Participants learn expeditionary sea kayaking skills, including paddling strokes, wet exits, rescue, group travel, and weather reading. As the trip progresses, paddlers acquire expertise in navigation and saltwater camping, and eventually, each takes on a leadership role. Throughout the experience, there is a strong emphasis on learning coastal ecology and maritime history. Kayaks ply waters where bigger, sailing boats may not venture, so we enjoy wonderful, more intimate, interactions with sea life.