-ending task of learning how the interaction
of the vessel reacts with fluid dynamics and the
atmosphere. The crew becomes comfortable with cause and
effect, as well as persistence, endurance, patience, and
courage; attitudes that are almost impossible to teach in
a classroom.
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- The Power of Teams - Team
Motivation
- The Windjammer program teaches teamwork and the benefits of
coaching versus orders. Not everyone can develop a high level of independence,
but they can achieve powerful results in a team-motivated environment. The
Microsoft Corporation was started by teenagers who pooled their knowledge to
overcome impossible barriers.
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