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Report on the year's Tall Ships Race 2006
So it's done and gone, this year's Tall Ships. Moosk managed to establish her own little record by being the oldest and smallest boat in the whole fleet to complete the odyssey itinerary set up by the for the 50th Anniversary of this historical race. The little Falmouth yawl built in 1906 and her young crew braved the Bay of Biscay twice in very different conditions, windless calm and gale force winds -not very nice for a gaffer either ways. In between the races, they stormed around Spain and Portugal fraternising with locals and crews of other boats in the warm melting pot that is every port while on Tall Ships duties. Here is some testimonial straight from the people who lived, in this case, the life changing experience:
Report on Race 1 2006
The Maypole Centre photos
Another good tale -or sea yarn, shall I say- born from this year's Tall Ships tells the story of 17years old Joshua Ormond, (Josh for his mates) who comes from Bristol. Before boarding Moosk on 1st July for the delivery trip to St.Malo, Josh had never been at sea in his whole life. Sailing Moosk during that first week of July changed his outlook on life in general and on his place aboard Moosk in particular. He was determined not to get off the boat. He proved to Peter the skipper and Rob the mate, how precious his help could have been for the next 2 months and made a deal with them: to help sailing Moosk during the Tall Ships in exchange for helping Cremyll Sailing through Moosk's refit work once the season was over. Josh did very well throughout the two months at sea, so much so that he won the Torbay Cup for outstanding individual achievements during the Tall Ships. Here is the story with Josh's own words:
Tall Ships Race 2006
Josh, who is presently refitting Moosk at Cremyll, is now aiming to get through the ASTO Skippership scheme and become a Yachtmaster with the help of the Trinity bursary. We all wish him the best of luck.
Coming back from such exhilarating experience Moosk kept on sailing until mid-October participating also to the ASTO Small Ships Race on the Isle of Wight, where she gained a 3rd place behind Jolie Brise and Duet. Well done Moosk!
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THE TALL SHIPS RACE-DATES FOR 2006
Saint Malo, France Thu 6 Jul – Sun 9
Jul Start of Race 1
Lisbon, Portugal Thu 20 Jul – Sun 23 Jul Race 1-Start
of Cruise in Company
Cádiz, Spain Wed 26 Jul – Sat 29 Jul Cruise in Company
La Coruña, Spain Mon 7 Aug – Thu 10 Aug Cruise in Co.-Start of Race 2
Antwerp, Belgium Sat 19 Aug – Tue 22 Aug End of Race 2- Price
giving ceremony
THE TALL SHIPS RACE-HISTORY
Known all over the world, the Tall Ships Race will be celebrating its 50th anniversary with next year’s race. The first race, which started in Torbay in 1946 after the Second World War and the end of the so-called “grain trade”, was aimed to bring back together the spirit of hardship and achievement that bound so many seafarers who used to make a life out of sailing those majestic ships around the world, trading grain, above all, to Australia and back. Usually the crews and captains were so committed and kept their boats in pristine order, so as to reach their destinations back home first and make the best of the profit by dictating the grain’s price. That is how the “race” developed during the “old days”. Nonetheless, the spirit of the race did not want to die when the beautiful Tall Ships were abandoned for faster cargoes propelled by engines, so the “Tall Ships Race” begun. Nowadays is more exciting than ever, joining an international fleet of ships and young-and less young- people, in the common name of friendship and love of discovery. Being part of it is a honour and also hard work, but the remuneration is higher than any discomfort that modern youngsters have to get acquainted to by sailing traditional wooden boats.
FUNDING
Cremyll Sailing is currently looking for financial support to help disadvantaged young people from different charities in the South West to join the Tall Ships. In 2005 we managed to collect £12,360 which allowed a group of 11 young people and 3 leaders to join Moosk during three different legs of the Race. This year we would like to help many more young people to join Moosk and sail her throughout the length of the Tall Ships. To achieve this goal we are currently looking for over £12,000 which would cover most of their stay on board. Please do help us if you can.
2006 YEAR OF ANNIVERSARIES
Not only 2006 will celebrate the Tall Ships'50th Anniversary in July and August, but also a very important birthday for us at Cremyll Sailing:MOOSK 100 YEARS!
21st JUNE 2006: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOOSK!
PRINCES TRUST COMMUNITY PROJECT AT CREMYLL SAILING - February 2006-
They came in 13 one day in Mashfords wearing overall and hard top boots,
carrying picks and shovels, sandpaper and paint. They started off, one
big group supervised by Dominic, mixed cement by hand to lay a concrete
floor in a 12 cubic metre store; another, smaller group, supervised by
Cheryl of PCFE, helped Barbara sanding Moosk and the Drascombe down.
After 13 days we were all celebrating a new concrete floor in the new
workshop that Cremyll Sailing will dedicate to community projects, like
learning to fix wooden dinghies and all their accessories. Cheryl and
her team were extremely pleased to finally
seeing
Moosk shining with two coats of top-gloss and her bottom all well
antifouled. The Drascombe and its spars looked magnificent with the new
varnish on. In all we had a great time, learnt to work together in any
weather, carrying heavy loads of any sort and discovering little
treasures forgotten in the big Mashfords belly. It has been brilliant to
meet these young women and men, some of them we will never see again;
they are already off on their next working life adventure, having found
out thanks to the Princes Trust scheme, what they want to do with their
future. Some others, we will be so lucky to meet again, on Moosk this
time, to start another adventure at sea.
They obviously discovered a certain affiliation with what we do and
would like to learn more about it, who knows if in their future lays a
maritime career? A particular thanks has to be given to all the Plymouth
firms who supported these youngsters throughout their project by
donating tools and above all to the Mashfords Boatyard and its men, who
very kindly helped in many ways and provided services and tools when
needed.
What a young person
gets out of a voyage on Moosk
A minimum of five day provides
young people with the chance
to cut away from normal life. Sailing a wooden gaff boat 100 years old
around the West Coast under the guidance of professional crew
specialised in working with young people from any walks of life,
helps to improve the young person's outlook on life.
Living aboard a wooden boat is a fine challenge for anyone, but maybe
easier to achieve for the young who is more likely to get well used in a
very short time.
The boat’s fees include food and accommodation, as well as foul weather gear. The 5 or 7-day residential starts and ends in Plymouth, at the Mayflower Marina. At the end of the week the youngsters should be able to fulfil the RYA Competent Crew Syllabus, in which case they will be rewarded by the aforementioned qualification from the skipper of the boat who is also an RYA Instructor.
This particular course will help young people to develop their characters by learning skills such as:
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Improve teamwork
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Problem solving skills
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Learn to value self-reliance, taking responsibility for themselves and others
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Social inclusion
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Respect for the outdoor
They will also learn practical skills such as:
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Basic seamanship, navigation, tidal awareness, sailing, rowing
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Budgeting, menu planning, nutritional awareness, cooking
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First aid
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Decision making
No previous sailing experience is necessary. We provide fully trained instructors and a high standard of safety and safety equipment. Cremyll Sailing is an RYA, ASTO and AALA recognized training centre and all our staff is police checked.
MOOSK 1906 THE OLD LADY YOUNG AT HEART
Extract from the Tall Ships Race 2005, leg 1 Waterford(IRE)-Cherbourg(FR) written by the radio journalist Ryan Hutchings, 25yrs., from New Zealand.
"Of course there were the obvious highlights, the spectacular ships, sunsets and the Scillies. But the lasting impression that I'll take away from my time on Moosk is all the great people I've met. She's too small a boat for big egos and that's been a blessing. I've really enjoyed meeting a cast of characters whove seen a little trouble, but talking to all of them I'm sure that their attitude are so positive that they can go on to do anything that they want to. The hardest part is turning the corner and for all of these guys that corner is now firmly in the rear-view mirror. A special mention also to Dom and Tim, both with the patience of a saint and enough stories and life experiences to keep even the longest voyage interesting. It's been a pleasure to getting to know you all.
