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Download a report by young people who participated in the 2007 Tall Ships Race
Josh Ormond - Yachtmaster - Nov 2007
Do you remember Josh Ormond of Tall Ships Race 2006? The good news is that Josh has successfully passed the ASTO Skippership Scheme and is now a professional Yachtmaster: the world is his oyster and we are all extremely proud of him at Cremyll, WELL DONE JOSH, you deserve it.
Princes Trust "Get into Boats" youtube presentation
Report on this year's Tall Ships Race - 2007
Here we are again back at Cremyll after another exhilarating experience of Tall Ships.
This summer has been horrendous weather-wise, therefore we have to feel for our crew who braved any sort of weather not so much during the Tall Ships Races itself as during the Moosk's deliveries to and from the Baltic. Dom, Rob and the Young Bristol team had an extremely rough time sailing towards Denmark. However it was full of glory having managed to get Moosk to sail up to 10knots for over12 hours, speeding up across Holland: basically they never really saw the Dutch coast or, at least, this is how their tale goes..When they arrived in Aarhus they were so excited they could not stop dancing all night!
After all that wind they ended up with a very becalmed start of Race 1 and it took a while to get the old lady going again, above all after Valborg stole their wind on the line. Anyhow they managed to recuperate, as well as learning polish at the same time in order to communicate with half of their crew. The race ended up well, with a 4th place in class and 13th overall. And some polish girls who did not want to leave Moosk anymore. Hello Jo, Kat and Iza, we miss you too!
The cruise in company was quite a laugh, but short. Arriving in Stockholm was quite emotional for Moosk as she sailed out of there the whole summer in 2004 and there were many places she recognised.
Race 2 was hard work for Peter, Rob and the crew, with head winds all the way down to Poland from the start. Unfortunately a little problem on the forestay lashing meant a delayed finish for them which resulted in a 16th place in class and 40 overall. However they all had a great time in Szczecin and the Polish girls came over to party with them.
The coming back home was real hard work in this summer of gales and everyone has been terribly strong and braved the weather with such a wonderful attitude that I must say I am very proud of these boys and one girl, Anna, who managed to bring Moosk back to Dartmouth in time.
Thank you everyone. Also I need to make a special mention about Lisle Hardie, 16, who has sailed Moosk during the whole period, from Plymouth back to Dartmouth for two months. He has been fantastic with everyone on board, making people feel at home when they arrived and having a great time with everyone. He has become one of Moosk's strongest crew and we are all looking forward to having him on board again. Hey Lisle, there's a prize awaiting you at Cremyll, when are you coming to collect it?Cremyll, 24/09/2007
