A thames barge of the Sea-Change Sailing Trust on the waves.

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Sea-Change provides residential opportunities for young people and vulnerable adults to learn and develop in a unique environment. By living and working together aboard a traditional sailing vessel they participate in a wide range of life skills and are encouraged to take increasing responsibility for their contribution and group decisions.

Sea-Change offer a graduated set of programmes from entry level tasters to extended residential periods with accreditation. The charity is a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Training and Sailability Foundation centre, and voyages with Sea-Change may be suitable for Duke of Edinburgh Residentials.

School and educational visits are welcome on board the engineless Thames sailing barge Blue Mermaid. This vessel was built in 2016 but is a faithful replica of the original Blue Mermaid, built in 1930 but lost during the Second World War. It has a steel hull and deck, but with all the traditional rigging of a sea-going Thames Barge and no engine.

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Sea-Change Sailing Trust

Type:Outdoor Pursuits Centre

Sea-Change Sailing Trust, Downs Road Boatyard, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5HG

Tel: 01621840982

Opening Times

* Please contact Sea-Change Sailing Trust directly for opening times.

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    Great Totham, Essex, CM8 3ED

    Telephone

    01621 862960

    Great Totham

    This 50 acre reserve is just below the crest of the Great Totham Ridge and includes 23 acres of ancient woodland forming part of the Chantry Wood complex. A wonderful carpet of Bluebells can be enjoyed in the spring.

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    Drapers Chase, Heybridge, Maldon, CM9 4QT

    Telephone

    01621 852152

    Heybridge

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    Hockley Meadows, Hockley Lane, Bradwell-on-Sea, CM0 7PZ

    Telephone

    01621 776074

    Bradwell-on-Sea

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    Cherry Blossom Lane, Cold Norton, Essex, CM3 6JQ

    Telephone

    01621 829566

    Cold Norton

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  5. Address

    Tollesbury, Essex, CM9 8QU

    Tollesbury

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    Beckingham Road, Great Totham, Essex, CM9 8EA

    Telephone

    01621 891406

    Great Totham

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    40 High Street, Burnham, CM0 8AA

    Telephone

    01621 782161

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    Ulting Lane, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6QB

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    Fambridge Road, Althorne, Nr Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6BZ

    Telephone

    01621 450450

    Althorne, Nr Chelmsford

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    Braxted Lane, Great Totham, Maldon, CM9 8DD

    Telephone

    01621 891474

    Great Totham

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    Paper Mill Office, CM9 4RY

    Telephone

    01245 226245

    This waterway runs through a largely unspoilt part of rural Essex and connects the county town of Chelmsford with the tidal estuary of the River Blackwater at Heybridge Basin. It is 13.8 miles (22.1 km) long and has 13 locks.

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    Unit 3B, Bentalls Shopping Centre, Colchester Road, Maldon, CM9 4GD

    Telephone

    01621 850590

    Maldon

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    Park Drive, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5JQ

    Maldon

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    Maldon, Essex, CM9 6GG

    Telephone

    01621 862960

    Maldon

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    The Square, Tillingham, Essex, CM07SU

    Telephone

    01621 779620

    Tillingham

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    01621 853423

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    Promenade Park, Park Drive, Maldon, CM9 5JQ

    Maldon

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    0345 6037628

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