Tall ship Tenacious arrives in Sydney
Tall ship Tenacious and its mixed ability crew reach journey’s end in SydneyA warm welcome awaited the tall ship Tenacious when she docked at Sydney in late July, just ahead of the 2016 Sydney International Boat Show, after completing her 17,000nm voyage from Southampton, UK.
The three-masted square rigged 586 GT tall ship is one of two specially designed sailing vessels owned and operated by the Jubilee Sailing Trust, which was set up in 1978 to give people of all physical abilities the chance to experience sailing first hand.
The Trust’s mission is to empower both able-bodied and disabled individuals to focus on what they can do, rather than what they can’t, and to correct misconceptions about disability. It works to build bridges of awareness and break down barriers for a better, more inclusive world.
Upon her arrival, two other sailing ships and a fire tug were waiting to escort the Tenacious under the iconic Sydney Harbour Bridge to Darling Harbour, where a large crowd was waiting at her berth at the Australian National Maritime Museum. During the Sydney boat show, onlookers were treated to the site of the tall ship docked at the museum.
Among those waiting portside to greet her and her crew were representatives of GAC Pindar Superyacht Services, which has supported the vessel since she set off from England in November last year.
Support services offered by GAC included port agency, fuel supplies, Panama Canal transit coordination and spare parts logistics. This support will continue during her time in and around Australia and beyond.
"It was a fantastic welcome to our final destination," says Simon Catterson, Master of the Tenacious. "We’d been through gales, fog, thunderstorms, tropical downpours and some really great sailing under blue, sunny skies.
"Since coming through the Panama Canal in January, we’ve visited 10 different countries. GAC have organised agency services in each and have looked after us very well indeed, ensuring that clearing-in to Australia was as painless as possible.”
It had been a voyage of firsts: the first time in her 16-year history that the Tenacious had transited the Panama Canal; and the first time she crossed the equator, west of the Galapagos Islands, to enter the southern hemisphere in March. More on the
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