"The STA seeks to achieve:
- A physical and psychological challenge
- Team participation in exacting conditions
- Self-awareness of leadership skills and teamwork
- Teamwork between young people from different backgrounds
- A sense of achievement and increased self-confidence
By breaking the pattern of the individual's conventional behaviour and
encouraging team participation and interaction under challenging and sometimes
arduous conditions, the individual is able to discover new strengths and levels of
mutual and self-respect.
The STA encourages young people to participate in the annual Cutty Sark Tall
Ships Races which bring together young people from Europe and the rest of the
world. In this truly international gathering a fleet of tall ships race each year
between different European ports.
The STA also operates two large sailing vessels, the three masted Topsail
Schooners SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL and MALCOLM MILLER. The
ships operate in European waters during the Spring, Summer and Autumn and in
the Canaries and Azores in the Winter providing the "Tall Ships Experience" for
both young men and women from the Untied Kingdom and the rest of Europe."
The above quotes are from literature provided by the Sail Training Association.
The official STA web site can be found at
http://www.tallships.org/.
In addition to the voyages arranged for young people the STA also take older
people. In May 1999 I was a member of one such voyage and I have compiled a photographic
record of my experiences. This record is primarily intended for the benefit of the
friends that I made during that voyage, but others interested in sailing on one
of the schooners should feel free to browse at their leisure.
Voyage C629 from Ellesmere Port to Oban, 2nd May 1999 - 9th May 1999
Photographs by film and exposure number:
Film 1
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21,
22,
23,
24,
25,
26,
27,
28,
29,
30,
31,
32,
33,
34,
35,
36,
37
Film 2
1 & 2,
4,
5,
6,
7 & 8,
9,
12,
13,
14 & 15,
18,
19 & 21,
22,
23
Further data for the Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller
Sail Plans
Pin Rail Diagram
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