Price
£970
Nights
Six
Age range
18-65
Start port
Plymouth
End port
Belfast
Passport
Yes
DofE
Yes
RYA
Competent Crew
Voyage code
CF854
Bursary
Available for under 25's
Voyage highlights
Ever fancied sailing in the Irish Sea?
This seven-day adventure will take you from Plymouth to Belfast on board one of our iconic Challenger yachts, offering an experience that will stay with you for life.
Our Challengers are 72ft ocean-going steel yachts, constructed to withstand the Southern Ocean. This means that our Challengers are perfect for this type of voyage and will make it an exhilarating and unforgettable experience!
From the moment you step on board, you’ll become part of a crew of like-minded individuals aged between 18 and 80. Strangers quickly become teammates as you work together to hoist sails, steer through changing conditions, and face the physical and mental demands of life at sea, , in a supportive crew environment
Along the way, you’ll log over 500 nautical miles, develop new skills, experience shared achievements, and live out memories you’ll carry long after the voyage ends.
Prior sailing experience is advantageous. However, if you have a thirst for adventure and a can-do attitude for physical and mental challenges, then this is not essential.
During the voyage, you can achieve your RYA Competent Crew certificate and for younger sailors, you complete the residential section of your Gold DofE Award, if this applies to you.
And while this voyage is an adventure for you, it’s also an investment in young lives. Every booking directly supports our charity’s work with young people aged 12–25, many from disadvantaged backgrounds, giving them access to life-changing opportunities at sea.
During your passage, there may be opportunities to make port stops along the way. These could include Falmouth, Waterford, Dublin and Isle of Man, weather permitting there may be the opportunity to sail round the iconic Fastnet Rock,
New skills. Sense of achievement. New friendships. Memories. Contribution to a greater cause
Throughout the week, you’ll learn and experience: Offshore passage sailing, steering a yacht, night sailing, sail handling, ropework, how to keep safe onboard and much more.
Each crew member will be assigned to a watch, and the two watches will alternate responsibility for deck and domestic duties; keeping the yacht sailing efficiently, the crew fed and the boat clean.
This voyage is a great opportunity to build your confidence in more challenging waters and widen your sailing experience.
And if all this isn’t enough… We want you to know, that our adult sailing experiences directly enables more young people to benefit from our transformational youth development programme at sea.
You’ll hopefully get the chance to complete the RYA Competent Crew course while you’re on board.
The syllabus includes:
- Sea terms and parts of a boat, rigging and sails
- Sail handling
- Ropework
- Fire precautions
- Personal safety equipment
- Man overboard
- Emergency equipment
- Manners and customs
- Rules of the ‘road’ (at sea)
- Dinghies
The cost of your RYA 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).
All our voyages of four nights or more qualify for the DofE Gold Residential award.
Please let our Reservations Team know before sailing if you want to use the voyage for this.
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 must present your valid passport to the Skipper at the start of the voyage.
The Skipper will determine the final route depending on weather and other variables.
If you share our values and are keen to do more, you may be able to support our vital work further by joining the TSYT Volunteer Crew.
Your Skipper can recommend you for our Watch Leader training programme if they feel you have the skills and attributes that we’re looking for.
All meals on board are included.
