The Falmouth organisers of the Tall Ships event have today announced that, with the continuing uncertain situation throughout Europe and across the globe around COVID, the event planned for 17-19 August 2021 has been cancelled. This is obviously disappointing news for all involved, especially our voyagers. However the organisers haveRead More »TALL SHIPS UPDATE
Schoolchildren at Foxhole Academy, St Austell had this message today for world leaders attending the G7 Summit in Carbis Bay: ‘Dear G7, welcome to Cornwall, please clean our oceans’. It was written on the sand using so-called ‘ghost nets’, discarded fishing gear retrieved from the sea adding thousands of tonnesRead More »CHILDREN’S ‘GHOSTLY’ MESSAGE FOR G7 LEADERS
In the week of the G7 Summit in Cornwall, we’re taking all 100 Foxhole Academy schoolchildren to Polkerris Beach near St Austell to learn about marine conservation and engage in water-based activities. The aim is to develop the children’s enjoyment, respect and knowledge of the marine environment. Says Matthew Oakley,Read More »CHILDREN’S MESSAGE TO G7 LEADERS ON WORLD OCEANS DAY
In April we announced our plans to send 10 young people from Cornwall on a voyage of a lifetime this August in the Tall Ships Races Magellan-Elcano 500 series 2021. They’ll be taking part in the first leg of the series, a 10-day race from Falmouth to A Coruna inRead More »TALL SHIP ‘MAYBE’ VOYAGERS NAMED
As well as funding two places on Maybe for the Tall Ships race in August, Superyacht Charities has donated funds for 20 children in Osprey class at Foxhole Academy to learn to sail this year, for which we and the school are extremely grateful. Superyacht Charities harnesses the energies andRead More »FOXHOLE ACADEMY OSPREYS LEARN TO SAIL
Last year we responded to the challenge of the pandemic by arranging 1:1 tuition for the first 100 children in our Schools Programme to apply. This was such a success that we’re repeating the approach this year, albeit in small groups of four rather than 1:1, targeting schools specifically inRead More »60 CLAY COUNTRY CHILDREN WORKING TO RYA STAGES 1, 2 & 3
Our Schools Programme is now up and running again in the majority of our 19 schools and it’s a joy to see the children outdoors and back on the water after the long months of lockdown. And don’t they just love it? A parent from St Mawes School told usRead More »CORNISH SCHOOLCHILDREN BACK ON THE WATER AT PERCUIL
The Tall Ships are coming to Falmouth in August 2021 to start their 10-day race to Spain. Roseland Youth Sailing Trust has arranged for 10 young people from Cornwall to take part aboard 24m TS Maybe. Our voyagers will learn how to rig sails, tie knots, navigate at sea and steerRead More »YOUNG VOYAGERS SET TO SAIL TO SPAIN ON TALL SHIP MAYBE