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Sail Training Onboard Moosk

Moosk is a 55-foot gaff-rigged yawl, built in 1906 in Falmouth.

She has been completely restored and refitted to the highest standards of seaworthiness and safety. Her crew, a skipper and a mate, are both qualified and experienced professionals who have great experience of instructing young people in seamanship, navigation and generally enjoying life at sea!

Watch the Moosk DVD

The Sail Training trips onboard Moosk involve groups of six pupils, accompanied by a teacher from the College, leaving on day one in the morning after breakfast and returning to school by 1800 five days later. Although the pupils do not sail the boat unaided, it is a sail training experience that is intended to build character, self-esteem and teamwork skills, an invaluable and unrepeatable opportunity to develop self-reliance in a safe yet exciting and adventurous environment.

The intention is that all pupils who go on Moosk are then put forward for the RYA competent crew assessment. All who have been on this trip regard it as a formative experience and a highlight of their time at Clifton; Moosk has been said to represent the ultimate feeling of adventure and discovery.

Information about the next Moosk Sail Training trip will be accessible here as soon as it becomes available.

Visit the Cremyll Sailing website for more information.

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