The Charles F. Chapman School of Seamanship is a non-profit school of seamanship

Seamanship

Seamanship is the art of operating a ship or boat.It involves a knowledge of a variety of topics and development of specialised skills including: navigation and international maritime law; weather, meteorology and forecasting; watchstanding; ship-handling and small boat handling; operation of deck...

 training located in Stuart, Florida

Stuart, Florida

Stuart is the only incorporated city of Martin County, Florida, on Florida's Treasure Coast. The population was 14,633 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 15,964....

. The school served professional and recreational boaters through "learning at the helm" experiential education.

History

The school was founded by Charles F. Chapman

Charles Frederic Chapman

Charles Frederic Chapman was an avid boater, editor of Hearst's Motor Boating magazine from 1912 to 1968, co-founder of the United States Power Squadrons, and author of the standard boating reference work, Chapman Piloting.-Early life:Chapman was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1881...

 and Glen D. Castle in 1971 with a training fleet of one vessel. Since that time, the schools has trained more than 16,000 students.

Campus

The 8 acres (32,374.9 m²) campus includes classrooms, labs and housing from Chapman students. In addition, the school maintains a large fleet of training vessels including power and sail boats. The school is located near the Intercostal Waterway and Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...

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