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Pilot Cutter fleet leaving Fowey at the start of a Pilot Cutter Review

10/07 Educational

How Pilot Cutters Shaped Modern Yacht Design

Why did Pilot Cutters Race I love this story because it tells why Pilot Cutters are special and why they play such an important

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11/10 Educational

Lessons from HMS Victory for Today’s Sailors

HMS Victory – animation If you have visited HMS Victory in Portsmouth, you will appreciate, as I do, this fascinating animation. HMS Victory remains

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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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Tall Ship Sailing on Morgenster with Classic Sailing

05/04 Absolutely No Experience Required

My First Tall Ship Experience

Top Tips for your first sailing adventure from customers Don’t feel under pressure everybody learns at different speeds. Its ok to observe for a

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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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Sail on Tall Ships with Classic Sailing

25/10 Absolutely No Experience Required

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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Sailing Holidays to the Isles of Scilly with Classic Sailing

18/05 Climate Change

The Isles of Scilly archipelago

Why sailing in the Isle of Scilly is such a special experience. Geological Overview A brief guide to Scilly’s 290 million year history Where

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