Clyde Maritime Trust

The Tall Ship's Fundraising Voyage

Levi Tippett

Levi Tippett

My Story

Coronavirus has had a huge impact on all heritage organisations, including the Tall Ship Glenlee.



Following government guidance, the ship has had to close during what would have likely been the busiest period of the year. Inevitably, this has resulted in a significant decrease in revenue.



At the Tall Ship, we have decided to confront these difficult times with our very own Fundraising Voyage! The premise is that we, the Tall Ship team, are attempting to cover the distance of the Glenlee/Galatea?s final voyage at sea - when she was towed from Seville to Greenock under the stewardship of Captain Alistair Miller, Murray Scrimgeour and Charles McIntyre.



Glenlee, or Galatea as she was known as at the time, departed from Seville at 0800 on 1st June 1993 on a 1380 nautical mile voyage to Greenock, arriving at 1650 on 9th June 1993.



The Tall Ship's staff, volunteers and trustees are attempting to cover the equivalent distance on land. That is, 2555.76 kilometres (rounded up to 2556 km) or for those that prefer the imperial system - 1588.076 miles.



The challenge will begin on Tuesday 1st September 2020 and our aim is to have collectively covered the entire distance before Thursday 1st October 2020.



We will use blog posts to update you on how the team is progressing and give you further insight into the original voyage (with reference to Captain Alistair Miller's original notes!). Links to these posts can be found in the 'updates' section below.



We appreciate all support and any donations are greatly appreciated!

To donate, please click on the icon of any Tall Ship team member and donate to their fundraising page. Don't worry if you don't know them, all donations go towards the overall goal!

22%

Funded

  • Target
    £250
  • Raised so far
    £56
  • Number of donors
    3

My Story

Coronavirus has had a huge impact on all heritage organisations, including the Tall Ship Glenlee.



Following government guidance, the ship has had to close during what would have likely been the busiest period of the year. Inevitably, this has resulted in a significant decrease in revenue.



At the Tall Ship, we have decided to confront these difficult times with our very own Fundraising Voyage! The premise is that we, the Tall Ship team, are attempting to cover the distance of the Glenlee/Galatea?s final voyage at sea - when she was towed from Seville to Greenock under the stewardship of Captain Alistair Miller, Murray Scrimgeour and Charles McIntyre.



Glenlee, or Galatea as she was known as at the time, departed from Seville at 0800 on 1st June 1993 on a 1380 nautical mile voyage to Greenock, arriving at 1650 on 9th June 1993.



The Tall Ship's staff, volunteers and trustees are attempting to cover the equivalent distance on land. That is, 2555.76 kilometres (rounded up to 2556 km) or for those that prefer the imperial system - 1588.076 miles.



The challenge will begin on Tuesday 1st September 2020 and our aim is to have collectively covered the entire distance before Thursday 1st October 2020.



We will use blog posts to update you on how the team is progressing and give you further insight into the original voyage (with reference to Captain Alistair Miller's original notes!). Links to these posts can be found in the 'updates' section below.



We appreciate all support and any donations are greatly appreciated!

To donate, please click on the icon of any Tall Ship team member and donate to their fundraising page. Don't worry if you don't know them, all donations go towards the overall goal!