Adventurous Challenge

Adventurous Challenges

After a spectacular 2024, , we are super excited to offer 2025 sailing opportunities in 8 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.

Oceans of Hope UK Athens Challenge

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.

  • Increase your knowledge and sailing skills
  • Contribute as a full crew member to the whole experience of sailing a boat
  • Participate in the daily running of the boat including provisioning, cleaning, and cooking for fellow crew mates.

 

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

various

At this present moment, we are super proud to announce 5 of our 2025 events.
Three weeks of Flotilla in Sardinia and Scotland.
5 day trip in the Netherlands on board the tall ship Summertime
and epic Adventures in the Arctic circle !!

Photo of two yachts rafted up together in front of a beautiful green island with blue skies in the background

Flotilla in Sardinia (week 1)

26 April - 3 May 2025

Andiamo!!
Lets go to Sardinia! Flying into Olbia on the island of Sardinia, we will be hosting a small flotilla exploring the east coast of the most stunning island.
Our flotilla will be lead by three captains plus an Oceans of Hope Challenge host.

Join waiting list

Flotilla in Sardinia (week 2)

3 May - 10 May 2025

Andiamo!
Lets go to Sardinia! Our small flotilla continues for week 2 on the east coast of this stunning island

Apply here

Scotland Flotilla

17 May-24 May 2025

Host Camilla and Captain Bill lead our second trip on the West Coast of Scotland. Exploring the stunning area of Argyle and Bute.

Apply here

Adventure in the Netherlands on Tall Ship Summertime

7 September - 12 September 2025

We are back on our favourite ship, The Summertime! Hosted by Judith, Thea and Minse, we invite people from the Netherlands to join us on this great voyage together.

apply here

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