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OUR 2024 SCHEME IS NOW CLOSED!
This is what our 2024 trainees got up to:
We selected six young people aged 15-25 to take part in sponsored sail training voyages in The Tall Ships Races during July and August this year.
Our mission is to inspire positive change through the adventure, challenge, and experience of sail training. Sail training is a life-changing adventure for those that take part.
Stage 1: Taster Day Sails, Shetland
11 – 14 April 2024
We hosted a series of day sails for applicants to take part on Shetland’s own tall ship, Swan, to get a taster of adventure at sea and being onboard a working tall ship.
It was a selection event aimed at those considering taking part in the Tall Ship Races in 2024 (Stage 2). The day sails offer just a small taste of a longer passage at sea, to learn about working a boat, including working sails, watch systems, taking the helm, and basic navigation.
Applicants experienced traditional sailing, meeting others who have done it before, tried a new challenge and learned more about taking part in The Tall Ships Races.
We offered these taster day sails at no cost for everyone who applied for our placements this year.
Stage 2: The Tall Ships Races 2024
Race Three - MARIEHAMN - Åland Islands (Finland) ❘ SZCZECIN - Poland
Wednesday 24 July to Monday 5 August (13 nights) onboard Roald Amundsen
After the excitement of the Tall Ships Races returning to Lerwick in 2023, our trainees got the opportunity to travel even further afield! Participating in the internationally renowned festival, The Tall Ship Races 2024 took in all the Baltic region has to offer. The legendary Tall Ships Races delivers international fun, friendship, action-packed racing, and festival experiences.
Mariehamn is the capital city of the Åland Islands, located off the southwest coast of Finland in the Baltic Sea. The city was the fifth port of the Tall Ships Races 2024 and welcomed the fleet for a fantastic maritime event.
After participating in all the festivities in the port, they raced south through the Baltic Sea to Szczecin, one of the largest cities in the north of Poland. It’s known as Poland’s “green city of ecology” and it’s famous for its yachting. Being the final race of the event, it sure was an exciting one. On reaching Poland, the trainees and their fellow shipmates, now great friends too, celebrated the end of the race with international crews on other vessels.
To follow our trainees and see updates on their voyages please visit Facebook or Instagram.
