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Youth Sailing Scheme

29/08/2025

In August 2025 Sea-Change delivered two weeks of Youth Sailing Scheme voyages with young people returning to us. The changeover was at Pin Mill on the River Orwell and meant the second week started with… Read More

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News from our office

30/06/2025

Yacht Carbon Offset

Certificate (6390001A): Sea-Change Sailing Trust 2024 & 2025 Yacht Carbon Offset is delighted to offer Seachange Sailing Trust, free of charge, the carbon offset of S.V. Blue Mermaid’s estimated fuel consumption for 2024 & 2025. Read More

News from the Barge

04/04/2025

2025 Season begins…

Diggory Rose And so the season is well and truly underway. Our first voyage, a shakedown really, brought the best out of one of our young sailors, sailing by himself with our permanent crew certainly… Read More

News from our office

21/03/2025

Tudwick Foundation Grant

Insurance Grant Thanks to the trustees of the Tudwick Foundation for their generous grant towards our annual insurance. The Tudwick Foundation is a grant-giving body founded in 2019 by members of… Read More

News from our office

24/02/2025

About the Wind, Tide & Oar film tour

Evaluation film of Wind, Tide & Oar tour – just-in-time delivery eleven times As part of evaluation for the National Lottery Heritage Fund, who kindly funded the tour, we made this short film with the… Read More

News from our office

24/09/2024

The Lord Mayor of London visits Blue Mermaid!

Sailors with disabilities from the RYA Sailability group ‘The Woolverstone Project’  have enjoyed an exciting trip on our Thames sailing barge Blue Mermaid this September.  Joining the barge in her home port on the River… Read More

The Skippers Blog

16/04/2024

A Cargo of Timber to Kent

Ed Gransden asked if we would like to take some wood belonging to Ardwina from Kevin Finch’s yard at Fullbridge to Lower Halstow where it will be used on her. We said yes and asked… Read More