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09/02 Competitions

Prize Draw – Santa Maria Manuela SM020423

The more entry options you make the more chances you have of winning the €1050 sailing holiday. The winner will be notified by email

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08/02 Featured Destination

Oosterschelde: A Tropical Adventure

Island Hopping – Far From the Beaten Path If you’re yearning to explore tropical islands (and who isn’t!) a voyage aboard the1917 Dutch Topsail

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Traditional sailing ship Tecla will all her sails up, passing a large white iceberg in front of a moody sky. Polar exploration sailing adventure holidays with Classic Sailing.

01/02 Cold Climate Sailing

Tecla: Exploring a Frozen World

Palm Trees are Overrated February and March aren’t exactly known for having exquisite weather, at least not here in the UK. And smuggly showing

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Active adventure sailing holidays with Classic Sailing

25/01 Featured Destination

Summer Sailing Holidays 2023

Summer Sailing Holidays 2023 All our summer sailing holidays in 2023 are ‘hands on’ sailing holidays. There is no need to have previous experience

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20/01 FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Delivery Voyage?

A delivery voyage, sometimes described as a ‘Mile-builder’, is a sailing trip from one port to another without much hanging around in between. Often

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Eye of the Wind with Classic Sailing

20/01 FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

Will I Get Seasick?

The prospect of feeling nauseous on board ship puts a lot of people off sailing. Famous cases don’t help matters. Darwin called his mal-de-mer

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Active adventure sailing holidays with Classic Sailing

15/01 Special Offers

MASSIVE SAVING £833

Todays Discount Codes include a saving of £833 Discount Codes are not shown on the website. The only way to get them is to

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landing on uninhabited islands or seal watching are favourite activities with Tallulah's rowing tender

08/01 Featured Destination

Isles of Scilly – The row boat comes too

It’s a risk towing a valuable clinker rowing boat for 65 miles, but whenever possible ‘Number 8’ comes with Tallulah to the Scillies. We

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Sailing holidays on Eye of the Wind with Classic Sailing

06/01 Featured Ship

Eye of the Wind: a Brig with Tales to Tell

This beautiful ship has, like many traditional sailing vessels, had numerous different roles in her 112 years, and her history is fascinating.

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Semaine du Golf Festival, Morbihan, Fance 15 - 21 May 23 with Classic Sailing holidays.

29/12 Festivals

Dates for your 2023 Diary – Note No 1

Semaine du Golfe Festival: Morbihan, France 15th to 21st May 2023 A bonkers week of traditional sailing, with hundreds of vessels from around the

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sailing holidays on tall ships and classic yachts

28/12 Inspiration

Bringing in the New Year

Splice the Mainbrace to Celebrate the New Year To “splice the mainbrace” is an old nautical expression for starting to celebrate any relevant event,

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27/12 Boat building

Career Change – My experiences on a 40 week boat building course

Could I become a boat builder?…or at least improve my skills Debbie Purser from Classic Sailing took a bit more than a career break

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themed voyages that shape a charter boats distinctive character

27/12 Announcing New Voyages

Tallulah Voyage Themes 2024 – how a distinctive style evolves.

Last year was Tallulah’s second season and skipper Debbie was building on her previous years testing the water with some themed voyages. She was

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Current Voyages

Eye of the Wind

Sail the North Sea & English Channel EYE25/35

Embark

Sat 18-10-2025

Elsfleth, Germany

Disembark

Mon 27-10-2025

Plymouth, UK

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€2900

Eye of the Wind

The North Sea Coast in High Summer EYE25/33

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Mon 25-08-2025

IJmuiden, Holland

Disembark

Sat 30-08-2025

Hvide Sande, Denmark

Photo by Matthew Stuttard of Eye crew in the rigging

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€1850

Oosterschelde

Porto, Blue water sailing to Tenerife OS271125

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Thu 27-11-2025

Porto, Portugal

Disembark

Mon 08-12-2025

Santa Cruz, Tenerife

oosterschelde under sail

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