Join in Pilot Cutter Events 2010

The Classic Sailing Pilot Cutter Review 2010

This event is organised by ourselves, with a lot of help from local businesses and St Mawes Sailing Club as Race Co-Ordinators, St Mawes Pier & Harbour Company as hosts and the pilot cutter owners themselves. Many of the vessels are owned by private owners but Eve of St Mawes and Annabel J are both charter vessels so you can become race crew on either pilot cutter for this event. If you book early enough you can bring a group and charter the whole boat or both. (or reserve it for 2011)

The 2010 pilot cutter review will follow a similar format to last year but we are always looking for ways of making it more fun for the crews.

Report and photos on 2009 Pilot Cutter Review and the crew parties ashore.

link to do: Recent Classic Boat Magazine Article on 2009 Pilot Cutter Review by Mike Smiley

Voyage Details: Sail as 2010 Race Crew on Eve of St Mawes - no experience needed

Voyage details: Sail as 2010 Race crew on Annabel J - no experience needed

Yarmouth Pilot Cutter Review 2010

There are now so many replica pilot cutters based in the Solent (Annabel J, Polly Agatha, Morwenna, Ameile Rose, Talullah, Charmian) and the almost unbeatable original Le Harve Pilot Cutter Jolie Brise that they have decided to create a new Pilot Cutter Event in late April. Annabel J has a very slippery hull and long waterline so she will be looking for victory in her home sailing ground.

Annabel J's Skipper Phil Cogdell is a great host, but you need to be quick to book this event as AJ is nearly full.

St Malo Goodwill Raid & Pilot Cutter Rally 2010

The French have been admiring our growing pilot cutter fleet from accross the channel and this summer they are enticing us to the privateers lair of St Malo with offers of gastronomic delights ashore for race crews in St Malo, Cancale, St Cast. This new Anglo French Jamboree is part of the Celtic Goodwill Raid 2010 brainchild of orgainser Will Sutherland, and the Pilot Cutter Rally in St Malo has the backing of St Malo Mayors office and all the French Sailing Clubs in the bay.

Voyage details: Eve of St Mawes - St Malo Pilot Cutter Rally & Explore Brittany Voyage

Voyage details: Annabel J - St Malo Pilot Cutter Rally Voyage

Three Pilot Cutters - Sail Scotland in Company 2010

When you are sailing an eye catching pilot cutter at 8 knots or more with some of the best mountain scenery in Europe as a dramatic backdrop, the biggest regret is that you cannot take a photo of your boat with a 'bone in her teeth' from another vessel. When the seas are rough, even with a decent dinghy and outboard it would be too risky to leave the mother ship whilst she is still sailing and go on a photographic foray.

What you need is another equally beautiful pilot cutter sailing along with you to take photos of, or to swap crews with so you can see your own vessel in action.

On this voyage you can. Join Lizzie May as crew on this 7 day summer sailing expedition and sail with not one but two equally stunning pilot cutters: The mighty and much photographed original pilot cutter Mascotte and Ezra - another Luke Powell pilot cutter sister to Lizzie May. Both are also adventure charter boats with very experienced skippers that Classic Sailing Office know personally. Each brings their own specialisms, favourite secret anchorages and interests to the joint venture. You can meet up or even raft up in anchorages and swap stories of the day.

Voyage details: Western Isles Summer Expedition - Lizzie May sailing with Mascotte & Ezra