I am a volunteer on the Pegasus and work with several other volunteer crew members, and Capt. Richard Gillette. I am so moved at the dedication and efficiency shown by the captain and crew.....starting with lining up all the children on the dock by height so to be sized for life vests and tethers, rotating around from bow to stern with lifelines for safety attached so all kids can experience different places and the bowspirit, even steering the ships wheel if they desire. Kids are schooled in the nature, winds and tides, wildlife and ecosystems of our beautiful bay, seeing birds, fish seals and dolphins. There is absolutely nothing like the joy of seeing our beautiful bay through the eyes of a child that would never get a chance to see it otherwise....I cannot say enough about what this experience adds to the life of a child. It is an investment in our future!
I volunteer as a crew member aboard Pegasus, a 51ft sailing vessel that takes school children out on San Francisco Bay to introduce them to sailing and to the ecology of the Bay. This is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most of them and the experience remains with them for many years, as indicated by their letters to us.