Seven questions with Bart Blankenship: Hometown: Palmetto, FL With HIOBS since 2008 Why did you decide to work for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School? I decided to work for HIOBS because I wanted to teach sailing in my home state... READ MORE

By Alex Busack Dr. Angela Duckworth, Assistant Psychology Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is an educator with a theory, one that is making people sit up and take notice. Through her experiences in the school system, she searched for the... READ MORE

Ten questions with Amanda Coale: Hometown: Arnold, MD Started working for HIOBS in May 2012 Watch Officer for sea courses, Lead Instructor for land courses How did you decide to work for the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School? I first... READ MORE

Seven questions with Liz Marr. What is your role at HIOBS? I am a course director and instructor.  I have instructed wilderness semesters for adults, and short programs for youth (5-22 days).  I have also worked with professional groups. How... READ MORE

By Andrew Pape When signing up for a sailing course you might expect a bit of rowing, but probably not high-speed whitewater rafting in a pulling boat.  However, that’s just what the crew of PB #22 got when that made... READ MORE

After two seasons of international competitive sailing aboard the Class 40 racer, Bodacious Dream, Dave Rearick who began sailing on Lake Michigan before going on to win his first Mackinac Races there, is about to live a life-long dream  — to... READ MORE

By Nick Meltzer As an Outward Bound instructor, you’re often tasked with explaining to people what exactly Outward Bound is. The shortest description I’ve been able to come up with is explaining that we “build better people.” Now, you might say... READ MORE

Your veteran program is really a gift of life to me. Never have I been so moved; the bond that we feel for the short time we are together is amazing. I cannot tell you what all of us who... READ MORE

John F Kennedy, Jr. (second from left), son of President John F. Kennedy, managed to avoid the press for almost all of his 26-day Outward Bound sailing course in 1977. This photo was taken on the day his pulling boat... READ MORE

Each year, more than half of our students rely on scholarships or financial aid to help them be Outward Bound. My name is Julie Kuper, and I participated in the Hurricane Island Outward Bound Spring Break Program in March of... READ MORE