Stavros Niarchos - UK South Coast Tall Ship Taster

Voyage Number	SSN 444
Voyage price	£299 for 3 days PORT CHANGE TO POOLE
Voyage Dates	11/09/2010 - 13:00 - 14/09/2010 - 09:00
Depart from	Dartmouth
Finishing Port	Poole, UK
Voyage area	English Channel , UK
Voyage type	Adventure Voyage , Tall Ships
Vessel	Stavros Niarchos
Availability	Available
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Voyage Description

Tall Ship Tasters - Ideal for Gift Vouchers

A brilliant chance to try sailing on a Tall Ship as guest crew and a great gift or present at an affordable price.

Classic Sailing also sell gift vouchers which can be used on any vessel we promote. If your partner or friend has been romantising about running way to sea on a square rigged sailing ship for years, then a Classic Sailing gift voucher might just nudge them to give it a go.

Short Tall Ship Tasters in the UK

The best way to find your sea legs on a tall ship for the first time is to chose a coastal or island hopping voyage with plenty of short hops between ports. You will still probably get night sailing and a taste of offshore open seas, but there will be plenty of sail handling as you go in and out of port, and a welcome chance to enjoy a drink ashore with your new found friends, or wander ‘lonely as a cloud’ on solid land.

British Brig Stavros S Niarchos offers 2-4 day tall ship tasters from UK ports which are an ideal introduction to tall ship sailing without travelling too far afield.

Open to all Nationalities

Even if you live in mainland Europe, the current weakness of the British Pound Stirling makes these short voyages very affordable to via a cheap flight or via Eurostar trains or cross channel ferries. The working language on board is English, but once the ship starts sailing, everything is very practical and you learn by action more than words.

2 Night Tall Ship Experiences

These are the shortest real voyages on a Tall Ship this year throughout our fleet. Whilst you can get fully involved with the sailing on a day sail, living on board a ship overnight with your new shipmates, standing an anchor watch for an hour or actually sailing through the night and having to get up for your 4 hour watch under the stars makes your feel more like a sailor at the end.

3 - 4 Night Adventures

You will be amazed how it all starts to make sense after 3 or 4 days and nights on board. Whilst the ships training programme assumes you are a newcomer to square rig sailing, these voyages are such good value they attract experienced tall ship sailors, professional seamen, coastguards and lifeboat crew, yachts men and women and traditional boat sailors who just want a bit of salty wind through their hair. Many come for a chance to climb the rigging on a proper tall ship or steer a 500 ton windjammer for the first time.

Also living  on board for 3-4 nights gives you a real flavour of what a longer adventure might be like. Classic Sailing has some amazing sailing and wildlife expeditions on tall ships in Antarctica and the Arctic, Long ocean passages in the Pacific, South and North Atlantic, Tall ships races in the Mediterranean and Canadian Great Lakes so if you want a big adventure but need to test out your sea legs and stamina first then these are good mini challenges.

Sailing on a Tall Ship 

 Dartmouth

Joining point.

Assemble on the Town Quay Dartmouth

Getting to or from your port.

Train

Paignton is the end of a Branch Line from Exeter St Davids (Main Station). Trains come to Exeter from many parts of the UK. http://www.raileasy.co.uk 

Train to Paignton and then Bus to Brixham or Taxi to Kingswear and foot ferry across to Dartmouth which is were you will be met.

Bus and Coach

Paignton Bus Station is beside the Railway Station and there buses and coaches going to kingswear. National Express Coaches got to Paignton and Brixham. http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/index.cfm

For Local services http://www.carlberry.co.uk/rfnlistr.asp?L1=PAI003&op=D 

Car and Parking These instrcutions allow you to leave your car where your vouage ends.

To get to Kingswear and dartmouth from Brixham is a simple bus or taxi ride.

From the North
On the M5, continue past Exeter. The road becomes the A38 shortly thereafter.
Keep left and fork LEFT onto the A380, signposted for Torquay. Continue on that road to the end of the dual carriageway, straight over the large roundabout at Newton Abbot and through Kingskerswell.
Then turn RIGHT at the next roundabout onto the Ring Road, signposted for Paignton and Brixham.
Carry on past the end of the dual carriageway and through the outskirts of Paignton. Go straight over at a large crossroads following signs for Brixham, past Booker, Sainsbury’s and Bookham on the right. Turn right at the next T-junction on the A3022, signposted Brixham and Dartmouth.
Stay on that road, keeping to the left-hand lane at the traffic lights on the outskirts of Brixham. At the traffic lights in the centre of the town, by Brixham Theatre, turn left into Market Street and follow signs for the harbour. Turn right into The Strand, leaving the harbour on the left. The road turns away from the harbour then hard left up King Street. You will see the harbour below you on the left.
About 600 yards further on there are signs for a car park on the left, by the water’s edge. Go down the ramp, turn left and drive past the lifeboat station to the unloading bay by the marina building. You are allowed time to put your belongings in a trolley and bring them to the pontoon where the boat will be moored, which is about 200 yards past the marina office.

Parking
After checking in, take your car to the long-stay car park on the opposite side of the main road. The entrance is about 50 yards past the entrance to the waterside car park and marina area. Pay in advance at the marina office. You will be given a pass to display on your windscreen. The price is £7 per car per day. See Red Point in map above.

From the East, on the A303 the road becomes the A30 and joins the M5 just North of Exeter. Follow instructions as above.

From the West, stay on the A38 past Plymouth, exit at junction signposted to Totnes and Paignton by a shell garage. Follow the road into Totnes; turn Left at the first set of traffic lights down a hill, and then right at the T-junction. Go straight over the two roundabouts following signs to Paignton, and out of Totnes. As you enter Paignton turn right towards Brixham at the large junction, and follow directions as above.
 

Plane

Exeter Airport (EXT)  is about 50 miles away and Plymouth (PLH) is about 30 miles away but only UK Flights are from Gatwick, Newquay and Bristol.

Exeter UK Flights currently from Aberdeen, Belfast City, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Guernsey, Jersey, Leeds – Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle and Norwich. See www.flightmapping.com/maps/UKIreland 

Taxi - Torbay Taxi 01803 213 521 www.torbaycabcompany.co.uk

History

Dartmouth is home to the Royal Navy's Officer Training School - Braittania Naval College.

It has a long connection with the navy and sits in a beatiful estuary.

Annual Events

Dartmouth Roayal Reagatta with the Red Arrows Display Team.

High Quality Accommodation in Brixham area.

Imperial Hotel Torquay  www.barcelo-hotels.co.uk/hotels/southern-england/barcelo-torquay-imperial-hotel

Mid Range Accommodation

Ranscombe House Hotel www.ranscombehousehotel.co.uk/Hotel/

Standard Accommodation

Anchorage Guest House Brixham www.brixham-anchorage.co.uk
 

We are keen to keep this information accurate and we welcome your comments skippers@classic-sailing.co.uk.

Stavros Niarchos - British Tall Ship

All voyages on Stavros Niarchos 2010 upto October 2010

Tall Ship Stavros Niarchos Dimensions

Length 200' (60m)
Rig Brig, Square sails on two masts
Tonnage 500 tons
Height of main mast 118' (36m)
 

Tall Ship Construction

Steel hull, 2 engines, watertight bulkheads built by Appledore Shipyard in North Devon in 2000 and 2001
Sails: 18 in total. Royal, t’gallant, upper and lower topsail and course on each mast, plus flying jib, outer jib, inner jib, staysail and between mast staysails. Deck level Mess Room.
British Registered
Both ships are British registered and owned by a long established sail training charity. The ships carry full UK Marine Coastguard Agency certification for worldwide operation. They are rated as UK Auxiliary Coastguard Ships recognising the professionalism of the permanent crew in assisting in rescues at sea.

Below Decks
Air-conditioned, shared accommodation, WC’s and showers.

Safety
MCA Coded to sail anywhere in the world.

Master & Crew
45 voyage crew like yourself of all ages.
Merchant Navy qualified Master with considerable experience.
Chief Officer, 2nd Mate, 3rd Officer, Bosun, Engineer and Cook and 10 experienced volunteers, including deck hands, cooks assistants, engineer assistant and others.

Voyage Fees include:
All meals, square rig sail training, waterproofs and harnesses, pillows.

Involvement level:
These are sail training ships not luxury cruising. Everyone signs on as ships crew and takes part in a watch system of 4 hours on, 8 hours off throughout the voyage. Duties include sailing, watch keeping and keeping the ship clean at sea and in harbour. Going aloft is the essence of Tall Ship sailing and you will be given every encouragement to try for yourself, it’s not compulsory. Supervised training begins before the voyage.

2010 Tall Ship Voyages

(2010 -2011 Winter Sun voyages to be announced)

All voyage details and availability on Stavros Niarchos 2010 upto October 2010

5 magnifcent tall ships worldwide and smaller traditional boats - Prices and Voyages in one printable pdf document 

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Classic Sailing—Talk to Your Tall Ship Experts 01872 580022

Our directors Adam or Debbie Purser in the office are tall ship sailors and professional skippers of traditional boats and we love to talk to our potential customers, so do give us a ring if you are tempted by sailing on a tall ship, but not quite sure it is for you.

We can also help if you want to buy a gift voucher or short tall ship voyage or day sail as a present for someone else.

Both Adam and Debbie have sailed as watch leaders for many years on the Stavros S Niarchos, and have also sailed on the other tall ships we promote—Topsail schooner Oosterschelde, Barque Europa and Brigantine Soren Larsen, so if you have already tried a short trip and are looking for a more challenging ocean voyage; tall ship wildlife expreditions or would prefer a tall ship with ensuite cabins but plenty of actiuon then do ring us to help your chose.

We are the main UK booking agents for the tall ships on our website work in close partnership with the ships operators to create exciting programmes to suit every level of tall ship sailor from novice to master mariner looking for an unusual holiday.

Ring us on 10872 580022
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update: 9-5-10 DP