A couple of weeks ago, we swapped the yard for the waves and took our two apprentices out for some high-speed powerboat training aboard our Humber Destroyer RIB. 🛥️💨 Not only did they smash the start of their training, there was a bonus; as we cruised out towards Clacton, we stumbled right into the start of the legendary Clacton Airshow — and who should roar into view but the RAF Red Arrows, painting the sky with their signature smoke trails! ✈️💥 Training with a side of adrenaline and aviation magic!

Jamie shows off his Planes… 🙄 #tiktoktrend #thesearemyladies #surfsup #woodworking #workshop

We had an awesome day at this year’s Whitstable Harbour Day & Boat Show! Thank you to the Whitstable Harbour & Boat Show organisers for hosting us!! ⛵️ #MaritimeHeritage #NationalHistoricShipsUK #ThePioneerSailingTrust #Brightlingsea #Whitstable #WhitstableHarbour #BoatShow #WhitstableHD

Georgie’s off on holiday, but the tok must go on! #SocialMedia #ContentCreator #Trends #AnnualLeave #OnHoliday #ThePioneerSailingTrust

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Another epic private hire in the books! 🌊⛵️ Big smiles, good vibes, and smooth sailing all day long with the crew from this month’s trip aboard Pioneer! 😎🧭 Massive thanks for choosing to sail with us — we loved having you onboard, and we’re so stoked you had an amazing time! 🙌💙 Wanna book your own unforgettable day at sea? You know where to find us… 👀 #SailWithUs #PioneerVibes #PrivateCharterGoals #SeaTheAdventure #BoatLife #DayToRemember #PioneerSailingTrust

🚨 EPIC WEEK ALERT! 🚨 Starting June 9th, not one… not two… but THREE schools joined us for a jam-packed week of sea-splashed, mud-splattered, brain-boosting fun! 🌊🧠⚓️ The week included lots of fun facts about lobsters, oysters, crabs and jellies! 🪼🦞🦪🦀 Big shoutout to our partners in marine life-loving crime @thelobsterhatchery🦞 and @bseabeachschool 🏖️ for delivering some seriously awesome sessions! #ThePioneerSailingTrust #PioneerCK18 #BrightlingseaHarbour #MarineAdventures #OutdoorLearning #LobsterSquad #BeachSchoolVibes #ThamesEstuary #BrightlingseaFun #LearningOutsideTheClassroom #TheLobsterHatchery #BrightlingseaBeachSchool

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🎥💥 Watch Jamie and Alan team up to craft the perfect scarf joint for Jinnie’s hog using West Systems epoxy glue. 🛠️🔥 — precision and pure skill. You won’t believe how smooth this fit is! 👀⛵️ Thank you to @heritagefunduk and the lottery players for supporting our historical project! #WoodworkingMagic #DIYLegends #HogUpgrade #BoatBuilding #WoodenBoats #ThePioneerSailingTrust #HeritageFundUK

Today we took the apprentices on a day out to visit The Sutton Hoo ship replica, an Anglo-Saxon ship which was buried in the 7th century and is now being replicated thanks to the amazingly talented restorers at The Sutton Hoo Ship Company in Woodbridge, Suffolk. Massive thank you to our tour guide Billy for showing us around and educating us on the great work and history of The Sutton Hoo ship! @suttonhooship - - - #thesuttonhooshipcompany #suttonhoo #boats #boatrestoration #historicalrestoration #englishheritage #anglosaxon #anglosaxonship #shipreplica #pioneersailingtrust

Watch our apprentices working hard on making their dovetail joints! 🛠️⚓️ They have been working on lapped and plain dovetail joints as well as water check, honing their woodworking skills as part of their curriculum. 😃 Want to learn more about our apprenticeships? Feel free to reach out to us by emailing training@Pioneersailingtrust.org.uk ⚓️⛵️🌊📚🎓 - - Thank you to the National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players for helping us fund our apprentices here at The Pioneer Sailing Trust! @heritagefunduk - - #sailing #thepioneersailingtrust #boatbuilding #boatrestoration #woodworking #craftmanship #apprenticeship

🌊⛵️The trust has just arrived back from 3 days of intense sail training! The trust stayed overnight, on board Pioneer, and over the course of the 3 days, everyone worked together as a team, brushing up on our sailing skills, water safety, safeguarding & emergency response to name a few! We are now ready for anything on board, and excited for this upcoming season! 🤩 - - - #pioneersailingtrust #pioneerck18 #sailing #sailtraining #historicboats

Great day out on Pioneer with our first group of the season, putting her new staysail to the test! 💪⛵️ - - - Thank you to @poppy.curtis for our new Staysail and thank you to @essexheritage for helping us to fund this! - #pioneersailingtrust #pioneerck18 #boatlife #sailing #brightlingsea #historicboats