Cape Cod Sea Camps

Why Summer Camps?

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Give the Gift of Summer Camp

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The World Chooses American Camps

The tradition of organized summer camps is a genuinely American phenomenon. As American’s have shared this cultural tradition with their friends around the world, there is great intrigue and a resulting perception of opportunity. When sharing information about our industry in other countries we often hear, “That really doesn’t happen here and we wish it would.” International families that are looking for safe environments to foster independent travel experiences for their children often find American Summer Camps to be a wonderful solution. The depth and breadth of summer camps in the US offer everything from traditional camp activities, to specialized sports camps to travel program and even computer and academic offerings – all in summer camp settings filled with fun, recreation and friendships. The great value of the American Summer Camp lies in their goal of offering children the chance to grow and develop life skills focused around the independence of a summer away from Mom and Dad. For International families it may be the chance to practice another language or become familiar with the adaptability required of world travelers. Back in 1922, Robert Delehanty founded Camp Monomoy while teaching at Worcester Academy, a private boarding school in Massachusetts. Del’s [...]

Sailing Camps of Cape Cod

The history of sailing camps on Cape Cod is long and storied. In the early 1900s a camping movement was sweeping the country and the Cape was a natural setting to capitalize on this new endeavor. Of course, at the time, land on the ocean was cheap and sailing was an historic endeavor for Cape Cod. Institutions like Camp Chequesset, Camp Namequoit, Camp Viking, Camp Quanset, Pleasant Bay Camp, Camp Avalon, Camp Tonset, Camp Monomoy and Camp Wono were vanguards in the field, and thrived between the 1920s and the1970s. Many were of small scale but offered the unique experience of spending summers camping and sailing on Pleasant Bay, Cape Cod Bay and Wellfleet Harbor. Early Advertisements appealed to the adventure of sailing which turned the area into a Mecca for such opportunities. The romance of sailing as a recreational pursuit had taken hold. Clearly the enjoyment that many campers experienced during their summers on Cape Cod translated into family vacations and summer homes in subsequent years. In the early days, camping mimicked the pleasant summers that early Cape Codders experienced when the water was warm and life was simpler. Camp Viking campers enjoyed their cookouts and overnights on the [...]