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At the age of 15, Bermudian Sarah Maybury got a taste of life on the high seas as she sailed a tall ship from Charleston to Boston. She has never forgotten the experience and the help she was given and is now helping the crew and trainees of the tall...

There are four classes of vessel: Class A All square – rigged vessels (barque, barquentine, brig, brigantine or ship rigged) and all other vessel more than 40 metres Length Overall (LOA), regardless of rig. Class B Traditionally rigged vessels (ie ...

We hope that visiting crew members, tourists and residents all have a wonderful time enjoying the magnificent spectacle that is the Tall Ships Bermuda Festival 2017. The Port Committee has spent hundreds of hours designing activities to appeal to eve...

“Basically anything that floats is mine” is how Andy Burnett-Herkes responds when asked about his role in Bermuda’s Tall Ships Host Port Festival. With an extensive background in race management, the former professional race officer and banking/marke...

Adam Farrell, a former tall ship trainee, tells us why it is such an incredible experience! He could not go on a tall ship this year but is helping while the crew is in Bermuda. Question: You’ve been on tall ships before, what was the background to ...

Atyla (Vanuatu), Class B – The wooden schooner Atyla was built by hand in Spain between 1980 and 1984. She was designed to look like the sailing vessels from the 1800s and built with the intention of circumnavigating the earth and then becoming a tra...

Hopes are high that the Antigua to Bermuda sailing race, which gets under way this Friday, is destined to flourish into an annual fixture. For young watch leaders Dkembe Outerbridge-Dill, Patrick Perret and Lamar Samuels on board the Spirit of Bermud...

One of the island’s best-known ships, the sailing training sloop Spirit of Bermuda, has been showing its class at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. The races pitted the replica Bermuda schooner against classic yachts from around the world. According...

The Bermuda Sloop Foundation turned to “piracy” for a good cause this weekend. Notable members of the community were taken hostage as part of the Pirates of Bermuda 2017 fundraiser, with the public able to donate funds towards saving or sinking them...

Edward Stovell Jr said it took being out on the open water to bring him out of his shell. The once-reserved child is now a reserve crew member on the Spirit of Bermuda. At 23, he has his sights set on a maritime career. He got hooked on sailing from...

The Bermuda Sloop Foundation has again taken to “piracy” to help raise funds for its educational programmes. This weekend, the foundation will host its Pirates of Bermuda fundraiser with notable members of the public having to raise donations or walk...

Bermuda is preparing for one of its biggest sailing seasons with the America’s Cup less than 100 days away, two other international yacht races planned and tall ships on the horizon. The cutting-edge tall ships of the past will provide a spectacular ...