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28/06 History

What’s that smell?

A smelly Story This is a true story that happened when I was skippering Eve of St Mawes. Luckily I am unable to remember

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05/04 History

My First Tall Ship Experience

My First Tall Ship Experience This is the start of my tall ships story and I am happy to say the story is still

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gigs in the scillies

16/03 Educational

Why I love the gig boats. 

I grew up in St Mawes, Classic Sailing’s home base, and learnt to row in the harbour when I was about 7 years old

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23/08 Educational

“Hold on the Peak, up on the Throat!” Let’s explore the Gaff Rig.

When you think of a ‘traditional’ sailing ship, many people will picture something from a Pirates of the Caribbean film. A big, old galleon

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14/02 Climate Change

Travel Around the World in the Footsteps of Charles Darwin

DARWIN200 Around the World Become part of DARWIN200 – a planetary conservation initiative that will empower the next generation’s elite environmental leaders andengage millions

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Sail on Tall Ships with Classic Sailing

25/10 Announcing New Voyages

Sail Scotland 2024

Explore Scotland’s wilderness and wildlife on a traditional sailing adventure! Join a traditional sailing vessel, no sailing experience required. Our skilled skippers will guide

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Wild Boy built by Debbie, Tallulah's skipper.

02/04 Educational

Conserving our maritime heritage

At Classic Sailing we still believe the best way to conserve our maritime heritage and traditional sailing skills is for historic vessels to go

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Pilgrim in Polruan near Fowey

14/01 History

Pilgrims Winter Refit

Annual Maintenance Pilgrim requires many hours of regular maintenance every single year to keep her in good working order. During the winter all safety

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Pieces of Eight

31/08 History

Pieces of Eight

We all know ‘pieces of eight’ from pirate stories but there is much more to it than that. It all started when the Spanish

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Mutiny on the Bounty

04/08 History

Nautical Dripstone

What is a nautical dripstone? The Mutiny on The Bounty by Caroline Alexander contains this passage. Intro – Millward is preparing the Boat the

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Surprise in a storm Courtesy of 20th Century Fox

15/06 History

New Version of Master and Commander

Sequel or Prequel? Film industry gossip sites have recently, June 7th 2021, mentioned a follow up to the film ‘Master and Commander – Far

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Killicks in Canada

10/06 History

Understanding Anchors

The History of the anchor dates back millennia. The most ancient anchors were probably rocks and many rock anchors have been found dating from

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Current Voyages

Tallulah

RYA Day Skipper Course for Cornwall Maritime Trust Volunteers - 6 days - group booking

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Sun 13-04-2025

St Mawes, Cornwall

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Fri 18-04-2025

St Mawes, Cornwall

learn day skipper skills on pilot cutter Tallulah

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Santa Maria Manuela

Explore the Azores on Santa Maria Manuela - SM110825 V27

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Mon 11-08-2025

Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores

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Mon 18-08-2025

Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores

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Santa Maria Manuela

Best of the Azores on Santa Maria Manuela - SM300725 V25

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Wed 30-07-2025

Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores

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Mon 04-08-2025

Angra do Heroismo, Terceira, Azores

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