Team Sailing: Boatworks^TM

DURATION: Full or Half-Day
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 8 to 40

In cooperation with our partners at GEL, the leaders in sailboat-based experiential learning, we can now offer teambuilding training and outings using the growing sport of team sailing. It's team development with wind at your back and spray in your face. An unforgettable experience for your team.

BoatWorks™
"We're all in this together!"
BoatWorks leverages a non-racing, multi-boat format to get your group gelling as they battle the wind, the currents, their collective anxieties and a special group challenge, all under the watchful eyes of a professional coaching staff.

The group challenge is similar to an obstacle course, but individual boats can’t go it alone. Success requires extensive collaboration between boats (simulating the importance of coordination among groups within organizations) using hand-held radios. Communications skills prove vital to the team's overall success. 

BoatWorks™ is not a “learn-to-sail” course and no prior sailing experience is required. Through a fast-paced agenda which runs from a dry-land briefing through on-the-water practice and on to the challenge, your people will learn only enough about sailing to conquer the course. Amidst laughter, smiles and the exhilaration of wind and water, the group will hone team skills vital to their success back in the office.

Team Development

Morning sessions discuss roles which participants will need to fill to successfully complete the challenge. The roles performed for each boat include a helmsperson, main trimmer, jib trimmer, and strategist. During the Roles Review, each team assesses its members’ attributes and jointly determines a team configuration deemed most likely to produce good performance. Each boat will have a coach aboard who will serve as an instructor in the morning, and as a safety officer/consultant during the afternoon Group Challenge. Teams are encouraged to draw upon this resource as often as necessary to enhance performance.  
 

Locations

Sessions are based on 4 participants per boat, and include:

• High performance racing yachts
• 4 participants per yacht
• Professional skipper/coach on each yacht
• Group photo
• An exclusive meeting room for briefings and debriefings
• Continental breakfast, gourmet box lunch, and post-racing refreshments
• Soft drinks and bottled water on the yachts

We can make the session even more special by adding:

• Professional Videography
• Commemorative Apparel
• Trophies
• Branding with logos on sails, signage at the venue and meeting rooms, and more

Ask us about our other sailing adventure:

RaceWorks^TM - RaceWorks adds a competitive edge to the team building benefits of yachting. Your team will divide up into groups of 4 per boat; learn the basics and then square off for a series of races. Note that RaceWorks^TM allows us more economical pricing.

*If less than 4 participants are in a boat, the same price still applies. Please note also that some locations may require expenses for travel, food, and lodging for the trainer.

>>>> Boatworks News <<<<

Rite Aid Accounting Leaders Undergo "Out-of-the-Box" Training Experiences
Nineteen leaders from Rite Aid's Accounting Group ventured to Annapolis, Maryland, and undertook a new kind of learning experience when they set sail in five boats on the Chesapeake Bay and lifted their team skills a bit higher. Our Boatworks team sailing activity teaches first how to team sail a boat, then how to coordinate multiple boats through a complicated zigzag course. The activity replicates the coordination needed in today's fast-paced organizations. According to the participants, it was a great day of learning.  Click on the pictures to enlarge and enjoy!

Ernst & Young Consultants Hone Their Teamwork Skills
Top flight healthcare trending and analysis consultants took to the seas at our facility in Annapolis, Maryland, to learn sailing, teamwork, and organization coordination. The day was full of sailing adventure on the Chesapeake Bay as teams negotiated the zig-zag course individually, then as an organization with several boats.  Click on the pictures to enlarge and enjoy!

Teambuilding, Inc.'s Fearless Leader Checks Out BoatWorks^TM!
This month Teambuilding, Inc.'s Peter Grazier spent a day sailing in formation with a dozen people previewing BoatWorks^TM, one of our newest team building sessions being conducted in cooperation with our friends at GEL. "What surprised me," said Mr. Grazier "was the excellent design of the team building intended to demonstrate how organizations must not only work as a team within their departments (one boat), but also with other departments (multiple boats). It was a challenging, but achievable, task to have all boats working in unison on a timed course. And with practice and excellent training from the coaches at GEL, we improved our times continuously. A wonderful day!"
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