Permanent skipper and mate so you can be confident you are in experienced hands.
Choose from a wide variety of voyage types . From coastal day sails to challenging offshore voyages and Tall Ship events.
No Previous Sailing experience needed. You get sail training included free from day one.
Small crew groups with a maximum of 8 guest sailors.
Big enough to give you the experience of handling a three masted schooner, small enough to reach intimate havens.
Experienced sailors can rest assured that we don't turn on the engine unnecessarily.
Fully inclusive Prices include all meals, fuel, mooring fees, use of lifejackets, waterproofs and special warm suits for arctic circle sailing. There are no hidden extras with SchoonerSail

Sailing and Maritime Links

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Keep turning left A few of the crew are following BBC radio presenter and author, Dylan Winter's short films on You Tube. He has been doing a circumnavigation of Britain in a mirror offshore.

The Dinghy Cruising Association
A site, dedicated to the art and science of dinghy cruising - using a small boat under sail or power to explore the backwaters, cross seas , camp in splendid isolation or with others, cruise at leisure or make fast passage.

Frank Singletons Weather Site
A well respected and up to date weather site for sailors with a huge amount of useful content.

Norway Cruising Guide - e book
If you are taking your own boat to Norway this summer don't go without this this cruising guide. It contains a huge amount of information and because its an e book its very reasonably priced (20 euros) and can be easily updated .

WebStation Charter Boat Sailing Directory

Marine 16 Fuel Treatments & Polish Systems
We chose to use one of these fuel treatment products onboard Trinovante after reading 'Best On Test' review in practical Boat Owner magazine.

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Local Links From Our Home Waters On The Thames Estuary

The East Coast Pilot is Imrays best-selling pilot book for the coast between Lowestoft and Ramsgate, written for all who cruise these waters for pleasure. Here you can find updates and other news and services that can help you enjoy this wonderful cruising ground.

RYA Courses Suffolk
Sarah Hopkinson runs a range of shorebased on and on the water RYA courses. If you have any RYA training books her name may well have a familiary ring because she has been involved in writing several of them including the RYA Competent Crew Introduction To Yachting.

Mike Emmets and Kevin Murphys latest book Working Traditional Sail Featuring The Lore Of Weather And Tide. The first part follows a crew, which includes the reader, on a voyage aboard a sailing vessel. The part contains detailed explanations of the gear, terminology or actions, which are partly instructive, partly historic with clear illustrations.

Thames Sailing Barges
The sailing workhorses of yester-year. A number of these vessels still survive in various roles, some fully active, others used as house barges or are awaiting restoration, while many are rotting away, abandoned in creeks long ago. This is a well thought out and regulally updated web site.

Wooden Boat Builder, Essex
Fabian Bush is a well known local wooden boat builder who lives across the river from where we built Trinovante. Fabian does restoration work, custom builds and repairs. He has also run our local Traditional Boatbuilding course at the Nottage Institute, Wivenhoe for many years.