STEMcation at the 2018 Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover

The Volvo Ocean Race returned to historic Newport, R.I. in the Spring of 2018 for the lone North American Stopover of the 2017-2018 round-the-globe sailing race. US Sailing was honored to have a unique opportunity to participate in this exhilarating event and the festivities and educational activities involved on site. The US Sailing Reach Initiative, a national STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) educational program to inspire sailing programs and schools to utilize sailing as a teaching platform, was one of the exhibitions at the One Ocean Exploration Zone. As part of the US Sailing Reach STEMcation program and through the support of both US Sailing donors and Endeavour Community Sailing, two US Sailing Reach Initiative students from the Kauai Sailing Association, two students from Endeavour Community Sailing, and two students from the Community Boating Center of New Bedford were selected to participate at the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover for a four-day STEM/sailing experience of a lifetime.