The Doherty Experience at SEA (Sea Education Association) is a three-week program that involves two sessions of preparatory classes ashore in nautical science and oceanography and concludes with a nine-day sea voyage. While at sea, the teachers are divided into three watches of seven teachers apiece and are expected to assist in all aspects of the operation and maintenance of the research vessel. Following a rotating schedule of duties, they serve in the shipboard scientific laboratory, on deck, or in the galley. This article describes the author’s experience as a participant during July of 2000.