Sailing

A voyage on board 'Maybe' is a fantastic opportunity to learn new skills and face exciting challenges.

We believe sail training provides rewarding and exciting opportunities for trainee crew members to develop valuable life skills:

• Increasing self-confidence and building self esteem
• Developing teamwork and mutual trust
• Taking responsibility
• Gaining respect for themselves and others
• Working with new people
• Learning from ‘hands on’ experiences
• Overcoming challenges and the ability to solve problems
• Practising leadership skills
• Developing communication skills

We offer sailing voyages from short sails of 1-4 days to longer sails including taking part in the prestigious Tall Ships Races annually. The short sails are generally tailored around group booking requirements which we are happy to discuss directly with interested groups. These short sails are mainly aimed at groups of young people from schools, colleges or youth groups as short sails can only take place for groups of 12 people. We are also able to offer short sails to companies for team building opportunities or social events.

There are 12 trainee crew places available on every voyage. Most of our trainee crew members have never sailed before while others may have some sailing experience but whatever your level of experience, you can have a great time sailing with us. We truly believe that sailing on ‘Maybe’ as part of a smaller crew of 16 in total, including the permanent crew, really encourages the trainees to get fully involved in all areas of sailing a tall ship.

Please check our Voyage Programme. Please note the voyage programme is subject to change as the season progresses.

Tall Ship Races

The Tall Ships Races are an internationally acclaimed annual competition organised by Sail Training International and held every summer in European waters. Each year approximately 100 vessels crewed by some 6-8000 young people from over 30 countries worldwide take part. The main aim of the event is to provide the opportunity for young people to develop their personal skills in a challenging and memorable sail training environment and hence at least 50% of a Tall Ship’s crew must be aged between 15-25 years old.

The Tall Ships Races consist of a number of racing legs and a cruise in company, which offers a break from the racing and is a chance to explore different ports and enjoy some relaxing sailing time with some other vessels taking part.

During the in-port dates at the host ports there is a fantastic atmosphere and the host ports lay on superb hospitality for visiting crews providing many events and activities.  There are opportunities to play sports against the crews from other vessels, go on Cultural tours, join in the crew parade and attend the crew party which is always good fun.