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We had a great day at the 2018 UK Sail Training Conference on Friday 26th January 2018 at The Spark, Southampton Solent University, with over 140 UK Sail Trainers and interested parties attending. Thank you to all those who attended. 

We will have some of the slides from the sessions shortly, if you wish to obtain copies of these please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

We look forward to seeing you again at next year's conference!

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This year's International Sail Training & Tall Ships Conference took place in the beautiful French city of Bordeaux, from Thursday 30 November to Saturday 2 December.  Details of speaker presentations during the conference:

http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/events/annual-conference/bordeaux-conference-2017/conference-information/speaker-presentations

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Challenge Wales, Wales’ Tall Ship has been awarded the UK Sail Training Vessel of the Year by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO) at an industry event in Southampton.

The award is given to a vessel which has had an exceptional year and has fulfilled both the sail training aspirations of ASTO plus the seamanship and safety requirements for the MCA. The award looks at good management, safety, high quality sail training, volunteer management, innovations in the types of young people groups jumping aboard, maintenance management and how results are measured.

Read more: 2017 UK Sail Training Vessel of the Year awarded to Welsh vessel Challenge Wales