When Selecting Payment Installments Below:

When adding your selected program to the cart, you will select your desired payment installments at that time. Below are the following installment options:

• $300.00 now, 2 Equal Monthly Installment Payments (2/15, 3/15)
  • This installment can be paid by Credit Card or eCheck
• $300.00 now, 1 Installment of Remaining Payment on 3/15
  • This installment can be paid by Credit Card or eCheck
• Full Payment Now
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Sea Kayak Guide in Training

This 11-day overnight program is designed to begin the transformation of participant to guide! The first 5 days are spent on Cow Island with a high level of instruction from our most experienced guide staff on sea kayak skills, navigation, expedition planning, risk management, and participant instruction and care. The program will culminate in a 6-day participant planned and implemented sea kayak expedition in Muscongus Bay, allowing participants to demonstrate their skills and learning! Rippleffect guides will be present each step of the way to ensure safety and continued learning. 

Students must complete additional questions during the enrollment process to express their interest in the program and provide information on their past experience. Applicants are accepted throughout the spring, so make sure to get your application in as soon as possible. Application questions are below.

OPEN TO RISING 10TH GRADERS-COLLEGE FRESHMEN

Drop-Off & Pick-Up: 

• Registration is at 7:30AM on 7/1 and will take place at the end of the parking lot located at Ocean Gateway Terminal located at 14 Ocean Gateway Pier, Portland, Maine 04101.

• Pick up is at 4:30 PM on 7/11

Refund Policy: 

• Non-refundable $300 deposit due upon enrollment

• By March 15th, the total program payment is due, and no refund is available

  • If payment is not made by March 15th, Rippleffect will make 2 attempts to contact the primary parents/guardians.

  • Your child's space in the program will be forfeited if payment is not made by the stated date within Rippleffect communication, unless there has been an agreement made between Rippleffect and the primary parents.

  • Please note that there is a 3% cancelation fee for refunds processed through Credit Cards or eCheck.

• Please note this refund policy is in-line with other expeditionary programs in the area and will be implemented due to the advanced planning required for the program.

• If you would like to set up a payment plan that falls outside of our payment schedule, please contact our management team at CampsAndTreks@rippleffect.net

THE SEA KAYAK GUIDE IN TRAINING PROGRAM IS APPLICATION BASED.

Once registration opens, Rippleffect will begin reviewing and accepting applications on a rolling basis.

We welcome your approach to answering these questions. Past applicants have incorporated their answers in essays, poems or pieces of artwork. The only requirement is that your answers are thoughtful and that they come from you (not a parent or friend). During the registration process, there will be the opportunity to answer the following questions:

1. Describe your kayaking experience. Please provide us with an explanation of your paddling background. How much have you paddled? Where have you paddled?

2. What are the top 3 most important things, in your opinion, that a guide should always be thinking about on any expedition or experience?

3. Describe a moment when the ocean environment inspired you. How did that moment of inspiration change you?

4. Why do you want to do the Rippleffect Sea Kayak Guide in Training Program?  Why should Rippleffect choose you for the Sea Kayak Guide in Training program?