The JST has over 30 years experience taking people of all abilities to sea.  As a charity, their main objective is working with people with physical, sensory and learning disabilities.  For those between the ages of 16 and 25 years, there is the JST Youth Leadership @ Sea Scheme which helps young people to develop leadership and communication skills, to experience team work and challenges, and, of course, to develop new friendships.

The Jubilee Sailing Trust is represented in Bermuda by the Bermuda Sailors Home. Tall Ships Bermuda will be partnering with the BSH to recruit potential trainees, both able-bodied and disabled, to apply for a berth either from Antigua to Bermuda, or from Bermuda to Southampton in the U.K.  We know that on the trip from Antigua to Bermuda, there are up to 10 berths each for disabled and able-bodied.  However, wheelchair availability is restricted due to limited WC facilities, but there may be two wheelchair berths.  On the leg from Bermuda to Southampton, again there are 10 berths each for disabled and able-bodies, but no wheelchair users can be accommodated.  Each disabled person is paired with a “buddy” and pairings are determined shortly before departure by the first mate and the medical purser.

Financial assistance may be available after consultation with the Bermuda Sailors Home or Tall Ships Bermuda.  If you are interested – or know somebody who might want to give it a try – please email or call one of the following contacts for further information:

Bermuda Sailors Home:

Sean Pitcher – email mohawk@northrock.bm

Judy Cassidy – email bermudasailorshome@logic.bm or call 295-5598

Tall Ships Bermuda:

Paulina Northover Brooks – email paulina.northover@tallships.bm or call 300-0343