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A great time, better than I expected it to be and the staff definitely made it that, they really made me feel like this is something I should be grateful to have a chance to go on.”
Next day they motor-sailed to Weymouth in light winds – lots of sunshine and music; and everyone had a chance to learn to steer and how to fill in the logbook as well as taking part in hoisting sails. On Tuesday they went to anchor in Ringstead Bay where they ate fishfinger sandwiches and admired the views: These are open to anyone aged 18+ but priority will be given to people who are interested in finding out more about volunteering with the charity and potentially hoping to use the voyage to earn a recommendation for volunteer training (especially those who have not had the opportunity to earn a recommendation on a youth voyage), as well as current volunteers looking for some extra training on a voyage where they can focus on their own skills without the responsibility of supervising young people at the same time.
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We have a programme of training and assessments to ensure that volunteer sea staff at every level are familiar with Prolific and with our routines for working safely and effectively with young people. I feel I have some appreciation of what you and your team do but what I can see is lots of enthusiasm, knowledge, and consideration for others and teamwork, carry on the good work. Thank you for a great day’s sailing.” After that, a couple of adult day sails allowed us to sail with sponsors and donors as well as to invite representatives of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and Trinity House, as well as our local MP, plus some friends and family of the OYT South team. They anchored by the North Channel between Hurst and Milford, where they were able to go ashore and had a beach BBQ:
We don’t usually sail all day, every day – voyages include time ashore, a chance to explore a new place, have a shower, play games, have a beach BBQ or buy souvenirs.Diggory says the young people are brilliantly engaged and are running lots of things for themselves. But big thanks anyway to the sea staff: Diggory, Adam Lane, Lauren, Iori Kent, Susanna Paynter, Frederik Ferner, Aoife Harrington and Richard White.
Ocean Youth Trust South is a registered charity (no. 1079959) which offers residential sailing opportunities to young people aged 11-25 on board our 30-metre sailing vessel, Prolific. Once the main round of allocations is completed we will advertise any remaining gaps, but you may find there’s not a lot of choice at that stage. Please send bids or questions to [email protected]. Qualified sea staff (anyone who has previously sailed with us as a watchleader, bosun or engineer) and anyone who has already sailed as sea staff but is partway through training and assessment – ideally please give us voyage numbers of anything you would like to do ( see here for voyage numbers); or give us names of any regular clients you’d particularly like to sail with; or simply tell us the maximum number of days you can offer in 2024 and any times of year you can or can’t manage. Please be specific: “voyages in university holidays” only works if you tell us your exact holiday dates! And from the group leader: “A great experience for the group, lovely to see so many of them throw themselves into everything and get so involved. I’ve seen a lot of growth and new confidence in so many of the young people. I think they will all remember this voyage very fondly.”In 1948 she was sold to Estonian refugees not wanting to be repatriated to Russia after WWll, and in July she set off for the USA with 69 men and women and at least ten children on board. She put into Dover, crossed Biscay in a storm and suffered damage; was saved by a Spanish three-masted ship and escorted into Pontevedra, north of Vigo. The fishing village helped the vessel to be repaired and the crew to recover. Next, she put into Madeira; she suffered more damage in a storm near the Bahamas; and finally on 20th September 1948 was escorted into Wilmington, North Carolina. The crew had no papers and the story goes that after their harrowing Atlantic crossing they pleaded for one night’s rest on board before being interviewed and possibly turned away. That night, Prolific sank in Wilmington Bay – readers can speculate as to the cause but it did mean that the Americans had no choice but to let them stay! The crew were then taken to Ellis Island to be processed as immigrants.
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