Pilot Program Produces More Maritime Manpower in St. Maarten
After Hurricane Irma, K1 and Kidz at Sea started providing training for youth seeking work opportunities to become employable in the maritime industry
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Sint Maarten High School Students to Build a Skerry
The Build Your Future Project, a joint initiative of the St. Maarten Marine Trades Association (SMMTA) and the St. Maarten Sailing School, focuses on the building of a vessel known as a Skerry by high school students. The Skerry is a 15-foot Norwegian-style boat that weighs only 90lb and arrives in kit form, a bit like…
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Sailing School Donates Use of Yacht in Late 2010
St. Maarten’s marine section of the Government-run Secondair Beroeps Onderwijs (SBO) training programmes was recently given use of a 26-foot Dufour 1800 sailboat from the newly formed St. Maarten Sailing School.