The historic UK coastal town of Falmouth, Cornwall, has announced it will host the start of the prestigious Tall Ships Race, Magellan Elcano from the 15 – 18 August 2023. It will be the first time in nine years that the tall ships race has taken place in Falmouth Harbour and it will be the sixth […]
Bookings for journeys onboard tall ship SV Tenacious in 2022 are now open. Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) has launched a new voyage programme for next year which includes a seven-day Southampton round trip taking in the Needles on the Isle of Wight and heading towards the spectacular Jurassic coastline. Other voyages include a seven-day sail […]
With continuing uncertainty about international travel due to the covid pandemic, the Falmouth Town Team and Falmouth Tall Ships Association have announced the 2021 Falmouth Tall Ships race and event, planned for 17-19 August, will not be going ahead. “This is of course disappointing news but understandable,” says Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Steve Eva. “We […]
Tall Ships Races International, a subsidiary of Sail Training International, has announced that Den Helder (The Netherlands), Hartlepool (UK), Fredrikstad (Norway) and Lerwick (UK) have been selected to be the host ports of The Tall Ships Races 2023. “We’re delighted to welcome these four returning host ports, who each have a fantastic history hosting the […]
Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) has announced its programme of voyages for its tall ship SV Tenacious this summer following postponements due to the pandemic. Normal service will be resumed with a six-day voyage from Cardiff to Dublin leaving the Welsh capital on Friday June 25th. From there Tenacious will head down the Bristol Channel before […]
The Tall Ships Youth Trust which supports vulnerable and disadvantaged children will soon get their yachts back out at sea. It has fitted out vessels with curtains to be tucked into bunks, boats will undertake a rigorous boat defogging process after each voyage and crew will wear face masks when below deck and maintain social […]