August 8 - 11, 2025
Cathleen Stone Island, Boston Harbor
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Something washes up on the shore...
What's Hack Club Shipwrecked?
On August 8-11, you and 130 other students will gather on Cathleen Stone Island in the Boston Harbor for a once in a lifetime, 4-day story-based hackathon!
As soon as you get there, you'll all start working together to survive on the island you've been stranded on.
Once we're on the island, everyone will work in smaller groups and complete quests. These will be centered around interacting with the world around you: helping the island dwellers develop software or hardware projects that help them sell their produce, helping the pirates plan their routes more effectively, or building projects to help your fellow shipwreck-mates organize your efforts more effectively. (Not literally, of course... there are no pirates or island dwellers in the Boston Harbor. This is similar to Dungeons & Dragons!)
The Bay
Through The Bay, you'll earn an invitation to Shipwrecked. In The Bay, you will spend 60 hours making 4 projects (about 15 hours each) with the goal of making them go viral.
Going viral means making really polished projects you are extremely proud of, which you then promote to get other people to check it out! You can find the criteria for virality here. Once you reach 60 hours, ship 4 projects & one of your projects has gone viral, you'll receive an invitation to Shipwrecked!
Every week, you can meet up with your friends either in person or over The Pier, our video game-like digital meeting space to work!
Shipwrecked unlocks at 5,000 signups!
3887 people have signed up so far!
RSVP for Shipwrecked!
Shipwrecked is for teenagers ages 18 and under.