Adventurous Challenges
After a spectacular year of sailing in Greece, Australia, The Netherlands and the UK, we are super excited to offer 2024 sailing opportunities in 9 countries!
If you have had a taste of sailing on one of our day sailing or dinghy events, perhaps your next step will be a longer passage with us. This might include weekend sails or our popular flotilla events. Our adventurous challenges offer you a great opportunity to really build on your sailing skills with overnight stays on board and even sailing at night. These give participants so many more opportunities to share their MS experiences with others as well as forming an immediate support network to help them in the future.
We ask that sailors pay for their participation in these challenges. The cost is unique to each individual event and will be available on the application form for the challenge. If you would like to participate but are concerned about cost please contact us, as we may be able to help you identify and apply for grants.
What To Expect
A more advanced challenge and a natural progression from the Day Sail Challenges.
It gives people who already haveĀ taste for sailing an opportunity to develop their skills and to spend more time on board a sailing boat. An adventurous challenge is also fantastic opportunity to meet and get to know others with MS. The challenges come in all shapes and sizes and usually involve a larger sailing boat than our Day Sails. An adventurous challenge is usually over a week, where participants get a chance to immerse themselves in a sailing experience by staying on board overnight.
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A typical experience
You will be met by an Oceans of Hope Volunteer and taken to your boat. There will be plenty of time to meet other participants and chat over a cuppa.
- Introduction to the Oceans of Hope experience
- Introduction to Captain
- Safety briefing and life jackets
- Passage Planning and Navigation
- Learn about sailing or practise your sailing skills
- Sleep onboard in a shared cabin, either anchored or berthed in a marina
Challenge yourself and have fun!
Schedule of our current Adventurous Challenges
Amazing opportunities to get out on the water in 2025
We will soon be launching some of our Sailing events for 2025! Including two new destinations for our Magnificent Sailors. Whether you are new to sailing or not, we have some terrific trips planned. WATCH THIS SPACE!!!
Escape to Turkey (week 1)
Sailing in Robert's favourite area! The beautiful Bay of Fethiye for a week of warm and safe sailing. Oceans of Hope UK always have a warm welcome in this idyllic area that always surprises us. Spaces are very limited. Applications close on 20th December.
join the reserve listEscape to Turkey (week 2)
The Bay of Fethiye is our favourite cruising ground. offering warm and breezy conditions to learn new skills or polish up on already learned skills. Spaces are very limited. Applications close on 20th December.
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