The Society for the Education of American Sailors, SEAS, was founded to promote and encourage small craft sailing activity as recreation and sport by providing low-cost learn-to-sail programs, and by encouraging relationships among all persons interested in sailing craft and water safety. As the Monmouth Chapter of SEAS, we hold meetings at the Keyport Yacht Club in Keyport, NJ (see "Who we are" then "Locations and Directions" in the webpage menu for details). There, we have entertaining and informative speakers each month, and schedule weekly sailing activities throughout the summer season. Our chapter runs a full range of sailing courses from basic through advanced, including cruising. Our fleet consists of six Olympic Class Lasers, four daysailers ranging in length from 17' to 18', a 22' keel-centerboard sloop and a 30' sloop with an inboard diesel engine and steering wheel. This mix of boats allows our members to enjoy a variety of types of sailing and gain experience on different sized boats.
But we're as much about socializing and fun as we are about sailing. In addition to the weekly sailing activities throughout the season and the monthly meetings, we have several fun theme parties off season. And with the sizable fleet we have there is always boat maintenance to be done, which provides many opportunities for members to learn maintenance techniques while socializing with other members.
We also offer members opportunities to go as crew - or skippers and first mates, if qualified - on boats that we charter for cruising. We cruise both near (Newport RI, Chesapeake Bay) and far (Caribbean, San Juan Islands, New Zealand and Tahiti are all destinations we've been to).
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Members and non-members alike, welcome to the SEAS Monmouth web site. This is the best place for you to learn about our non-profit organization and maximize your membership. Once you join, you will receive emails at regular intervals from the organization with the latest news. The organization depends on the donation of its members time to maintain the fleet, organize events to support the membership, and serve on a committee or as an elected board of trustee member. Each member is asked to donate four hours of their time over the year. "Many hands make light work" and it is a great way to meet new friends while completing a task. Many tasks require no skill, or may include learning a new skill from an experienced member.
SEAS Monmouth provides access to a variety of boats at different locations, as well as educational opportunities including formal basic sailing classes, more advanced mini-courses, a cruising course, and skipper skills development programs. We also provide activity sails on our fleet, access to organized trips, as well as many social functions throughout the year. We hold monthly meetings the last Tuesday night of the month via Zoom until we can meet again at the Keyport Yacht Club. The meetings provide updates for all our members, and feature volunteer guest speakers presenting interesting topics. We are always interested in finding new speakers, so let us know if you know of one via our SEAS Monmouth Facebook page or an email.
Our flagship boat SEAS the Breeze, a Catalina TR 30' sloop, is in Keyport and sails the Raritan Bay area with occaisional trips up the Hudson river. The Rhodes in Atlantic Highlands sails in the Sandy Hook bay. The 18” sloops are in slips and sail the Shrewsbury River and are used for our basic sailing classes. Reach out to me and let me know how we can help get you connected at SEAS Monmouth.