Family Sailing Holidays

'Exclusively Yours' - Whole Boat Groups big discounts.

Book your dates early - Our vessels are not on stand by !

Classic Sailing specialises in adventurous ‘hands-on’ sailing for all abilities. Our vessels aim to be out there sailing every week of their season. We do not promote part time charter operators or ships that sit in dock waiting for group or corporate charter.

Our traditional boats and tall ships are fantastic fun for a family voyage, but you have to be quick to be able to reserve a vessel exclusively. Ideally you need to book your dates within a few weeks of a new sailing schedule being published. Each vessel creates an exciting sailing schedule once a year, typically between August and December for the next year. For the ‘all year’ round ships – they normally produce a separate summer and winter sailing schedule in the spring and autumn.

Family Booking Prompts

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Family Charters -

See our full range of ideas on traditional boats and tall ships for family voyages. The age range and groups size and compostion will vary between boat and area of sailing. We can help with advice.

Best Current Boats for Group charter

 West Country Trading Ship - Bessie Ellen  vessel details

Guest Berths - 12 Professional crew - skipper, mate /cook, 2 deckhands

Home Sailing Ground -Canary Islands in winter, Roving Europe in Summer

Whole Boat Prices

12 go for the price of 10 on any available voyage in Bessie Ellen's published programme.

Whole boat 7 days normal voyage £7990

Whole boat 7 days special event  voyage £8990

Group Booking ideas - week or fortnight expeditions for groups of friends; schools or university expeditions. Large living space in old cargo hold is ideal for presentations or social events.    

Pilot Cutter Eve of St Mawes   - vessel details

Guest Berths - 6

Professional crew - skipper (mate can be hired)

Home Sailing Ground - Cornwall

Whole Boat Prices

6 go for the price of  5 on any available voyage in Eve's published programme.

Whole boat 6 days normal voyage £3400

Whole boat 6 days special event  voyage £3900

Group Booking ideas - short breaks for special birthdays, Pilot Cutter Racing, women only voyages with female skipper, RYA courses

Pilot Cutter- Annabel J- vessel details

Guest Berths - 8

Professional crew - skipper (mate can be hired)

Home Sailing Ground - Solent and Roving Cornwall and France in Summer

Group Booking ideas - short breaks for special birthdays, Pilot Cutter Racing, Solent events like Cowes Week, Spacious accomadation can fit two families of 4.

Pilot Cutter -Lizzie May - vessel details

Guest Berths - 5

Professional crew - skipper (mate can be hired)

Home Sailing Ground - The Clyde & North West Scotland

Group Booking ideas - short breaks for special birthdays, Pilot Cutter Racing, Clyde Events, Classic Malts, Corporate events for Scottish or Northern Ireland Companies.  

Topsail Schooner - Oosterschelde

 Guest Berths - 24 in 2 or 4 berth cabins

Professional crew - skipper, mate, cook, engineer, 2 deckhands

Home Sailing Ground - Rotterdam, NL  homeport. Worldwide roving

Group Booking ideas - High standard of accommodation and catering with a huge saloon with bar, piano, wood burning stove (see photo below).  Weekly or fortnight expeditions for groups of friends; Experienced at running expeditions to remote locations like Spitsbergen, Norway, St Kilda, Cape Verde- with local guides. In 2010 planning to sail around the Mediterranean early summer.