Price
£1390
Nights
10
Age range
16-25
Start port
Greenock
End port
Portsmouth
Passport
Yes
DofE
Yes
RYA
Competent Crew
Voyage code
EV061
Bursary
Available
Voyage highlights
This voyage is a significant adventure sail, ideal for young people looking to stretch themselves and build their sailing skills and sea miles. You’ll need to be up for a physical and mental challenge, be resilient and happy to live in close quarters with your fellow crew in a challenging environment.
If all this sounds right up your street, you’ll meet like-minded individuals aged from 16 to 25 and work together to form an effective yacht crew.
Guided by our expert sailing staff, you’ll learn how to helm, set and manage the sails on a 72ft Challenger yacht on an offshore passage. There will be the opportunity to get involved with planning the navigation to make the best use of the weather forecasted, provisioning and menu planning and developing your understanding of ocean sustainability.
Once on passage, you will learn to adapt to life at sea; cooking, cleaning, and running the deck on a 24hr watch pattern.
The Irish Sea can be unpredictable, even in July, but rest assured you’ll be in safe hands onboard our 22m steel Challenger yacht, built to race around the world in the Global Challenge races against prevailing winds and tides.
Ports on the route include anchorages in the Firth of Clyde, Bangor, in Belfast Lough, the Isle of Man, Dun Laoghaire & Milford Haven before heading east towards Portsmouth and exploring the harbours and fishing ports of the southwest coast.
Overcoming challenges. Resilience. Sense of achievement. Bucket-list sailing experience. New skills.
Over the course of the trip, you’ll take your turn with your watch at all aspects of sailing and living on a yacht at sea. This voyage is a great opportunity to push your boundaries, learn about yourself and escape from it all with time for quiet reflection and the opportunity to widen your sailing experience in a challenging environment.
Bring something to record your ideas and reflections in (this can be a digital device) and be prepared to get involved in co-creating an ocean-based sustainability project to build your awareness and skills around taking action to protect our ocean environment.
You’ll hopefully get the chance to complete the RYA Competent Crew course while you’re on board.
The RYA Competent Crew syllabus includes:
- Sea terms and parts of a boat, rigging and sails
- Sail handling
- Ropework
- Fire safety and precautions
- 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 on board 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 residential section of the DofE Gold Award. Please let our Reservations Team know before sailing if you want to use the voyage for this.
The full voyage cost is £1390; however, thanks to generous funding aimed at supporting the ongoing development of young people, we can offer a bursary that will significantly reduce the cost, do apply to see if you qualify.
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.
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.
