Rituals of the Sea is a 501(c)3 educational non-profit organization based in Brooksville, Maine. Our mission is to encourage maritime craft traditions and provide access to experience in open wooden boats.
Founded in 2020 by a small group of former staff from the Chewonki Foundation, The Apprenticeshop, and Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, Rituals of the Sea maintains an extensive maritime archive and a unique fleet of traditional working watercraft. Our publications and small craft expeditions are geared toward the human spirit, the handmade world, and service to our coastal communities. We believe in the old ways, in voluntary simplicity and the folk wisdom of our ancestors. We believe in direct contact with the natural elements, and in the power and joys of living and working in community. We hope you will join us in the archive and on the water.