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Tall Ships Youth Trust is a

sail training From its modern interpretations to its antecedents when maritime nations would send young naval officer candidates to sea (e.g., see Outward Bound), sail training provides an unconventional and effective way of building many useful skills on an ...

organisation in the

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that currently owns and operates four 22m/72 ft Challenger class racing yachts, a Catamaran and a Ketch. Tall Ships Youth Trust, formerly the Sail Training Association, based in

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, is a charity registered with the

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. It was founded in 1956 and is dedicated to the personal development of young people aged 12 to 25 through the crewing of ocean-going yachts. Thanks to this work with young people, Tall Ships Youth Trust is a member of The National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS).Full list of NCVYS members
Tall Ships Youth Trust has operated a variety of craft; it used to own TS KI ''

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'' and TS K2 ''

Malcolm Miller The ''Malcolm Miller'' is a sistership of the three-mast schooner ''Sir Winston Churchill'' designed by Camper & Nicholsons. She was built by John Lewis & Sons in Aberdeen and first served as a Sail training ship before being converted into ...

''. These two three-masted topsail schooners are now privately owned and in the Mediterranean. Recently the TSYT operated a second sister-ship in addition to ''Stavros S Niarchos'', the ''Prince William''. However ''Prince William'' was removed from operational status at the end of 2007, to make way for the new Challenge 72 class yachts. In 2010 she was sold to the

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and renamed '' Rah Naward'' ("Swift Mover"). The Challenger yachts provide a flexible approach to sail training, allowing TSYT to scale the amount of sailings relative to demand (i.e. not all yachts need to sail). The Challenger yachts were part of a 12 strong fleet of Challenge 72's built and used in the 2000/1 and 2004/5 BT

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. The purchase of the craft provides TSYT with four stable, reliable and extremely well tested craft to base a sail training program upon. In 2009 the charity acquired a catamaran used to provide a good solid platform for younger trainees. Tall ships trust 2011

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Tall Ships Youth TrustThe National Council for Voluntary Youth Services (NCVYS)
Sail training associations Transport charities based in the United Kingdom Youth organisations based in the United Kingdom 1956 establishments in the United Kingdom

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