Challenging Circumstances
The beauty of offshore sailing trips in the current challenging circumstances is that we're flexible enough to change and tailor our voyage plans at the last minute. The UK east and south coast has much to offer. Please keep an eye on our Facebook messages and also our website.
The Tom Crisp Sailing Scholarships 2020
The Tom Crisp Sailing Scholarships 2020 Applications for the 2020 Scholarships are invited. The closing date is 20th March Awarded by The Excelsior Trust for up to four young people from East Anglia THE SAILING SCHOLARSHIPS: The Scholarships will enable rhree young people the opportunity to sail with Excelsior this summer TOM CRISP: The 2020 [...]
Another national award for Excelsior
We entered our new ship’s boat for the National Historic Ships “Martyn Heighton Award for Conservation” (https://www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/nhs_menu_nav/197) and won a Highly Commended Award ‘for the research, workmanship and the conservation methodology applied’. The boat was built by Lowestoft’s International Boatbuilding Training College. 14’ 6” long, made from larch and oak it’s a ‘proper’ sea boat, [...]
Help with the winter refit
Interested in volunteering on our winter refit ? Opportunities available 8am til 4pm Tuesday - Saturday each week. until the end of March. Contact sailing@excelsiortrust.co.uk
Skipper Vacancy
Come and work with us! Vacancy for position as a skipper of Excelsior. Excelsior is looking for a skipper to come and join our team . Find out more
The Tom Crisp Sailing Scholarships – Scholars Reports
Tom Crisp Sailing Scholarships 2019 - Scholars Reports THE SAILING SCHOLARSHIPS: The Scholarships enabled three young people the opportunity to sail with Excelsior this summer from Lowestoft. The 2019 sailing scholarships are named after Thomas Crisp VC, DSC, RNR, the heroic and distinguished skipper of the (armed) Lowestoft Smack ‘Nelson’, who lost his life in [...]
Tom Crisp Scholarships video
Short video advertising the new Tom Crisp Sailing Scholarships. Applications by 17th June 2019 ! Find out more
The Tom Crisp Sailing Scholarships
The Tom Crisp Sailing Scholarships 2019 Applications for the 2019 Scholarships have now closed. Awarded by The Excelsior Trust for up to four young people from Norfolk and Suffolk, for a 25-day sailing adventure during July and August 2019 THE SAILING SCHOLARSHIPS: The Scholarships will enable up to four young people the opportunity to sail for 25 [...]
Sail Dressing
Rob Howarth's drone photograph of our Sail Dressing event held at Ness Point, Lowestoft. A team of volunteers from Google travelled from London to help with the sail dressing - an event that's become a regular date in our diary. Thanks to everyone who helped on the day.