Our friends from Inclusion Ventures, Jaywick, are onboard for our first youth voyage of the year. Here they are dong some chillin' and learnin' down in the hold of Blue Mermaid with barge mate Oli. ⚓️🌤️💨 #seachangesailingtrust #inclusionventures #internationalguildofknottyers

Some of our many supporters enjoyed a great day sailing Blue Mermaid on Sunday. We value every contribution to Sea-Change Sailing Trust. It all helps to make residential voyages for young people and vulnerable adults more affordable. Thank you to all ! 😊 #seachangesailingtrust

Blue Mermaid is to star in the film Wind, Tide and Oar and take the film on tour around the east coast, using her hold as a floating cinema! Please support the crowdfunding campaign to purchase 16mm film stock. #windtideoar #seachangesailingtrust

Hoorah! The end of another successful voyage onboard Blue Mermaid with Lexden Springs Residential Special Needs School. Well done to all for mast climbing, winch winding, steering and lots of good fun! #lexdenspringsschool #seachangesailingtrust

Students from Colchester Institute share their finds on board Blue Mermaid after a beach treasure hunt last week. We are loving being able to have residential youth voyages again! 🤩🌤️⚓️ #seachangesailingtrust #uksailtraining #colchesterinstitute #essex

The Cutty Sark team have been sailing Blue Mermaid this week, to enhance their understanding of traditional sailing skills. See our Skipper's Blog for more about this interesting project to help bring history alive. seachangesailingtrust.org.uk/?page_id=7277 #cuttysark #rmg #seachangesailingtrust

Today is World Ocean Day. Onboard Blue Mermaid we look after our little bit of ocean off the East Anglian coast - our voyages are made using just wind and tide alone. No engine, no propeller, no pollution, no carbon. #SeaChangeSailingTrust #WorldOceanDay #ThamesGreenScheme 🦭🦀

Beat the heat and go sailing! ☀️ Enjoy this lovely shot of Thames sailing barge Blue Mermaid enjoying a summer sail off the coast of Essex, and stay cool! 😎SeaChangeSailTrust UK Sail Training National Historic Ships UK #heatwave2022 Essex Weather Centre

Ready about? Thanks to Active Thames and Reconnect Kent a group of young people from Gravesham are enjoying an exciting outdoor and active week of learning new skills whilst living and sailing aboard Blue Mermaid 😎 SeaChangeSailTrust UK Sail Training ActiveThames #ReconnectKent

We absolutely LOVE😍 to hear news of young people who have been inspired by their voyage with us and have moved on to a marine career. Well done Andre! SeaChangeSailTrust @JustBeMaritime @ChilternMaritime @careersatsea

There's no such thing as bad weather! It's time for us to replace the waterproofs that keep young sailors and vulnerable adults dry on their residential voyages onboard Blue Mermaid. Tesco Community Grants are helping us reach our target ☔️🌈seachangesailingtrust.org.uk for details.

We are SO excited! The lovely team at This is Fever have given us a wonderful surprise on their digital advent calendar today! Check out this link to see what is in door 5 xmas.thisisfever.co.uk 🤩🎁 🎄 #seachangesailingtrust #uksailtraining #essex #maldon #christmas2022

Wow! We have been given a great Christmas gift today! The Colchester-based digital design agency This is Fever xmas.thisisfever.co.uk have given us a shiny new website! Hoorah! We absolutely LOVE IT! Huge thanks for our new image guys - we are so grateful! #seachangesailingtrust

Did you know Ark Royal had sails? Come to Maldon Little Ship Club on Friday 24th February to hear Rear Admiral David Snelson CB FNI talk on 'The History of The Five Ark Royals' 7.30pm Tickets £10 in support of Sea-Change Sailing Trust from [email protected] ⚓️🚢🛩️

Blue Mermaid tacking off Bradwell youtu.be/D2xBAf2Ld2c via YouTube

Thames sailing barge Blue Mermaid under sail in the sun youtu.be/FdN1hDQ76dU via YouTube

What a great film made by RYA Sailability, showing how a residential voyage onboard our Thames sailing barge Blue Mermaid benefits people with disabilities: Sea Change Sailing Trust Promo HD 1080p 3 youtu.be/f-1cdHkCYMQ via YouTube #sailabilty #uksailtraining #teamwork 😁

How about this for a great piece of film - Blue Mermaid after the start of the Medway Barge Match. Come and try something new ! We have a few adult charter places available on the Pin Mill and Swale match weekends #seachangesailingtrust #thamessailingbarges #weekendaway 😁⚓️🌞

An exciting year ahead for Blue Mermaid! Thanks to the Lottery Heritage Fund she will be going on tour to ten ports around the east coast and holding public screenings of the film 'Wind, Tide & Oar' in the hold in each port. Watch out for details of our tour ports and dates! 🤩

See seachangesailingtrust.org.uk for dates and venues of our Lottery Heritage funded 'Skippers of the Future' tour of east coast ports. Come and visit Blue Mermaid! To watch 'Wind,Tide & Oar' in the hold of the barge obtain your free ticket from windtideandoar.com😁⚓️🎬🎥