SEA operates one of only three U.S.-flagged Sailing School Vessels that operate internationally. SSV Robert C. Seamans and SSV Corwith Cramer provide the opportunity for students to explore some of the world’s most remote part of the ocean while deepening their connection to the sea and coastal communities.

Corwith Cramer was designed specifically for SEA in 1987 in Bilbao, Spain. She is a 134-foot steel brigantine built as a research vessel for operation under sail. The qualities that made our original vessel R/V Westward both versatile and seaworthy were incorporated into the design of SSV Corwith Cramer.

Robert C. Seamans is a 134-foot steel brigantine and is the most sophisticated oceanographic research/sailing school vessel ever built in the United States. Improvements in design and equipment, including a wet/dry laboratory and larger library, classroom, and computer laboratory, enhance the SEA academic program.