Floating Prep School The Flint School was a preparatory school founded by educators George and Betty Stoll.
Based in Sarasota, Florida, United States, it operated aboard first one, then two, school ships from 1969 to 1981. Girls as well as boys aged 12 to 18 sailed the world aboard the steel-hulled auxiliary schooners Te Vega (ex-Etak, ex-Vega, ex–USS Juniata, now Deva), and teQuest (ex–Black Douglas, ex-Aquarius, ex–Aquarius W, now El Boughaz I) while studying an academic curriculum.
02/15/2026
Good YouTube video about Assets that insolvent governments can't confiscate: https://youtu.be/73uq2AF3qjA
5 Assets Governments Can’t Seize During Financial Collapse 5 Assets Governments Can’t Seize During a Financial CollapseWhat really happens to your money when a government runs out of it?History shows the same pattern...
Remember the Flint School “take” on Thanksgiving? Stossel agrees:
10/30/2025
A cohort of mine has a niece participating aboard sea.edu this fall :)
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Sea Education Association Through Sea Education Association's curriculum, students explore their passion by experiencing the sea and engaging in scientific inquiry.
07/26/2025
A 2 hour documentary about the 1989 Soviet-american sail aboard TeVega was just uploaded on YouTube.
Soviet /American Sail 1989 In the summer of 1989 I crossed the Atlantic Ocean aboard the 156 foot Gaff- Rigged Schooner Te Vega. I was part of a split crew of Americans and Russians wo...
07/20/2025
Drone video of TeVega in Ramgate, England 2021 undergoing restoration work - found by Scott Rasmussen. https://youtu.be/VziyIb_Zhdc TeVega has been in Valencia, Spain for the past 3 years. TeVega is also 95 years old now. It seems the new owners have a page for her also. https://www.facebook.com/share/16ffwzQtBk/
Cinematic Tour of Margate, Ramsgate and Te Vega I got to take a brief tour around the renavation of Te VegaHere is some information about itTe Vega is a two-masted, gaff-rigged auxiliary schooner. Original...
06/21/2025
A very well presented history lesson for our time:
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio I believe the world is changing in big ways that haven’t happened before in our lifetimes but have many times in history, so I knew I needed to study past ch...
06/09/2025
The Black Douglas (aka teQuest) was launched at Bath Iron Works, Maine on June 9, 1930 - 95 years ago today. To think that she was only half as old as she is today when we were on board!
12/01/2024
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09/27/2024
This is how my dad found the Flint School... An ad in the back of National Geographic 😄
"No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic." - Ann Landers
Artwork by James Gurney. ❤️
09/23/2024
Here is a good and recent article about Jim Stoll: https://scottmurray.info/characters-stories/sailing/308-jim-stoll-a-life-at-sea
We hope to see y'all at the reunion this coming March in Sarasota. I have recently finished digitized Jim's master binder of 35mm film negatives from the Flint School, which contains over 2000 mostly excellent images! - P.K.
Jim Stoll - a life at sea Jim has spnt the majority of his life at sea or teaching students about the sea. His love for sailing started at North Carolina’s Camp Sea Gull and continues to this day. Recently, he was in Bangkok to launch Vela, the second Marconi-rigged schooner he has had built in Samut Prakan’s Mar
08/18/2024
Bermuda was spared major damage from Hurricane Ernesto
Hurricane Ernesto knocks out power in Bermuda but major damage avoided The island appeared to have escaped major injuries or property damage.