Our offshore sailing voyages are funded through the generosity of mainly local individuals and organisations, each sponsoring a place on board. But at least one place each year is paid for by venturers’ own fund-raising efforts. Here are two current examples. Luca A member of Team Helen Mary R 2024,Read More »What goes around comes around
Every year since 2021, we’ve sent Cornish teenagers on offshore voyages to develop confidence and skills as they embark on the next step in their young lives. 2025 is our fifth expedition and the second aboard Helen Mary R, operated by Morvargh Sailing Project. This year we had a recordRead More »Meet Team Helen Mary R 2025
Most of RYST’s work is focused on our Schools programme, in which, thanks to our generous supporters, we’re able to fund sailing lessons at RYA-approved watersports centres for children aged 9 to 15, at no cost to schools or parents. But we also hear from parents of home-educated children whoRead More »All’s well that ends well
This year’s offshore sailing expedition attracted a record 40 applications from young people living in Cornwall, from whom we had to choose just 10 venturers and two reserves. After a selection process in which they had to submit videos saying what they hoped to gain from – and bring toRead More »Team Helen Mary R 2025 gathers for training day
2025 marks the fifth year of our offshore sailing programme, in which we send groups of young people on sea voyages to experience the excitement and pride of making a 10-day journey under sail. The aim, at the start of their adult lives, is to develop confidence and skills forRead More »Meet the sponsors of our 2025 offshore sailing expedition
Every so often we hear from young people who have taken part in one or more of our programmes about how they’ve benefited. Here’s how five of our young sailors are getting on. Bradley Born with pseudarthrosis in his tibia and having a leg amputated when he was three, BradleyRead More »Where are they now?
A huge thank-you to newly-weds Mr and Mrs Preston for this charming message received in the run-up to their wedding at St Just in Roseland. “Dear RYST Team, we’re getting married next weekend and, as part of our celebrations, we’ve decided to collect donations at the church (St Just) forRead More »Congratulations!
In April RYST and Cornwall Community Foundation helped fund Aspire Scotland and Celtic Nations, a 33-day sea voyage with Morvargh Sailing Project for Team Aventurus, a group of 14-year-old students at Brannel School. On their return, Fowey Harbour Office gave Morvargh’s iconic Bowman 57 Helen Mary R a right royalRead More »Yet more proof – if proof be needed – of how sailing benefits children
Aged 15 to 18 and living in Cornwall? How about a 10-day adventure at sea, no experience needed? Helen Mary R (57ft) leaves Fowey on Saturday 26 July, destination unknown, returning on Monday 4 August. You’ll learn how to rig sails, tie knots, navigate at sea and steer. And hopefullyRead More »Sail away this summer, free
The adventure of a lifetime has come a lot closer for the 10 14-year-olds at Brannel School hoping to embark on their 32-day, 1500-mile voyage to Scotland in the Aspire Scotland and Celtic Nations project in April. They’ve had good news in the shape of a grant from Cornwall CommunityRead More »Sailing to save our seas: huge thanks to Cornwall Community Foundation