Coastal Discoveries kids boating program visits Motif #1 in Rockport, Mass.	Discovering the joy of fishing aboard the Erica Island Time	Studying safe boating during Coastal Discoveries.
It's a keeper!  31" striper caught aboard the Island Time during our summer  program.	The Tall Ships visited Salisbury, and the Island Time was there to greet them with a boatload of curious youngsters.	An amazing flounder derby aboard the Island Time - a total of 75 flounders were brought aboard in one and one-half hours!
Our crew member, Eric, and kids aboard the while visiting the Tall Ships in Salisbury.	Our highliner of the week poses with her brothers aboard the Island Time.	No flounder derby is complete without a picture of the largest fish - a 16" beauty.

We met this curious seal out at the Isles of Shoals while paddling kayaks with a great group of
teens during one of our "teen only" weeks.

COASTAL DISCOVERIES, was started in 1988 and is now owned and operated by Beth and Bob Bishop. It is a one-week, maritime adventure and marine education program for kids aged nine and older. Each summer, nearly 400 kids participate; while most are from the greater Newburyport area, we have had children from: Russia, France, Scotland and Sudan, as well as Arizona, Louisiana, California, Pennsylvania, New York and Wyoming.

Held aboard our floating classroom, the Island Time, we spend the week discovering the unique and fascinating history and ecology of our coastal waters, from the Merrimack River estuary to the Isles of Shoals, Jeffrey's Ledge and Rockport’s Thacher Island.

•     Tour Thacher Island off the coast of Rockport, MA (including a climb to the top of the north lighthouse),