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A group of youngsters will soon take to the seas aboard historic sailing boats to compete in international races watched by millions online. Sail Training Shetland has arranged for a total of 24 trainees to guide the Swan and the Statsraad Lehmkuhl through Tall Ships races. The organisatio... Read more...
Nine isles youngsters will be setting sail on Wednesday on what they hope will be one of the experiences of a lifetime. They will leave on Shetland's historic training ship Swan to take part in Nordic Sail, a race between ports in three Scandinavian countries. The race will begin at Aalbor... Read more...
Four members of Sail Training Shetland are heading to Spain for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Lorrie Robertson, 21, from Burra, Shona Johnson, 24, from Unst, Paul Sansom, 18 from Walls and 18-year-old Shaun Scott from Whiteness boarded the ferry tonight to take part in Race 3 of The Tall Ships ... Read more...
Sail Training Shetland, the local organisation set up to encourage young people's interest in sailing, held a celebratory evening at the Lerwick Boating Club last night. As well as the trainees, their families, committee members and volunteers from the Swan Trust and sponsors were in attendance. ... Read more...