The Scaramouche Sailing Trust needs your help. We are looking for two new Trustees to help raise crucial funds for Greig City Academy (GCA) Sailing Programme and shape the future of the charity. Since 2014, the GCA Sailing Programme has established an extraordinary track record in changing lives through sailing. They have provided opportunities to […]
Watch the first in our series of webinars where Jon Holt joins Hannah Cockle, the RYA OnBoard Operations Officer, and Mark Jardine Editor of YachtsandYachting.com to talk more about how the Scaramouche Sailing Trust has worked and more about the RYA Onboard scheme. Greig City Academy students Jaydon Owusu, Tyler Harriett and Kai Hockley, talked about […]
Scaramouche first made sailing new headlines back in 2017 when they were the first comprehensive state school to compete in the Rolex Fastnet Race in a boat they restored. Since then, they have competed again in 2019 and they have an entry for 2021. The project is more than the Fastnet Race, it’s about using […]
Here we are, the end of 2020. Our mantra this year has been, ‘when we can, we will’ and as you can imagine our students did. This year has taught us a lot about the sustainability of our project and ourselves. It’s taught us that even when so many factors are against us, our steps […]
The Yachting Journalists’ Association (YJA) and MS Amlin Boat Insurance are delighted to announce the Shortlist for the YJA MS Amlin ‘International Sailor of the Decade’. Over the past decade we have seen a cohort of exciting personalities rise on the international stage, with the established ‘household’ names continuing to enjoy sailing and meet the […]
Simply getting out on the water was one element of our project we thought we had overcome when we purchased Scaramouche. Yet 2020, put a stop to that, for a few months at least and going sailing has become a major logistical challenge for the Scaramouche Sailing Trust. We thrive on a challenge. When in […]