Cowes Small Ships Race starts this Saturday! |
The annual Cowes Small Ships Race, now in it's ninth year, will take place this Saturday 6th October in the Solent. 27 boats are registered to take part and will between them take more than 300 young people on an exciting course around the Solent.
The fleet include one of the oldest sailing vessels still operating in the UK (Leader, 1892), some of the most unusual (Little Brigs Bob and Caroline Allen) and some of the most famous (Gipsy Moth IV and Jolie Brise). There are also ocean racing yachts (Challengers 3 and 4) and successfull round-the-cans racers (Paddiywack). The fleet will not only compete for the coveted Aurora trophy for the overall winner on corrected time, but also for the Richard Langhorn Trophy which is awarded to the crew of the vessel which best represents the 'Spirit of the Race' - this is voted for by all the crews of all the vessels and is a great honour.
Last year's Aurora trophy went to Duet who beat Jolie Brise by 4 minutes 36 seconds. The race between the 4 Challenge class vessels was even closer, with only 3 minutes and 43 seconds between the first (Challenge Wales) and the last (Challenger 1).
ASTO would like to say a big thank you to our supporters and sponsors in Cowes who make this event possible: the Delphie Lakeman Trust, the Daisie Rich Trust, Cowes Rotary, the Royal London Yacht Club, the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes Town Council, the High Sherriff of the Isle of Wight, the Ellis Campbell Foundation, K1 Britannia, Ocean World, Cowes Rotary, Cowes Yacht Haven, the Southern Co-operative, Ruth Simpson and the Herapath-Shenton Trust. Also a huge thank you to Anthony Churchill, Bob Milner and Rodney Barton without whom this event would not be possible. |
World's smallest Tall Ship at Southampton Boat Show |
T.S. BOB ALLEN—the world's smallest tall ship—will be a featured vessel for the first three days of the PSP Southampton Boat Show.
UK charity the Little Brig Sailing Trust are pleased to announce that their 30 foot brig BOB ALLEN will be at the show for three days—Friday 14th to Sunday 16th September.
BOB ALLEN is one of two identical brigs specially designed and built to take young sailors aged ten years and older for their first trip on a tall ship. Both vessels are normally based in Cowes, are members of ASTO and have taken part in the Small Ships Race every year since 2007.
BOB is 30 foot long, has 100 ropes, 10 sails and takes five new sailors on short trips under the guidance of a Captain and a Deckhand.
BOB will be on berth M 540. Each day—weather permitting—she will be part of a sail past of featured vessels at 3:30 pm and 5:00 pm.
Little Brig Trustee Max Mudie said:
"We love showing off our brigs. The great thing about the Boat Show is we get to do a sail past every afternoon so people will actually get to see a tall ship under sail: that's why our little tall ships are so brilliant"
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Tenacious joins in the paralympic spirit in style! |
While the world's spotlight is about to fall on the inspirational athletes of the Paralympics, a group of disabled German youngsters are stretching their own boundaries by crewing the tall ship Tenacious from Emden to London as part of a special programme to inspire accessible sailing in Germany.
Tenacious, operated by the Jubilee Sailing Trust, is one of only two tall ships in the world designed to take people of all physical abilities to sea on equal terms.
Full story here
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Baroness joins board of OYT North |
Baroness Masham has joined the board of Trustess of the Ocean Youth Trust North, to help highlight the positive outcomes Sail Training has on young people. Full story here. |
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ASTO meet Her Majesty The Queen! |
ASTO and UK Sail Training were very honoured to be chosen to meet Her Majesty the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their visit to the Isle of Wight yesterday. 5 ASTO member vessels were in prime position in the Yacht Haven with their trainee crews waving and cheering as Her Majesty arrived. The Queen then met James Stevens and Lucy Gross from ASTO, as well as Helen Gilpin and Charlie Harris from Cowes-based member organisation IYWAC. We told her about how Sail Training could be a formative experience for many young people and that they could gain many useful life skills. She seemed to agree.
Another young man from IYWAC who had been invited to be there, had been so successfull as a trainee that he had been offered a job abroad and could therefore not attend. Proof that Sail Training can be a lifechanging opportunity! Thank you to IYWAC for helping make the day memorable for Her Majesty.
ASTO would also like to thank the organisations that brought their boats to the event: Rona Sailing Project, Discovery Sailing Project, and the Little Brig Trust. They helped make the Yacht Haven look spectacular for her visit.
ASTO meeting the Queen, please click for larger image.
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ASTO meet the Queen during her Isle of Wight visit |
ASTO are very honoured to have been chosen to meet the Queen during her visit to the Isle of Wight today. We are also very pleased to have some of our local member vessels representing ASTO during this visit. The boats Donald Searle and Merrilyn from the Rona Trust, Alexander Fairey and Discovery from the Discovery Sailing Project and Bob Allen from the Little Brig Trust are moored in the Marina, "dressed overall" and Crew and Trainees will be waving and cheering Her Majesty during her visit. |
The second leg of the Tall Ships Race is under way. To follow the progress of the fleet, take a look at the trackers on the STI website here, and the placings published by STI here. |
Cat Zero working with Job Centre in Grimsby |
The Cat Zero programme based in Hull have started working with the Job Centre in Grimsby to teach young job seekers life skills and support them in their search for employment. Full story here.
Cat Zero already have an excellent track record in developing young people, more details available on our 'Why does it work?' page. |
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