Destination: Discovery

1 DESTINATION: DISCOVERY D E S T I N A T I O N : DISCOVERY FOUNDING SPONSORSHIP EDITION Where real-world Where real-world motion beco motion becomes mes real-world impact real-world impact. LIVE! ––– SEASON ––– ONE A S e a K i n g S o l a c e R e s e a r c h & M e d i a P l a t f o r m OFF OFF WATCH WATCH SPECIAL SPECIAL EPISODES EPISODES CONVENINGS CONVENINGS COME ABOARD! COME ABOARD! Science Science. . Story Story. . Adventure Adventure. One extraordinary journey One extraordinary journey.

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4 DESTINATION: DISCOVERY DESTINATION: DISCOVERY CONTENTS FURTHER TOGE THER A BRIGHTER TOMORROW REAL DATA. REAL IMPACT. A BETTER TOMORROW. 05 A QUESTION WORTH FOLLOWING A note from founder Stephen R. Smith. 06 THE QUESTION THAT WOULDN’T GO AWAY The family experience that started the search. 14 THE FIRST BOAT Mahalkita, a difficult passage, and a question that survived the loss. 24 SEAKING SOLACE The proposed research program, from Phase 1 through Phase 4. 30 DESTINATION: DISCOVERY The media platform built around a journey worth following. 34 LIVE! Two daily broadcasts. Five views. A conversation with room for your story. 38 SEASON ONE The people and decisions that turn the journey into an unfolding series. 41 OFF WATCH Unhurried conversations with guests and the people behind our founding partners. 46 GENESIS: PINEY POINT A planned documentary returning to the place where the question began. 50 PHOENIX: MATTHEW TOWN A planned documentary about Mahalkita and the mission that outlived her. 55 CONVENINGS From LAUNCH! to the Bahamas Summit: meeting the people behind the mission. 60 FOUNDING PARTNERSHIPS Sponsorship levels, pricing, benefits, and the invitation to come aboard.

5 DESTINATION: DISCOVERY DESTINATION: DISCOVERY A QUESTION WORTH FOLLOWING An observation became a question. The question became a research program. And now, we’re inviting people to follow wherever the answer leads. Most research begins with a question. Ours began with an observation. Years ago, I watched my son change during time spent aboard a sailboat. The change was striking enough to notice, but an observation is not evidence, and it certainly is not an answer. So I began asking questions. What was different? Was it the environment? The experience? The time together? Or could something as ordinary and ever-present as motion be producing a measurable physiological response? I didn’t know. I still don’t. That uncertainty is the reason SeaKing Solace exists. Instead of turning an observation into a claim, we chose to turn it into a research question. We began examining the existing science, looking across disci­ plines that do not always speak to one another, and designing a research program capable of asking a much more fundamental question: what, if anything, is the body actually responding to? Destination: Discovery grew from another realiza­ tion. If we are willing to ask that question seriously, why hide the process behind institutional walls? “WE DON’T KNOW. THAT’S WHY WE’RE DOING THE RESEARCH” Research is usually encountered at the end, when the paper is published and the uncertainty has been compressed into results. But discovery happens be­ fore that. It happens in the questions, the wrong turns, the unexpected observations and the moments when the evidence forces us to think differently. We don’t know where this question will lead. That’s precisely what makes it worth following. BY STEPHEN R. SMITH · FOUNDER, SEAKING SOLACE

6 DESTINATION: DISCOVERY THE QUESTION THAT WOULDN’T GO AWAY One observation was easy to dismiss. Then it happened again. And again. What began as a father noticing something unusual would eventually become a research question no one could answer. BY STEPHEN R. SMITH · FOUNDER, SEAKING SOLACE

T H E Q U E S T I O N T H A T W O U L D N ’ T G O A W A Y 0 1 / T H E O B S E R V A T I O N It began with a change. Before there was a research program, there was a father paying attention. “What was different?” I t started with a last-minute vacation decision in 2021. My wife wanted to go to the beach. I had a mission: find somewhere on the waterfront, with activities for the kids and a beach nearby, within a budget we could afford. I had no idea that my life was about to change. Even when it happened, I didn’t recognize it for what it would become. I found a little hotel in Piney Point, Maryland, on a narrow strip of land between the St. Mary’s and Potomac rivers. We loaded up the truck: my wife, Tracie; our daughter, Jenna; our son, Parker; and me. Our balcony faced the St. Mary’s River, while the front of the hotel faced the Potomac. I got what I loved: a balcony with a view. Tracie got her beach. The kids got time together and things to do. I took more photographs than we probably needed. The day before we left, Tracie wanted to take everyone on a fishing charter. I was worried. Parker had never been on a boat, and we had no idea what to expect. To say I was nervous would be an understatement. We booked a private charter with Captain Wally Williams and his wife. Tracie, with a carefree confidence I have never quite mastered, was certain Parker would be fine. She was wrong. But I was more wrong. D E S T I N A T I O N : D I S C O V E R Y 7

T H E Q U E S T I O N T H A T W O U L D N ’ T G O A W A Y 0 2 / T H E F I R S T C H A N G E He wasn’t merely fine. The change stayed with him. O nce we got underway, Parker became calmer. He was happy, socializing with us and the crew, and smiling. After about an hour, the difference was remarkable. At the time, Parker had substantial support needs related to his autism. Yet here he was, moving around the boat confidently. Not carelessly, but confidently. He spoke more clearly. He engaged without prompting. He reached out for touch and joined in with us and the activity. It was one of the greatest days I had experienced with my son. I felt as though I was seeing him at ease in a way I rarely had before. When the charter ended, we gathered our fish, said goodbye to Captain Wally and his wife, and returned to the hotel. The change stayed with him. I didn’t understand it. In the moment, I was simply overwhelmed by how comfortable and connected he seemed. D E S T I N A T I O N : D I S C O V E R Y 8

T H E Q U E S T I O N T H A T W O U L D N ’ T G O A W A Y 0 3 / T H E D AY S A F T E R I thought he just liked boats. Over the next ten days or so, the change gradually faded until he returned to his usual baseline. At the time, I didn’t think, “Boating helps autism.” I thought, “Parker likes boats.” As for the days that followed, I didn’t really attribute them to anything. I was just grateful they had happened. I was just grateful. The following year, it happened again. D E S T I N A T I O N : D I S C O V E R Y 9

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T H E Q U E S T I O N T H AT W O U L D N ’ T G O A W AY 0 4 / T H E F O L L O W I N G Y E A R A leap of faith. We returned to the coast carrying much more than luggage. The following year, we planned a vacation to Tracie’s favorite place: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. When she was young, her grandfather would rent a house there, and the aunts, uncles, and cousins would gather for a family vacation. This time, we could afford to plan a trip of our own. But Parker had recently come home from a two-month hospital stay. Following an illness, he had developed pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome, or PANS. He had become enormously volatile, with episodes of aggression and rage. It had been a dark time for our family. He had not recovered. With Benadryl, the rage episodes had become less frequent, and he had stabilized enough to leave Western Psychiatric Hospital. But life was still unpredictable, and we remained concerned about safety. We hoped the vacation would give all of us some respite. It was a leap of faith. My birthday fell during the trip, and we decided to spend the day in Cape May, New Jersey, taking the ferry from Lewes across the Delaware Bay. I figured we could manage whatever happened during the crossing. “We hoped for a little respite.” D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E R Y 11

T H E Q U E S T I O N T H AT W O U L D N ’ T G O A W AY 0 5 / T H E C R O S S I N G It wasn’t Parker I had to manage. It was me. I recognized him. About forty minutes into the trip, he became less rigid. He began interacting with us again. He spoke calmly. He smiled. I recognized him as he had been on that fishing boat in Maryland. Even after everything that had happened, I was seeing that same ease and connection again. A year apart. On another boat. We spent hours in a park in Cape May, enjoying the weather, the scenery, and simply being together. After the ferry ride back, the trip became one of the best vacations we had experienced with him. I was gobsmacked. Why this change? Why on a boat? Did Parker just really like boats? This time, I began looking for answers. 12 D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E R Y

T H E Q U E S T I O N T H AT W O U L D N ’ T G O A W AY 0 6 / T H E Q U E S T I O N What was different? Two trips. A year apart. The same question. Could it be the motion? I began looking for answers. I found accounts from parents and therapists describing positive experiences with boating and sailing. The explanations I encountered focused on sensory experiences, social interaction, activity, and inclusion. I kept returning to something those explanations left unresolved for me: the change I had seen in Parker continued after we were back on land. Wind, water, and time together were familiar parts of our lives. What caught my attention was the movement of the boat beneath us. That did not establish a cause. But it gave me a question I could pursue. What was that motion doing? Could we measure it? Could we recreate it and test whether it mattered? An observation had become a question worth testing. D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E R Y 13

T H E F I R S T B O A T 0 1 / T H E P R O M I S E A promise. A boat. A beginning. Her name was Mahalkita. M A H A L K I TA / 1 9 7 3 M O O DY C A R B I N E E R 4 4 Once we had seen the change in Parker, we thought we knew what we had to do. Get a boat. Get Parker on the water. Share the experience with others. The problem was simple: we did not have the resources to buy one. And I had made a promise. While we were caring for my mother on home hospice, I promised her we would sell the house and buy a boat for Parker. At the end of 2023, we sold the house. We chose Mahalkita, a 1973 Moody Carbineer 44. D E S T I N A T I O N : D I S C O V E R Y 14

T H E F I R S T B O A T 0 2 / T H E D E PA R T U R E A sturdy boat. A novice sailor. I had never sailed after sunset. M A H A L K I T A / B E F O R E T H E P A S S A G E She was sturdy and heavily built, and we believed she could take care of us. Her mahogany interior needed restoring. She needed air conditioning and updated electronics. But structurally, she appeared sound. In January 2024, I flew to the Dominican Republic to complete the purchase. With two crewmen and a hired captain, I would sail her to Fort Lauderdale. Most of my sailing experience had been as a small boy with my father in Mission Bay, with a few outings in San Diego Harbor. I had never made an overnight passage. Now I was setting off with two men I had met a week earlier and a captain who had flown in the night before. Makis. Glenn. Captain Dave. We started as strangers. D E S T I N A T I O N : D I S C O V E R Y 15

T H E F I R S T B O A T 0 3 / T H E PA S S A G E The first watch. The first lesson. Let’s just say I didn’t finish it. THE PASSAGE / ROUTE MAP We fueled up at Casa de Campo Marina and headed east toward the Mona Passage. I became seasick almost immediately. I had first watch. I didn’t finish it. I was out for most of the first two days. On the second day, we spotted a large ship in the distance. Someone thought it was a cruise ship. My inner Star Wars geek had to speak up. “That’s no cruise ship. It’s a warship.” It was a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. Two hours later, it was behind us, hailing us with its intention to board. My continuous glucose monitors had been torn off while passing the rigging. We asked whether they had a glucose monitor. They didn’t. They inspected the boat, gave me a warning about a missing engine-room sign, and brought us some sugar-free electrolyte drinks. The rest of the day passed quietly. Day three would change all of that. 16 D E S T I NAT I O N : DI S C OV E RY

T H E F I R S T B O A T 0 4 / DAY T H R E E Blue water. Blue sky. No men. For four hours, it was everything I had hoped sailing would be. I woke in the pilothouse to calm seas and light, steady wind. Finally over the seasickness, I took the helm. We were roughly forty miles north of Puerto Plata, heading west. As the wind faded, we motorsailed until Captain Dave came on deck and switched off the engine. Dave dove in, cooled off, and climbed back aboard. Makis, who I think intended only to put his feet in the water, slipped and went all the way in. Then the swells began to build. Getting him aboard became difficult. Dave went back in to help. While they struggled, the wind returned. Suddenly, Mahalkita was sailing away from them at five or six knots. Dave looked at me and shouted, “Do your job!” I answered with the truth. “I don’t know what I’m doing!” I had never run a man-overboard drill. I took my eyes off them for a moment. When I looked back, they were gone. I ran into the pilothouse and grabbed the radio. “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday.” D E S T I N A T I O N : D I S C O V E R Y 17

T H E F I R S T B O A T 0 5 / T H E S E A R C H We had found them. They were alive. Before the relief came the search. Glenn was reading the instructions on the emergency beacon. I shouted for him to activate it, then ran back to the aft helm. I kept running between the helm and the radio, making Mayday calls and trying to work out where to search. I began steering circles in the direction I thought the current was carrying them. Forty-five minutes passed. Then, boom. I was on the pilothouse floor, seeing stars. Something had struck the left side of my head with immense force. I had been running the engine with the sails still up. During an uncontrolled gybe, the main boom had swung across the boat. My head had been in its way. Glenn shouted, asking whether I was okay. I didn’t know. I could barely hear. But I shouted yes and got back on the radio. Another forty-five minutes passed before I spotted two objects off the port quarter. “Glenn! I see them!” I tried turning toward them, but the sails fought the turn. I used the bow thruster to help bring the bow around and pushed the throttle forward. We got both men aboard. I collapsed, weeping with relief. Then the radio crackled. “Mahalkita, this is the U.S. Coast Guard. Do you need assistance?” There was the cutter from the day before. Dave took the radio. “We saved ourselves!” As night fell, the next ordeal began. 18 D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E RY

T H E F I R S T B O A T 0 6 / T H E S T O R M When sideways became down. It was like repeatedly falling off a roof. To us, the storm seemed to come from nowhere. Suddenly, we were in violent seas and fierce winds. Crates of eggs hit the galley floor. Sixty broken eggs turned it into something like ice coated in dish soap. I was becoming dehydrated. The drinking water and electrolyte drinks were below, and no one could safely reach them. I have POTS, a condition that affects how my body regulates circulation. Dehydration was a serious problem. From aboard, the waves looked thirty feet high, with occasional breakers we estimated at forty-five. Water broke over the boat. Mahalkita rolled so far to starboard that I fell from the port side of the pilothouse to the other side. Eventually, the men packed me in on the pilothouse floor so I would stop falling when sideways became down. My condition deteriorated. I drifted in and out of consciousness. Dave came to me with our options: head south toward Haiti, run with the storm toward Jamaica, divert to Cuba, or try Inagua, where an old map suggested there might be a dock. Might be. “I don’t have much time left,” I told him. “Head to the island.” Then I passed out again. D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E RY 19

T H E F I R S T B O A T M AT T H E W T O W N / G R E AT I NA G UA Then, suddenly, it was calm. Matthew Town harbor and the nearby clinic. Satellite view, enhanced for presentation. When I came around, we were approaching Inagua. It was near midnight. The storm was still raging. We had no detailed charts for the approach, no response to our radio calls, and no clear way into the harbor. What happened next was mostly told to me afterward. Somehow, my iPad had retained a satellite map of Matthew Town. The men found the lighthouse on the screen and spotted it in the distance. They counted twelve streets on the map, then twelve lights along the shore. At twelve, they turned to starboard. I remember an enormous breakwater through the port pilothouse window. Then, suddenly, it was calm. Dave brought us alongside the concrete dock. Four customs officers came running. They helped me up the ladder and into a truck. The clinic was next door. My blood pressure was 70/40. The clinician gave me intravenous fluids and an electrolyte drink. Within a couple of hours, it was back to normal. We were all alive. We were safe. D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E RY 20

T H E F I R S T B O A T M AT T H E W T O W N / T WO W E E K S L AT E R This time, the harbor couldn’t keep it out. Illustrative artwork We left the next morning, planning to return in three weeks. We hoped a better weather window would let us finish the passage to Florida. Two weeks later, another storm reached Matthew Town. This time, the harbor couldn’t keep it out. The lines began snapping. Customs officers worked to secure Mahalkita again. Then a piling supporting the dock broke. I watched through WhatsApp as the boat slammed against the rocks and sank. The insurance did not pay. We had sold our house to buy that boat. It carried a promise I had made to my mother and the hope of sharing something extraordinary with my son. We never got Parker aboard. D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E RY 21

T H E F I R S T B O A T A F T E R M A H A L K I TA The boat was gone. The question remained. Matthew Town, Inagua. Mahalkita’s leaning mast remains visible at left. AI-enhanced image. We had set out to get Parker on the water and share that experience with other families. Mahalkita was meant to make that possible. Losing her did not erase what we had seen in Parker. It did not answer the question that had brought us this far. What was different on a boat? At first, the plan had seemed simple: buy a boat, take him sailing, and share the experience. But the question was larger than one boat, or one family. If motion played a part, could we identify what mattered? Could we measure it? Could we reproduce it somewhere other than a boat? Those were questions to investigate, not conclusions we could claim. The work ahead was to turn a father’s observation into a question that could be tested. We still needed to understand why. D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E RY 22

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S E A K I N G S O L A C E F ROM OB SE RVAT ION TO I N V E S T IGAT ION A question worth building around. A family’s experience started the question. SeaKing Solace is building a research program to find out what can be learned from it. The story began with a father noticing something he could not explain. What comes next requires a different kind of attention: instruments, comparisons, repeated observations, and the willingness to discover that an appealing explanation may be wrong. SeaKing Solace is the company developing that investigation. Its proposed research program asks whether naturally occurring motion contains patterns that reliably predict measurable physiological responses, and whether any promising relationships deserve further testing under controlled conditions. That question gives the boat a new role. It becomes a proposed research environment where motion can be measured as it happens, alongside what is happening in the person experiencing it. The aim is to move beyond “something seemed different” toward an account precise enough for another experiment to challenge. The ambition, and the first step The long-term ambition is to investigate whether motion might eventually have useful clinical applications, including for people with autism spectrum disorder or postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, known as POTS. Getting there would require several distinct kinds of evidence. A family observation cannot establish a treatment. Neither can an interesting sensor trace. SeaKing’s first proposed study therefore begins with healthy adults. Before asking whether an intervention could help a particular population, it asks whether there is a sufficiently reliable motion- associated physiological signal to pursue at all. The proposed program has four phases. Each addresses a question the preceding phase cannot settle. Discovery comes first, controlled reproduction second, clinical- Making the investigation possible population research third, and the potential development of individualized approaches fourth. Later stages depend on earlier evidence, independent scientific review, funding, and approvals. SeaKing’s intended role includes developing the research platform, coordinating vessel operations and engineering, and building the commercial support around that work. The academic research team would independently finalize the study design and determine how the results are analyzed and interpreted under definitive agreements. Destination: Discovery is the accompanying media platform. It creates a way for audiences and brands to follow the wider undertaking. The research question gives that undertaking purpose. The answer remains something to discover. “An account precise enough for another experiment to challenge.” DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 24

S E A K I N G S O L A C E PH A SE 1 / DI S C OV E RY Is there a signal worth pursuing? A boat rarely repeats itself exactly. Its motion changes with conditions, speed, heading, and the way a person sits or moves. A simple label such as “on the water” leaves almost everything interesting undescribed. Measuring the experience Phase 1 would examine that detail. Sensors would measure both the vessel’s movement and movement at the participant’s head. Alongside those measurements, the proposed system would record cardiovascular signals, breathing, skin electrical activity, and pupil and eye measures, with light levels and participant-state observations providing context. These channels offer different pieces of information. They are not interchangeable measures of calm, and no single reading would establish a beneficial response. The task is to see whether patterns can be interpreted together and whether they hold up across repeated exposures. Comparing the conditions SeaKing proposes approximately 120 healthy adults, attending in groups of three. Each would complete eight sessions of approximately two to two-and-a-half hours: six underway and two docked. Annapolis and Tampa Bay are the preferred locations, subject to feasibility and academic finalization. Docked visits provide a low-motion reference, not a motion-free placebo. Residual movement, expectations, and participant state still matter. An enclosed, temperature- controlled setting, standardized posture, and reduced interaction would limit selected sources of variability. Breathing, light, sleepiness, and nausea would remain part of the analysis. A response associated with motion sickness would not establish a beneficial effect. A pattern has to survive another look A candidate relationship must reproduce and perform on data kept separate from its discovery. Repeated readings do not create independent participants; analysis must account for repeated visits and shared sessions. The final sample size, endpoints, methods, and progression criteria await independent academic development. This blueprint is SeaKing’s proposal, not an approved human-subject protocol. Research sessions would remain in designated bay waters, with no offshore participant passages, and begin only after required approvals and readiness checks. Phase 1 could identify candidates for further investigation. It cannot establish clinical benefit or prove that a particular sensory mechanism caused a response. CURRENT PLANNING SCENARIO Approximately 120 healthy adults Eight visits: six underway, two docked Final design subject to academic review. Research-platform concept. Illustrative imagery. Illustrative sensor concept DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 25

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S E A K I N G S O L A C E PHASES 2 + 3 / THE NEXT QUESTIONS From a pattern to a test. A promising signal earns another question. It does not settle the next one. Concept illustration. Apparatus and protocols remain to be developed. 02 03 Can it be reproduced? Does it matter clinically? Finding a pattern is the beginning of an explanation. The next step is to change parts of the experience deliberately and observe what follows. If Phase 1 identifies a qualifying candidate, Phase 2 would attempt controlled mechanical reproduction of the relevant motion profile. Does the relationship persist when its components can be manipulated? Reproducing a boat ride is too vague a target. Researchers would need to define the candidate motion, the associated response, and the circumstances well enough to design a meaningful test. The apparatus, comparisons, measurements, and safety procedures would require their own development. A mechanical platform cannot be assumed to reproduce the experience faithfully. The relationship might not survive the transfer. That uncertainty is the point of the experiment. A repeatable physiological response is not automatically a health benefit. Phase 3 would ask clinical questions in separately designed population- specific studies, if earlier evidence supports proceeding. Autism and POTS are part of SeaKing’s long- term motivation. Healthy-adult findings would not establish effectiveness for either. Each study would need meaningful outcomes, appropriate comparisons, safety protections, and independent approval. A change on a monitor could be interesting without improving daily life. Who responds, who does not, and who finds the exposure difficult to tolerate? Those questions need planned investigation. These are conditional research directions. Protocols remain to be developed, and outcomes cannot be promised. “A change on a monitor must earn its meaning.” DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 27

S E A K I N G S O L A C E PHASE 4 / THE LONGER VIEW Could it become personal? The ambition is an approach that responds to the individual. Evidence must show whether that ambition is achievable. Concept illustration. If earlier phases establish a sufficient basis, Phase 4 would explore individualized or closed-loop approaches. Individualization asks whether an approach should differ between people. A closed- loop system would use measured responses to inform adjustments during delivery. Detecting a response is one problem. Knowing how to adjust an intervention safely and usefully is another. This is a possible later development and testing stage. SeaKing’s blueprint does not establish that such a system is achievable, clinically effective, or ready for use. Three legitimate answers. Phase 1 must leave room for each of them. ADVANCE A qualifying candidate justifies controlled reproduction. It opens the next scientific question. REFINE A potentially meaningful pattern needs more work, with a separate rationale, budget, review, and funding decision. STOP The evidence does not justify progression. No qualifying signal and uninterpretable data must be reported distinctly. Where sponsors fit. SeaKing proposes separate funding arrangements for university research and for its platform, operations, instrumentation, and media activity. Commercial sponsorship would purchase defined media and commercial consideration. Under the proposed arrangements, sponsors would have no authority over participant selection, analysis, conclusions, progression, or publication. Research participants are excluded from Destination: Discovery content. Participant research data would not be available to sponsors or production personnel. These protections and scientific rights must be documented and implemented before enrollment. For a brand, the opportunity is to help make the wider undertaking possible and participate in its public storytelling. The plan gives us a direction. Evidence determines how far we travel. DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 28

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D E S T I N A T I O N : D I S C O V E R Y T H E M E D I A P L AT F O R M A question worth following. The research gives the journey purpose. The people, places, and decisions give audiences a reason to return. Concept illustration of onboard production. A story with somewhere to go. More than one way aboard. Destination: Discovery is the media platform accompanying SeaKing Solace’s proposed research program. It gives audiences a way to follow the wider undertaking: preparing a vessel, solving practical problems, meeting the people involved, and navigating what comes next. Progress will have a human scale. A difficult decision. A repair that takes longer than expected. A conversation that changes the plan. These are the moments that turn a mission into a story people can follow. Live broadcasts offer immediacy. Edited episodes connect the moments. Off Watch makes room for conversation. Special journeys and convenings bring new places and perspectives into the story. For partners, the opportunity is to take a meaningful role in that experience, through useful products, expertise, and shared moments. The programming follows the undertaking while research participants and their data remain outside the content. Something to watch. People to know. A reason to come back. DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 30

D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E R Y THE MEDIA PLATFORM / THE LINEUP One journey. Five ways in. Some viewers will join us live. Others will find the story through an episode, a conversation, or a gathering. Each format opens a different door. 01 02 03 04 05 Be there as the day unfolds. The view from the flybridge: water, weather, crew, and the work of keeping the undertaking moving. Live programming brings immediacy to a story still being written. Concept imagery. Follow the story behind the moments. Edited episodes connect decisions, challenges, and progress into an unfolding narrative. Each chapter explores what happened, why it mattered, and what comes next. Stay for the conversation. When the day’s work settles, evening conversations explore the people, perspectives, and questions behind the journey. SPECIAL EPISODES Go back to where it began. Genesis: Piney Point and Return to Matthew Town revisit places that shaped the mission, bringing the origin, the loss, and the reasons for continuing into view. Meet beyond the screen. Planned gatherings bring audiences, partners, and invited voices together to exchange perspectives and build connections. For partners, each format creates a setting for useful products, expertise, and meaningful participation. DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 31

D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E R Y T H E A U D I E N C E E X P E R I E N C E A reason to come back. A beautiful view may earn a first visit. An unfolding story gives people a reason to return. The next chapter is still unwritten. Concept imagery. People become familiar. Viewers may arrive for sailing, science, technology, or the personal story behind the mission. Over time, the crew and recurring voices give those interests a human connection. Familiarity grows through ordinary moments: a problem worked through, a plan revised, a question answered honestly. Audiences get to know how people think, not simply what they accomplish. Progress creates anticipation. Preparing the vessel, testing production equipment, planning a passage, and meeting a deadline each create a question with a next step. What happens after today gives the audience a reason to return. The storytelling can follow that progress without promising a scientific breakthrough. An unexpected result or a necessary change of direction can be part of an honest account. Participation builds connection. The proposed experience includes moderated live conversation, opportunities to submit questions, and gatherings that bring people together beyond the screen. Each offers a different way to participate. A viewer might discover a short clip, watch an episode for context, and later join a live broadcast. Another may begin with a conversation and follow the wider story from there. The goal is to make those paths easy to follow while maintaining clear boundaries. Research participants and their data remain outside the programming. WHAT WE WILL LE ARN Which stories bring people in, what they choose to watch next, and what gives them a reason to return. DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 32

D E S T I N AT I O N : D I S C O V E R Y PA R T N E R S H I P I N P R A C T I C E Where your brand belongs. The strongest fit begins with a useful role in the journey. Illustrative partnership scenario. Products with a job to do. Expertise worth hearing. A connection that keeps a broadcast online. Clothing worn through a changing forecast. Navigation equipment used to prepare a passage. A product has a natural place when it helps the crew do something the audience can understand. That creates room for context: why it was chosen, how it is used, and what the team learns along the way. The integration should add something to the story. Some partners bring knowledge as well as equipment. A specialist might explain a practical decision, join an Off Watch conversation, or contribute to a gathering. The opportunity is to help audiences understand something useful. Topics, contributors, and commercial relationships would be agreed in advance and clearly identified. E X A M P L E S TO E X P LO R E O N B OA R D A communications partner explains the backup plan. I N C O N V E R S AT I O N A designer discusses equipment built for difficult conditions. I N P E R S O N A partner hosts a practical demonstration at a convening. Illustrative concepts, subject to fit and agreement. A place in the story. Clear boundaries. Partnerships would be built around agreed programming, deliverables, and reporting. Sponsorship would not confer authority over research decisions, findings, or publication, or access to participants or their data. Start with what your brand can contribute. DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 33

DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 34 Come for the view. Stay for the conversation. Two broadcasts a day. Five camera views. A host at the helm, and a conversation that can go almost anywhere. FORWARD PRESENTED BY HORIZON PORT PRESENTED BY HORIZON AT THE HELM PRESENTED BY HORIZON Illustrative camera views. HORIZON is a fictional presenting sponsor. Some days, the first thing you notice will be the water. Morning light across the bay. A passing boat. The shoreline slowly changing. Other days, you might arrive in the middle of a conversation and stay because someone has just asked the question you were thinking. That is the idea behind LIVE!, Destination: Discovery’s hosted daytime show. We’re planning two broadcasts each day, running approximately two to two and a half hours apiece. Four cameras look out across the water, while a fifth brings you over the host’s shoulder to the helm. There will be plenty to see, but the people and conversations will give each broadcast its character. A guest might introduce something they have spent years building. A viewer’s question might take us somewhere unexpected. We might be talking about travel, technology, education, food, or the small decisions that make up life aboard. And sometimes we’ll pause to enjoy what is right in front of us. A seat in the conversation Viewers can send questions as the broadcast unfolds. Our producer will moderate the discussion and bring selected questions to the host, helping the conversation stay welcoming, interesting, and easy to follow. You might drop in for a few minutes or keep us company for an afternoon. Over time, we want returning to feel a little like visiting people you know. Among the voices you’ll come to know will be our founding sponsors. These are the companies and people helping make this journey possible, and we hope they’ll become part of the family we build around it. The boat gives us a changing setting, and the show gives us a reason to spend that time together. There is a larger purpose behind the journey: helping SeaKing Solace pursue its research questions. LIVE! invites people to follow the life and work surrounding that mission, with room for curiosity, laughter, and the unexpected.

DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 35 LIVE! / LIFE ABOARD You never quite know who’ll join us. Interesting people don’t all come from the same world. Neither should the conversation. STARBOARD PRESENTED BY HORIZON AFT PRESENTED BY HORIZON Illustrative camera views. HORIZON is a fictional presenting sponsor. People worth spending time with Guests will bring their own experiences and interests aboard: founders, educators, artists, travelers, scientists, and people with something worth sharing. Some will have a connection to the sea or our mission. Others will take the conversation somewhere entirely different. Often, the person joining us will come from one of our founding sponsors. We want those visits to feel like welcoming someone back aboard. There might be a new product to explore, a story to share, or a conversation we started last time and never quite finished. An afternoon introduction. An evening invitation. Occasionally, that evening’s Off Watch guest may join us for a LIVE! segment. It’s a chance to meet them in a different setting, hear a little of their story, and leave a few questions for later. And, occasionally, Parker This is also our family’s home. Most days, Parker will be busy with his schoolwork, just beyond the camera’s view. You usually won’t see or hear him, but now and then he may decide to join us, share something that has caught his interest, or lend a hand with an appropriate task aboard. Those moments will happen on his terms, as a natural part of our family’s day. We hope to welcome autistic adults, families, educators, and people developing online homeschool programs, including those designed for learners with different support needs. They’ll bring practical ideas and personal experiences that can be useful well beyond the boat. Not every moment needs to become a segment. There will be quiet stretches, things to attend to, and plans that change. That ordinary rhythm is part of what we want to share.

DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 36 There’s room for your story here. The people helping make the mission possible belong in the conversation. Concept illustration of a guest conversation aboard LIVE! Part of the family we build Our founding sponsors are integral to the mission. Their support helps put the boat on the water, bring the programming to life, and move the research forward. We want viewers to know the people who chose to help make that possible. When we invite a company aboard, we want to learn what matters to its people, share what excites them, and create reasons for them to return. Our hope is that those relationships will feel like family, with a shared investment in where this journey leads. Tell us what you’re building A sponsor’s place in LIVE! can begin with a product, a person, or an idea. An automotive designer could explain a new approach. A food brand could introduce the people behind a recipe. A technology company could share what it is developing. An educator could show families a different way to learn. A conversation worth staying for The host can explore the story behind the company, while our producer brings in selected audience questions. There is time to demonstrate something useful, follow up on an answer, and discover what excites the people doing the work. Some products will be part of life aboard. Others will have a setting of their own in a guest segment. What matters is giving viewers a reason to be interested. A relationship that continues An introduction on LIVE! could lead to a deeper Off Watch conversation. Later visits can bring updates, new ideas, and familiar faces back to the audience. Opportunities will be shaped around the partner and the agreed sponsorship package, with sponsored segments clearly identified. Scientific decisions remain with the research team. OUR PRESENTING PARTNER Our presenting sponsor will have a permanent on-screen presence throughout every LIVE! broadcast. As views change and conversations unfold, their identity stays with the program.

M O R R O W VA L E F I N A N C I A L For the life you’re building. A thoughtful plan. A wider horizon. Proud to support Destination: Discovery and its research mission. W E A LT H P L A N N I N G / B U S I N E S S A D V I S O R Y / L E G A C Y Let’s plan what comes next. I L L U S T R A T I V E S P O N S O R C R E A T I V E • F I C T I O N A L C O M P A N Y

DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 38 The journey becomes a story. A family, a boat, and a question worth pursuing. Season One brings the days together into an unfolding series about the people and decisions that move the mission forward. Concept imagery. The vessel and scenes shown are illustrative. A question with a life around it A passage can look effortless from a distance. Up close, there are charts across the table, a forecast to reconsider, and someone trying to find the one part that should have arrived yesterday. Those moments are where a journey becomes personal. Season One is the planned produced series at the heart of Destination: Discovery. It follows our family and the people helping SeaKing Solace turn a compelling observation into a research undertaking. The camera will stay with the work around that ambition: preparing the boat, learning from specialists, making decisions, and living with what happens next. The larger question gives those ordinary days a purpose. An episode with somewhere to go Each chapter will have something to follow. A departure to prepare for. Equipment to get working. A person whose experience changes how we see a problem. Viewers will understand what is at stake, watch the decisions unfold, and see where they lead. Editing brings the days together. A conversation before departure may explain a choice made at sea. A difficult afternoon may look different after someone has had time to think about it. For people who join us on LIVE!, the series adds context. For someone arriving for the first time, it offers a way into the journey, with familiar people to return to and a next chapter worth anticipating.

DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 39 SEASON ONE / THE VIEWING EXPERIENCE What happens between the milestones. A season makes room for the work, the places, and the people along the way. Beautiful views invite us in. The unfolding lives and choices give us a reason to stay. “The next chapter is still unwritten.” Concept imagery. The vessel and scenes shown are illustrative. The work before departure There is a story in getting ready: fitting out a vessel, planning the production, coordinating with specialists, and discovering what needs another attempt. We want viewers to understand the choices that make the undertaking possible, including the ones that change along the way. People you come to know Over a season, the people become familiar. Viewers learn who asks the awkward question, who finds a practical answer, and who can make everyone laugh after a long day. Family life gives the journey its human scale. So do the crew, collaborators, and returning guests whose experiences open the story to a wider world. The world beyond the boat Passages bring changing coastlines, different communities, and people with stories of their own. Weather, repairs, and everyday discoveries can send an episode in an unexpected direction. The places we visit become part of what the audience remembers. Progress, honestly told The research mission provides a continuing thread. As the work develops, the series can explain the questions being asked and why the next step matters. Progress may mean solving a practical problem or deciding that an approach needs to change. We will let the evidence determine the scientific conclusions. The unfolding effort gives us a story to tell while the answers are still being sought.

DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 40 SEASON ONE / PARTNERSHIP A meaningful role. A story that lasts. For founding sponsors, the series offers time to become part of something viewers care about, with contributions they can see and people they can get to know. Illustrative production scene. No actual sponsor or participant is depicted. Recognition with a reason Founding sponsors help make the journey possible. We want viewers to recognize their contribution and come to know the people behind it. Over a season, those relationships have room to become familiar, with the shared purpose of people building something together. A presenting partnership can be recognized in episode openings and closing credits. Within the story, a useful product might help solve a problem, support a passage, or become part of daily life aboard. Viewers can see why it was chosen and what it contributes. A later episode can return to that contribution as the journey develops. The relationship has a history, and the audience has been there to see it. The people behind the brand There is room for more than marine equipment. A founder could share the decision that shaped a company. A designer could explain an idea in development. An educator or financial specialist could bring a useful perspective to a question the journey has raised. An introduction on LIVE! might lead to a fuller story in Season One or a deeper Off Watch conversation. Each appearance can build on what viewers already know. Credits, appearances, and rights to reuse material would be agreed in the sponsorship package. Sponsored content will be identified, and research decisions remain with the research team. Our aim is a lasting relationship that gives the audience something worth watching. Help make the next chapter possible.

When the day’s work settles, there is time to ask another question. To follow an unexpected answer. To hear the story behind the person. Off Watch brings thoughtful company and unhurried conversation to the water’s edge. Come for the guest. Stay for what you discover. DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 41 After the day, the conversation opens up. Illustrative scene. No actual guest is depicted.

OFF WATCH / THE CONVERSATION An answer deserves room to become a story. Good conversation has a way of taking us past the introduction. Off Watch gives people time to explain, reflect, and surprise one another. Time to listen The answer that stays with you is often the one nobody could have planned. A guest remembers a turning point. The host asks what happened next. A conversation about work becomes a conversation about the people who made that work possible. Off Watch is being developed as a long-form evening conversation series. There is room to follow a thought, ask for an example, and return to something that deserves another look. Curiosity sets the pace. The setting helps. As the day settles around the boat, the conversation has a different rhythm. There can be laughter, disagreement, a surprising admission, or a moment when both people stop to consider a question. A conversation with somewhere to go Preparation gives the host a place to begin. Listening reveals where to go next. We want guests to feel that someone has taken an interest in what they do, while leaving room for the part of their story that rarely gets asked about. A useful conversation can hold several things at once: the excitement of a new idea, the difficulty of putting it into practice, and the experience that changed someone’s mind. Viewers should be able to join with little prior knowledge and leave having understood something more. Sometimes that will be a practical idea. Sometimes it will simply be a person they are glad to have met. Concept imagery. An evening setting for an unhurried conversation. DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 42

Illustrative conversation. No confirmed guest or sponsor is depicted. OFF WATCH / THE PEOPLE Good company. Unexpected connections. Interesting people arrive with different histories. Around the same table, those differences give us something to talk about. Different lives at the same table The invitation begins with something worth exploring. A scientist might describe the question that first caught their attention. A founder might revisit a decision that nearly ended a company. An artist might explain how an ordinary experience became something they had to make. We also want to hear from educators, travelers, autistic adults, families, and people whose knowledge comes from living through something difficult. Their experiences can give familiar subjects a new dimension. SeaKing Solace gives the wider undertaking its purpose, and that purpose opens doors to many kinds of conversation. There is room for technology and creativity, learning and work, places and people. The guest brings a perspective; the exchange helps us discover where it leads. A connection that carries on Some guests may first join us during the day on LIVE!. An afternoon introduction can leave a question unfinished, giving viewers a reason to return for a longer conversation that evening. Other people will arrive through a Season One story, a shared interest, or a recommendation from someone already part of the journey. We hope familiar voices will return with new experiences to share. The connection can continue across the wider programming. An idea raised in conversation may help explain a later decision. A person introduced in an episode may turn out to have a story worth exploring in depth. Across those encounters, we want the audience to feel they are getting to know a community, with room for people they would never otherwise have met. DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 43

Let people get to know the people behind your brand. Founding partnerships help make the journey possible. Off Watch can introduce the people, ideas, and ambitions behind that support. Illustrative production scene. Partnership opportunities are subject to agreement. The story behind the company Among the people we hope to welcome are those behind our founding sponsors. Their support is integral to the mission, and we want the relationship to grow through shared experiences and genuine interest in one another. An appropriate guest could bring the story behind a product, the thinking behind a difficult decision, or a question their company is working to answer. There is room to explore what they are building and why it matters to them. That gives an audience something to connect with: a person, a purpose, and a clearer understanding of the company behind the name. A relationship with substance Off Watch creates a setting for a deeper exchange. A founder, designer, educator, or specialist can help viewers understand an idea and the experience behind it. A later visit may bring a new chapter to that story. Guest participation will be selected by the production team for its relevance and interest to viewers. Sponsor recognition and any appearances would be shaped through the agreed partnership, with sponsored content clearly identified. We hope our founding partners become part of the family around this undertaking. Giving their people time to be known is one way that relationship can come to life. There is a story behind every name. DE S T I NAT I O N : D I S C OV E RY DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 44

AV E LU N E V O Y A G E S There’s more beyond the familiar. Small ships. A wider world. Stay curious. Sail Avelune. Unhurried days. Remarkable places. Room to discover what moves you. Proud to support Destination: Discovery and its research mission. ILLUSTRATIVE SPONSOR CREATIVE / FICTIONAL CRUISE LINE

G E N E S I S : P I N E Y P O I N T DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 46 The place where the question began. A planned documentary about the family experience that set the SeaKing Solace mission in motion. It began with a family looking for a few days by the water. What happened on a fishing charter stayed with them long after the vacation ended. GENESIS returns to that beginning, with time to remember the day before anyone knew where it would lead. Illustrative scene, not an archival photograph.

G E N E S I S : P I N E Y P O I N T DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 47 THE DOCUMENTARY / THE MEMORY What did we see that day? A father arrived worried about how his son would manage a boat. He left grateful for a day he had not expected. An ordinary plan In 2021, Steve and Tracie brought Jenna and Parker to Piney Point, Maryland, for a last-minute vacation. A waterfront room, a nearby beach, time together. The ambitions were modest. Before they left, Tracie suggested a fishing charter. Steve worried about how Parker, who is autistic and had never been on a boat, would respond. Tracie thought he would be fine. The documentary would return to this moment through the family’s recollections, available photographs and new location filming. Its interest lies in the details a summary cannot hold: what each person expected, what they noticed, and what they remember differently. A day that stayed Steve remembers Parker becoming calmer, smiling, speaking more clearly and joining in with the people around him. A day he had approached with anxiety became one he would treasure. Back at the hotel, Steve says the change remained, gradually fading over the next ten days or so. He did not immediately imagine a research program. He was grateful for the time they had shared. A similar experience on the Lewes–Cape May ferry the following year gave that earlier day new significance. GENESIS would follow how a cherished family memory became a question worth returning to. Concept imagery. Locations and contributors would be confirmed during development.

G E N E S I S : P I N E Y P O I N T DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 48 THE DOCUMENTARY / THE FILMMAKING Memory gives the film its starting point. Returning with a camera means listening again: to the family, to the place, and to the questions that remain. A place you can feel Water against the hull. A dock underfoot. The pause before a boat pulls away. New location filming would let viewers spend time in the setting, giving the family’s recollections room to unfold. Family photographs and any available home recordings could provide another perspective. Interviews would explore what Steve, Tracie and others who were there remember. Potential contributors would be approached as the film develops. The question stays open The family’s account begins the inquiry. The film can explore what they observed without claiming to establish why it happened. Scientific context would distinguish what is known, what is proposed and what still needs to be tested. Parker remains a person at the center of a family story, with his own interests and preferences. His participation would follow his willingness and comfort. A meaningful film can leave room for privacy as well as connection. Illustrative coastal scene. The film is in development.

G E N E S I S : P I N E Y P O I N T DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 49 THE DOCUMENTARY / FOUNDING PARTNERSHIP Help bring the beginning into view. For founding sponsors, GENESIS offers a way to help audiences understand the people and purpose behind the larger mission. A contribution with meaning A founding partnership can help make the film possible: returning to Piney Point, recording conversations, working with family material, and shaping the story in the edit. The contribution supports a film people can experience and discuss. We hope these partners will become familiar members of the Destination: Discovery family. Their support belongs in the story of how the film was made, with recognition that feels thoughtful and proportionate. A film with a life around it A preview conversation on LIVE!, a reflective Off Watch discussion, or a hosted screening could give the film a wider life. A sponsor could help bring people together around the story and the questions it raises. Credits, appearances, screening opportunities and use of excerpts would be agreed as the partnership develops. The film’s editorial perspective and research decisions remain independent. The invitation is to help tell an honest beginning, and make space for what comes next. Illustrative coastal scene. The film is in development.

P H O E N I X : M AT T H E W T O W N DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 50 PHOENIX M A T T H E W T O W N What survives a shipwreck? A planned documentary about Mahalkita, the people who survived the voyage, and the mission that outlived the boat. Atmospheric concept artwork. Matthew Town was where they found refuge. It was also where Mahalkita was lost. PHOENIX returns to the place where those two truths meet, and to the people carrying the story forward. The boat’s final chapter became the beginning of another kind of journey.

P H O E N I X : M AT T H E W T O W N DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 51 THE DOCUMENTARY / WHAT WAS LOST Before the wreck, there was a promise. Mahalkita carried a family’s hopes long before she carried them to sea. Mahalkita before the loss. Original supplied photograph. Mahalkita 1973 MOODY CARBINEER 44 “We never got Parker aboard.” STEVE SMITH The promise she carried Mahalkita was a 1973 Moody Carbineer 44. To Steve and Tracie, she represented a different life for their family and a chance to share time on the water with Parker and others. Steve had promised his mother they would buy a boat for Parker. After selling their home, the family committed to that future. The film would explore the choices behind the purchase, and what was at stake before the first line was cast off. The harbor, twice The passage from the Dominican Republic became a fight to get everyone safely ashore. Matthew Town offered refuge after a man-overboard emergency, injury and severe weather. Everyone survived. Two weeks later, another storm struck while Mahalkita remained at the dock. Steve watched remotely as she sank. The boat was lost before Parker ever sailed aboard her. PHOENIX begins with that rupture, then follows the decision to keep going.

P H O E N I X : M AT T H E W T O W N DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 52 THE DOCUMENTARY / THE RETURN Return to the place. Hear the people. The next visit carries more than a camera. It carries memories, questions, and a reason to listen. The people at the center Returning to Matthew Town would mean meeting the place again, and inviting the people who helped into the story. The crew, family, local responders and others with firsthand knowledge could bring perspectives that Steve’s account alone cannot supply. The documentary makes room for fear, improvisation, kindness and disagreement. A person who helped in a crisis may remember a detail the person being helped never saw. Those differences give a film its depth. What can be recovered Family photographs, messages and available records could anchor the timeline. New interviews and location filming would explore the distance between an event as it happened and the way it is carried afterward. Any future visit or recovery effort would be filmed as it unfolds, subject to access and feasibility. The story does not depend on a promised salvage. Its question is what a family can rebuild when the original plan is gone. Atmospheric concept artwork. The documentary is in development.

P H O E N I X : M AT T H E W T O W N DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 53 THE DOCUMENTARY / FOUNDING PARTNERSHIP Help give this story a life beyond the harbor. For founding sponsors, PHOENIX offers a way to help a personal story reach people who may find something of their own in it. Help make the return possible A founding partnership could support the work that turns a personal account into a film: travel, local production, interviews, archive preparation and post-production. The audience would see a story with time for the people and context that a short account leaves out. We want our founding sponsors to become part of the Destination: Discovery family. Their role is to help make that storytelling possible, with recognition rooted in a real contribution. Give the story somewhere to go A screening followed by conversation could bring audiences together around resilience, responsibility and starting again. LIVE! and Off Watch could introduce the film’s questions and offer room for discussion with contributors and supporting partners. Credits, events and approved excerpts would be shaped within the sponsorship agreement. Supporting the film would not determine its conclusions. PHOENIX invites a partner to stand behind thoughtful storytelling, and a mission that continued after a profound loss. Atmospheric concept artwork. The documentary is in development.

orivant AI Bring your next question. AI for ideas worth pursuing. Connect ideas. Explore possibilities. Turn a first thought into a next step. Proud to support Destination: Discovery and its research mission. ILLUSTRATIVE SPONSOR CREATIVE / FICTIONAL AI COMPANY

C O N V E N I N G S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 55 Some conversations need a room. Meet the people behind the journey. Bring a question. Stay for the conversation. Illustrative gathering. No actual guests depicted. Convenings brings Destination: Discovery into shared spaces: around a table, beside the water, in a room full of people with something to contribute. Across the season, planned gatherings connect founding partners, invited guests and the people behind the mission. They give a relationship that began on a screen somewhere to grow.

C O N V E N I N G S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 56 THE SEASON / FIVE ANCHOR GATHERINGS A season with reasons to gather. The planned arc brings people together at moments that matter, with a different purpose each time. 01 / LAUNCH! The opening gathering introduces the people, the platform and the question that brings them together. Meet the crew, hear the ambition behind the research, and get to know the founding partners helping the season begin. It is the first chance for a name on a screen to become a person across the table. 02 / A milestone together A gathering around a research milestone offers a reason to return. The conversation can follow the work so far: what has been built, what has proved difficult, and what comes next. Scientific updates would reflect what the research team is ready to share. 03 / Bahamas Summit The proposed multi-day summit gives conversations more room, bringing the partner community together around ideas, shared experiences and the setting itself. 04 / Tampa A southern-season gathering reconnects familiar faces and introduces new ones. Local voices, partners and the team can bring fresh perspectives to a journey already underway. 05 / The season close Come back to reflect on the work, the people and the questions still open. The closing gathering creates a shared moment to recognize contributions and consider the next chapter. Planned event arc. Dates and venues to be confirmed.

C O N V E N I N G S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 57 THE EXPERIENCE / PEOPLE AND IDEAS Time to talk. Room to listen. The most interesting person in the room may come from a world you have never worked in. A room with different perspectives A researcher, a filmmaker, a founder and a parent may arrive with very different questions. Put them at the same table and the conversation can move somewhere none of them would have reached alone. That is the ambition behind Convenings. Invited voices can come from science, business, design, education, the arts and lived experience. A thoughtful keynote might open the room. A smaller discussion can make space for the questions people were still forming while they listened. The program should leave time to linger over a meal, meet someone new, or return to a conversation that deserves more than a quick introduction. Something to bring back with you A demonstration can make an unfamiliar idea tangible. A screening can give people a shared starting point. A conversation with a guest can reveal the person behind a product, a company or a point of view. Selected moments could become an Off Watch conversation, a LIVE! segment or a magazine story. The wider audience could encounter the ideas and people who made the gathering memorable, while guests in the room have time to ask more. We want people to leave with a new perspective, a conversation they intend to continue, and a stronger sense of the mission they are helping bring to life. Illustrative waterfront gathering concept.

C O N V E N I N G S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 58 Illustrative summit setting. Venue and guests are not confirmed. THE BAHAMAS SUMMIT / A WIDER HORIZON A little farther from the everyday. Some ideas deserve more than the space between appointments. The Bahamas Summit The proposed summit is the season’s opportunity to slow down together. A marina setting can bring the vessel, the people behind the programming and the wider partner community into the same place for more than an evening. The working concept combines substantive conversations with shared meals, local experiences and time on the waterfront. A special Off Watch discussion or a film conversation could give the day a focal point, with space afterward to keep talking. Make the place part of the story Local voices and experiences can help a gathering belong to its setting. The aim is to give guests a sense of place as well as a program, and to make room for the people whose community they are visiting. Selected vessel experiences could bring guests closer to the platform, within the access allocated to their partnership. The boat has finite capacity. Invitations, hospitality and any time aboard would be planned around the final venue, weather and operating requirements.

C O N V E N I N G S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 59 FOUNDING PARTNERS / A PLACE AT THE TABLE Give people a reason to remember you. A good partnership gives the gathering something it would not have had without you. Bring something worth sharing A founding sponsor can contribute a perspective, a useful demonstration or a person with a story worth hearing. The fit can extend well beyond sailing and research equipment. A designer, an educator, a financial leader or an AI founder may offer something the room wants to explore. The strongest starting point is a question: what could your company help people understand, experience or imagine? That gives the partnership a purpose guests can recognize. Become familiar faces We hope our founding sponsors will come to feel like part of the Destination: Discovery family. Seeing one another across the season gives that relationship time to grow. Your team can meet the people making the work happen and introduce invited clients or colleagues within your agreed allocation. Hosting, speaking, demonstrations, event identity and selected media extensions would be shaped with each partner. Recognition follows the agreed rights. Scientific decisions remain with the research team; every conversation deserves room for an honest answer. Illustrative conversation. No actual guests or product depicted. Come with a perspective. Leave with a connection.

F O U N D I N G PA RT N E R S H I P S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 60 THE INVITATION / LEAD FROM THE BEGINNING Put your name on what comes next. Help bring the research platform, the stories and the gatherings to life. Become a familiar part of a journey people can follow. OWN / 1 FOUNDING POSITION Presenting $2,000,000 Core Presenting rights for 30 months: 18-month Season One + 12-month Season Two. Exclusive “Presented By” naming across the property; dominant persistent on-screen and vessel identity. Narrowly defined category exclusivity and exclusive Matthew Town story association. 3 private sponsor days; 1 private Bahamas VIP sail or evening; 32 convening invitations (24 standard + 8 Bahamas). All 4 print back covers, plus the media and publishing allocations on page 62. 1,592+ SEASON ONE SPONSOR MOMENTS Defined delivery; see the comparison on page 62. DRIVE / 1 FOUNDING POSITION Platinum $1,000,000 18-month Season One. Fixed $500,000 option for 12-month Season Two. Major persistent on-screen, vessel and event identity, with narrowly defined category exclusivity. Exclusive GENESIS: Piney Point story association. 2 private sponsor days; 1 private Bahamas VIP sail or evening; 22 convening invitations (16 standard + 6 Bahamas). Full-page print and digital advertising, plus the media and publishing allocations on page 62. 848+ SEASON ONE SPONSOR MOMENTS Defined delivery; see the comparison on page 62. USD. Quantities shown are Season One allocations. Core-rights scope, activation and renewal terms on page 63.

F O U N D I N G PA RT N E R S H I P S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 61 THE OPPORTUNITY / FIND YOUR ROLE Choose how you’ll be part of the story. Three ways to connect your brand with the work, the people and the audience taking shape around them. LEAD / 3 POSITIONS Gold $500,000 420 documented Sponsor Moments. Premium vessel and event branding, with narrowly defined category exclusivity. 1 private sponsor day; 1 private Bahamas VIP sail or evening; 12 convening invitations (8 standard + 4 Bahamas). Season Two protected renewal: $500,000. SHAPE / 3 POSITIONS Silver $200,000 210 documented Sponsor Moments. Select vessel and event branding, with direct-competitor conflict protection. 1 hosted partner sail for 2 guests; 6 convening invitations (4 standard + 2 Bahamas). Season Two protected renewal: $200,000. JOIN / LIMITED AVAILABILITY Supporter $75,000 20 long-form acknowledgments and 5 substantive integrations. Founding recognition, approved sharing rights and an annual impact report. 2 transferable Partner Series invitations annually. No protected category or major exterior vessel position. Season Two protected renewal: $75,000. USD per partner for 18-month Season One. Position counts are tier caps, not a live availability claim.

F O U N D I N G PA RT N E R S H I P S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 62 THE DELIVERY / COMPARE THE DETAILS Know what’s included. Season One allocations, per partner. Publishing is additional to documented Sponsor Moments. Presenting Platinum Gold Silver Supporter 01 / MEDIA DELIVERY Research LIVE! 1,280 640 330 170 - Produced series 156 104 10 5 - Off Watch 156 104 30 15 - Guest / passage / special Priority Priority 50 20 - Total delivery floor 1,592+ 848+ 420 210 25* 02 / MAGAZINE & CONTRIBUTED CONTENT Exclusive print back covers 4 - - - - Print display ads 4 full-page 4 full-page 2 full-page 2 half-page - Digital display ads 12 full-page 12 full-page 6 full-page 4 half-page - Partner Perspective / digital 12 4 2 1 - Partner Perspective / print 4 4 2 - - 03 / REPORTING & PARTNER SERVICE Reporting cadence 4 quarterly 4 quarterly 4 quarterly Midseason + final Annual baseline Optimization meetings 4 4 - - - Audience make-good framework Included Included Included Included Delivery assurance A Sponsor Moment is an intentional integration with an ID, timestamp and delivery evidence. Passive logos and magazine placements are counted separately. “+” adds priority special inventory, without an additional numeric guarantee. *Supporter: 20 long-form acknowledgments + 5 substantive integrations, outside the premium classes. Partner Perspectives are labeled contributed content; print may adapt a digital article. Counts are delivery commitments after activation, not audience or readership guarantees. Final agreements govern.

F O U N D I N G PA RT N E R S H I P S DE S T I NAT ION: DI S C OV E RY 63 THE NEXT STEP / A FOUNDING PARTNERSHIP Let’s build your place in the story. Tell us what your company hopes to make possible. We’ll shape a proposal around the role, rights and relationships that fit. EVERY FOUNDING PARTNER Permanent historical Founding designation, approved share/repost rights, magazine recognition and a season-end impact report. All tiers are associated with the platform’s commitment to at least 50 hosted Discovery Days during Season One. A clear commitment Payment and delivery begin after written Capitalization Notice confirms the agreed launch funding requirement. The final agreement sets payment milestones; installment percentages are not fixed here. Your proposal defines production scope, usage rights and any additional costs. Vessel placement and hospitality remain subject to the final vessel, captain, insurance, weather and operating schedule. An advantage for starting early Season Two options and renewals apply to substantially equivalent core rights, with a 30-day election window. New or materially expanded properties are not automatically included. Season Three returns to market pricing. Research and editorial decisions stay independent. Remedies address delivery shortfalls, not a favorable scientific result. Let’s start with a conversation. discovery.seakingsolace.com Illustrative vessel setting.

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