Price
£715
Nights
Five
Age range
12-15
Start port
Portsmouth
End port
Portsmouth
Passport
Yes
RYA
Competent Crew
Voyage code
CF838
Bursary
Available
Voyage highlights
Join our exciting five-night Exploration+ Voyage along the stunning South Coast onboard a 72ft Challenger yacht.
This voyage is perfect for young people with little or no sailing experience and marks the first phase in our three-voyage sailing programme.
On this adventure, get ready to explore the ocean, make new friends, and boost your confidence and self-esteem as you sail with a crew of enthusiastic young people.
You’ll learn new skills, sharpen your teamwork, improve your communication skills and create memories that last a lifetime.
Plus, on this voyage, you’ll earn your RYA Competent crew certificate, giving you a recognised and grounded knowledge of sailing.
You’ll sail out into the Solent and then along the stunning south coast, past Bournemouth, Studland, Portland and weather permitting, potentially cross channel to France!
Be sure to have your camera to hand to capture your adventures and sights, as well as the potential sea life that may appear!
Beyond just sailing, you’ll walk away with new skills, new found confidence, and new friendships.
Throughout the week, you’ll experience steering a yacht, sail handling, ropework—all while learning essential safety practices onboard. If conditions allow, you’ll also get to do some night sailing too.
On board, the crew will be split into two watches— traditionally, known as Port and Starboard. In your watches, you’ll take turns to be involved in all aspects of sailing the Challenger from deck duties and maintenance to cooking and cleaning, fostering a sense of responsibility and teamwork.
At the end of the voyage, each crew member will receive a personal assessment covering their leadership, teamwork and communication skills— a great addition to your CV.
We believe every young person should have the chance to experience a life-changing voyage and realise their potential.
Bursaries Available: We have funding available to support a young person who has faced, or is facing, personal challenges (For example: this could be a learning barriers, caring responsibilites or a young person currently not in education etc.). Check out our bursary guidance and apply if you need to!
Flexible Booking Options:
- Book your place with a 30% deposit.
- The remaining balance is due 8 weeks before your voyage.
- Need more flexibility? We can set up a payment plan to suit your needs. For details, please contact our Reservations Team.
You’ll be asked to enter your passport details as part of the booking process.
If you don’t have these to hand, please contact us as soon as possible after submitting your booking form to let us know your details, as we cannot accept your booking without this information.
You will also need to present your valid passport to the Skipper at the start of the voyage.
During this voyage, you will work towards achieving your RYA Competent Crew certificate.
The RYA Competent Crew syllabus includes:
- Sea terms and parts of a boat, rigging and sails
- Sail handling
- Ropework
- Fire precautions and fighting
- Personal safety equipment
- Man overboard
- Emergency equipment
- Manners and customs
- Rules of the ‘road’ (at sea)
- Dinghies
The cost of your RYA Competent Crew certificate is included in the price.
RYA logbooks are available for purchase onboard at a cost of £6 (Skippers are only able to take cash for this). You can always buy one ahead of time and read up on what you’ll be doing for the RYA certificate before you join!
The Skipper will determine the final route depending on weather and other variables.
Your Skipper can also recommend you for our volunteer crew training programme, if they feel you have the skills and attributes that we’re looking for. You can speak to your TSYT crew if this is something you’d be interested in and you’d like to find out more.
All meals on board are included.
