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21/07 Educational

Midge Free Scotland

Midges don’t go to sea. Fear not the midges, brave sailor, when you set forth to explore Scotland by sail! Let me allay your

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Eye of the Wind with Classic Sailing

06/07 Educational

Preparing and using your phone when beyond wifi and cellular coverage.

When sailing in areas with no Wi-Fi or cellular coverage, utilising airplane mode can have its advantages and disadvantages. While it disconnects you from

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Sunset over Orkney

04/07 Inspiration

Sailing and finding inner stillness.

Two concepts  Finding Inner Stillness at sea Discovering remote places of extraordinary tranquillity. Part 1 Inner Stillness at sea. The reasons I speak. I’m

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Part of the Gannet Skyscraper at the Noop of Noss

04/07 Featured Destination

Shetlands the Noop of Noss and Prehistoric Jarlshof

Part 2 . The Noop of Noss and Prehistoric Jarlshof,  The Noop of Noss This is a very special place and I regard it

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Super fisher - Charisma - Whalsay, Shetland. A mere £40million!

04/07 Featured Destination

Shetlands by Sail – Safety pins and Millionaire Island, Trinovante June 2023.

Part 2 . Out Skerries, The Millionaire island of Whalsay, Lerwick,  We left the fabulous Fair Isle behind and took a gentle sail to

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Sunset over Orkney

29/06 Featured Destination

Orkney, Fair Isle and Shetlands by Sail with three masted schooner Trinovante June 2023.

Part 1 . Orkney and Fair Isle It’s a long way from Cornwall to Orkney. Arriving by ferry from Aberdeen as the sunsets at

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Polar explorer Jim McNeill leads an Ocean warrior planning meeting. A group poring over maps. Join the adventure through Classic Sailing

09/06 Ocean Warrior

The Ocean Warrior #Resolute Expeditions Team

Jim McNeill Founder of the Global Warrior Project, Jim is also the lead for Ocean Warrior. With 38 years of Polar experience and a

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A member of the Linden crew on a piece of pack ice, with a snowscape and blue sky behind.

07/06 Ocean Warrior

Ocean Warrior #Resolute Expeditions FAQs

Joining an Ocean Warrior scientific expedition will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but we’re aware that there’s a lot to take in! Here are answers

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07/06 Ocean Warrior

Ocean Warrior #Resolute Expeditions 2024 – 2033

Each year the #Resolute Expedition will set sail aboard schooner ‘Linden’ for a 10,000 nautical mile voyage through the Arctic. The total voyage will

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07/06 Ocean Warrior

Ocean Warrior #Resolute Expeditions Foundation year 2023

Update 29-11-23 Last September 2023, Ocean Warrior ran their first two 10-day expeditions explored the islands of Svalbard, high in the Arctic Circle. These

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Linden on a sailing and scientific expedition in Svalbard. Linden anchored in the background, with a skier approaching walrus in the foreground. Join Linden through Classic Sailing

06/06 Featured Destination

Destination Svalbard: the ‘Cold Shore’

In Old Norse, this archipelago is Svalbarð: ‘svalr’ meaning cold and ‘barð’ meaning rim, edge or shore. The cold shores of Svalbard (consisting of

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26/05 Top Voyages For...

Classic Sailing’s Top 5 Voyages for Photographers

The Classic Sailing Team’s top 5 choices for sailors who love to snap! Whether it’s for the ‘Gram, the family photo album or your

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The late author and Explorer Kit Mayers with a globe. You can buy his book to help raise funds for Greenpeace.

20/04 Inspiration

‘The First English Explorer’… and a much more recent one

My grandfather, Kit Mayers, was a big influence on me. His stubborn adventurousness, stoicism and passion for the world was inspirational.

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