01
Autism Families
Therapy, education, assistive technology, sensory products, health, family travel, adaptive recreation, sleep, caregiving, and medical navigation.
Sponsorships
Put Your Brand Behind the Journey
SeaKing Solace brings together communities rarely reached through a single platform: autism families, people living with POTS and dysautonomia, sailing and marine audiences, science and technology enthusiasts, clinicians, researchers, and people interested in human performance.
Our sponsorship program gives a deliberately limited number of organizations the opportunity to support the research journey while becoming part of the public story surrounding it.
Who you reach
Distinct Communities. Meaningful Overlap.
02
POTS & Dysautonomia
Hydration, compression, wearables, medical devices, mobility, fitness, sleep, telehealth, health monitoring, and symptom management.
03
Sailing & Marine
Boats, sails, marine electronics, navigation, safety equipment, apparel, communications, cameras, travel, outdoor products, insurance, marinas, and technology.
04
Science & Technology
Neuroscience, AI, sensors, data platforms, biotechnology, medtech, engineering, research instrumentation, analytics, and wearables.
05
Health & Human Performance
Physiological monitoring, recovery, sleep, mobility, adaptive exercise, health technology, nutrition, hydration, and performance science.
The strongest partnerships sit at the intersection of these communities.
Research media platform
A Multi-Year Research Media Platform
Planned live programming
800+ Hours
of planned live programming
- Research expeditions
- Sea trials
- Vessel preparation
- Equipment installation
- Scientific discussions
- Dockside updates
- Live Q&A sessions
- Milestone events
- Behind-the-scenes operations
Expected annual production
Approximately 50
long-form episodes per year, each approximately 30–60 minutes
- Autism
- POTS & dysautonomia
- Neuroscience
- Vestibular science
- Autonomic physiology
- Engineering
- Sailing
- Marine technology
- Participant experience
- Research progress
- Methodology
- Interviews
More than an event
SeaKing Solace is not a one-time event.
Phase 1 is expected to span approximately 12–18 months while documenting one of the first prospective studies of natural multidimensional motion. Throughout that period the project is expected to produce an ongoing stream of educational, documentary, and behind-the-scenes content.
Sponsorship extends far beyond physical branding on the vessel. It becomes part of an ongoing research story documented across livestreams, educational programming, and documentary content.
Programming volumes and timelines are planned or expected, not contractual guarantees, and remain subject to research and operational requirements.
Sponsorship inventory
A Deliberately Limited Partnership Program
SeaKing Solace limits sponsorship inventory to preserve visibility, category value, and the quality of each partnership. Premium placements are not sold without limit.
01
One
Presenting Partner
$1.5M
Primary physical asset
Exclusive full hull wrap
View partnership benefits
- Exclusive hull branding
- Highest-priority sponsor recognition
- Presented by [Sponsor] treatment for the SeaKing research and media program where appropriate
- Prominent logo inclusion in every SeaKing livestream and produced video
- 60-second live sponsor read approximately every 30 minutes during applicable long-form livestreams
- One sponsor read in each applicable produced video
- 12 professionally produced feature episodes during the partnership period
- First-position logo placement on the Sponsors page
- Recognition in appropriate research-expedition updates and applicable press materials
- Executive interview opportunity
- Private employee or organization science Q&A or research presentation
- Four Research Partner Days, with up to eight representatives per event
- Commercial Photography & Video Access
- Limited rights to repost mutually approved SeaKing-produced sponsor content on sponsor-owned channels
- Periodic sponsorship impact reporting
- First right of discussion regarding future research phases
- Category exclusivity
Presenting Rights
Applicable SeaKing livestreams and produced episodes will carry presenting recognition such as:
SeaKing Solace:
[Episode Title]
Presented by
[Presenting Sponsor]
This provides recurring sponsor visibility across livestream archives, produced episodes, shared links, playlists, educational content, and long-term digital archives. The result is persistent digital association across the public research program.
Prominent Digital Recognition
The presenting sponsor receives the highest-priority sponsor recognition within applicable video descriptions.
- Presented by [Presenting Sponsor]
- Sponsor website link
- Episode description
- Other sponsor acknowledgements
Gold, Silver, and Supporting sponsors continue to receive recognition according to their sponsorship level.
02
One
Platinum Partner
$500K
Primary physical asset
Mainsail branding, including required sail production or replacement
View partnership benefits
- Prominent sponsor branding on the mainsail
- Logo placement on the deckhouse exterior
- Logo inclusion in livestream and video sponsor treatment
- 60-second live sponsor read approximately every 30 minutes during applicable livestreams
- One sponsor read in each applicable produced video
- Six feature episodes aligned with the sponsor's market or expertise
- Prominent Sponsors-page placement
- Appropriate press and media recognition
- Executive interview or guest-content opportunity
- Employee science or research presentation opportunity
- Two Research Partner Days, with up to eight representatives per event
- Commercial Photography & Video Access
- Limited approved content-reposting rights
- Sponsor impact reporting
- Category exclusivity
03
Maximum three
Gold Partner
$250K
Primary physical asset
Primary headsail branding, based on final sail configuration
View partnership benefits
- Major logo placement on a designated primary headsail
- Logo placement on the deckhouse exterior
- 30-second live sponsor read approximately every 30 minutes during applicable livestreams
- Sponsor recognition in applicable produced videos
- Three sponsor-aligned feature episodes
- Sponsors-page recognition
- Digital sponsor slate placement
- Selected media recognition
- One Research Partner Day, with up to four representatives
- Commercial Photography & Video Access
- Sponsor impact reporting
Where practical, direct category competitors will not share the same premium sponsorship level.
04
Maximum three
Silver Partner
$100K
Primary physical asset
Jib sail branding
View partnership benefits
- Logo placement on the jib
- Logo placement on the deckhouse exterior
- 30-second live sponsor read approximately every 30 minutes during applicable livestreams
- Recognition in applicable produced-video sponsor treatment
- One sponsor-aligned feature episode
- Sponsors-page recognition
- Digital sponsor slate placement
- One Research Partner Day, with up to two representatives
- Commercial Photography & Video Access
- Sponsor impact reporting
05
Up to twenty
Supporting Partner
$50K
Primary physical asset
Grouped deckhouse sponsor recognition
View partnership benefits
- Grouped logo recognition in a designated deckhouse sponsor area
- 30-second rotating live sponsor reads during applicable livestream programming
- Sponsors-page recognition
- Digital sponsor slate inclusion
- Recognition in appropriate sponsor acknowledgements
- Invitation to an annual Sponsor Open House or shared Partner event when offered
- Annual or periodic impact summary
Supporting Partner placement is designed as a coherent grouped sponsor area. Identical physical prominence is not promised.
Editorial control and scientific conclusions remain exclusively with SeaKing Solace and its research collaborators.
Geographic exposure
Visibility Beyond the Screen
SeaKing Solace is not only a digital media platform. The research vessel itself is expected to operate for approximately 12–18 months across major coastal boating markets.
Northern operations are expected to be based in the northern Chesapeake region, with Long Island Sound as a potential alternative, together with winter operations in Tampa Bay.
Premium sponsor branding on the hull and sails therefore creates real-world visibility in addition to livestream, video, website, and digital exposure.
Potential exposure environments
- Marinas and yacht clubs
- Waterfront communities
- Harbors and anchorages
- Sailing and boating traffic
- Marine-industry businesses
- Dockside research operations
- Public vessel arrivals and departures
- Sponsor and research events
- Photography and drone footage
- Local community activity
For brands seeking affluent, high-net-worth, marine, technology, health, or lifestyle audiences, the vessel creates a highly visible physical presence in premium coastal markets.
This describes geographic exposure potential, not a guarantee of impressions, audience composition, or who will see the vessel.
Partner access
Research Partner Days
Sponsors may receive invitations to exclusive SeaKing Research Partner Days. These events are designed to create meaningful access to the people, work, and operations behind the research program.
Depending on scheduling and operations
- Vessel tours
- Science presentations
- Meet-and-greets
- Dockside events
- Research discussions
- Behind-the-scenes access
- Operational sailing demonstrations where appropriate
Participation is always subject to
- Research operations
- Scheduling
- Weather
- Vessel readiness
- Crew availability
- Safety
- Regulatory requirements
Premium benefit
Commercial Photography & Video Access
Presenting, Platinum, Gold, and Silver sponsors may request scheduled access to SeaKing Solace for approved commercial photography and video production.
Examples
- Brand campaigns
- Executive interviews
- Promotional photography
- Documentary footage
- Product demonstrations
- Corporate storytelling
Conditions
- Sponsor is responsible for all production costs
- Subject to vessel availability
- Subject to research operations
- Subject to scheduling
- Subject to weather
- Production must not interfere with research activities
SeaKing retains approval over use of its name, trademarks, scientific work, and research representation.
Exclusive vessel partnership
Looking for Complete Vessel Presence?
A single organization may discuss an exclusive vessel partnership combining the hull and all major sail branding into one unified visual identity.
This can create exclusive brand presence across the vessel's most visible surfaces in photographs, drone footage, harbor arrivals, livestreams, documentary content, and public events.
Exclusive vessel presence is a custom negotiation because it removes multiple premium positions from the available inventory.
Discuss an Exclusive PartnershipContent partnerships
More Than Logo Placement
SeaKing sponsor content should be useful enough to watch even without the sponsorship. Feature episodes can explore subjects at the intersection of a sponsor's expertise and SeaKing audiences.
Hydration
Why blood volume and hydration matter in orthostatic intolerance.
Wearable Technology
What wearable technology can and cannot tell us about autonomic physiology.
Marine Electronics
How modern sensors measure a vessel in motion.
Sailmaking
How sail configuration influences vessel behavior.
Satellite Communications
How research data moves from a vessel to shore.
AI & Data
How synchronized motion and physiological data can be organized and analyzed.
Camera & Imaging
How a scientific expedition is documented at sea.
Financial Services
The financial realities faced by families managing long-term disability or chronic illness.
These are examples only. Topics and editorial treatment require mutual agreement and must remain consistent with scientific independence.
Public communications
Earned Media Potential
SeaKing Solace intends to conduct proactive media outreach throughout Phase 1.
The intersection of human research, autism, POTS and dysautonomia, sailing, technology, neuroscience, and natural-motion research may create opportunities for local, regional, trade, science, health, and potentially national media coverage.
SeaKing may proactively contact local and regional television, print, radio, marine, health, disability, and science media where appropriate.
Potential news moments
- Vessel launch
- Research launch
- Major sponsor announcements
- First participant sessions
- Research milestones
- Northern and Florida operating seasons
- Technology and instrumentation stories
- Scientific collaboration announcements
- Completion of research cohorts
- Phase 1 completion
Important
Earned-media coverage cannot be guaranteed.
Where appropriate, major sponsors may be acknowledged in press materials, sponsor announcements, approved photography, and media assets associated with the research program.
For premium hull and sail sponsors, public photography and video of the vessel may also carry sponsor branding naturally as part of the vessel's visual identity.
Third-party media outlets independently determine whether and how they cover SeaKing Solace. No outlet naming, link, or sponsor feature is promised.
Partnership value
Beyond Visibility
Most sponsorships purchase impressions.
SeaKing partnerships create participation.
- 01
Physical Visibility
Hull, sails, deckhouse, and coastal operating markets.
- 02
Owned Media
800+ planned livestream hours, approximately 50 long-form episodes per year, website content, and archives.
- 03
Persistent Digital Association
Presenting rights, episode titles, descriptions, sponsor links, and archived content.
- 04
Earned Media Potential
Proactive outreach to local, regional, trade, science, health, and potentially national media.
- 05
Experiential Access
Research Partner Days, approved filming access, science briefings, employee engagement, and milestone events.
SeaKing sponsorship is designed to build long-term relationships around a multi-year scientific journey rather than a single marketing event.
Sponsor reporting
Measure the Partnership
Sponsors can receive reporting on available, measurable partnership signals without a promise of minimum performance.
- Livestream views
- Produced video views
- Average watch time
- Sponsor-read impressions
- Website traffic
- Content engagement
- Social reach
- Media mentions and measurable earned media
Scientific independence
Sponsors Support the Research. They Do Not Control It.
Commercial sponsorship never purchases scientific influence.
- Sponsors receive no authority over study design decisions.
- Sponsors receive no authority over participant selection.
- Sponsors receive no authority over statistical analysis.
- Sponsors receive no authority over scientific conclusions.
- Sponsors receive no authority over publication decisions.
- Sponsors receive no authority over suppression of findings.
- Sponsors receive no authority over interpretation of null or adverse results.
Scientific credibility depends on independence.
SeaKing will recognize sponsors publicly while maintaining a clear firewall between commercial partnership and scientific governance.
Begin a conversation
Build a Partnership Around Your Audience
Every organization has different objectives. Tell us which communities matter to you, what your brand wants to accomplish, and what kind of partnership you are considering. We can build the right conversation from there.