Morning Star Trust

The Morning Star Trust is a Christian sail training charity with the primary objective of providing personal development to young people through the adventurous experience of sailing at sea.

The sail training organisation is based in West Sussex,[1] England. They are a Royal Yachting Association training centre[2] and member of the Association of Sail Training Organisations.[3] The Trust is a Christian organisation, offering personal and spiritual development aboard two 11m expedition yachts: Bright Star of Revelation,[4] a Westerly Oceanquest Bermuda sloop built to a one-off layout as specialist seven berth sail training vessel, primarily used for youth sailing voyages and RYA training courses; and Eastern Star of Revelation, a 1996 Sigma 38 (and in fact the very last Sigma 38 ever built), which was bought in late 2019 and given a full refit to enable her to be used for expeditions, group voyages and longer events and races from 2021 onwards.[5]

In a typical activity in 2004 a crew including five teenagers who had been given bursaries to allow them to take part, sailed to Denmark from Chatham in the Tall Ships Race.[6]

History

Physics teacher Tim Millward built Morning Star of Revelation, the Trust's original vessel, over the period from 1972 to 1978. This vessel is a 62' Gaff Ketch, in ferro-cement.

Morning Star came first in her first Tall Ships race, only to be disqualified because one of the crew members was too young. She competed annually in subsequent Tall Ships' Races, including the 2000 event when she crossed the Atlantic. In July 2013 the vessel won the Aarhus to Hesinki Tall Ships race, coming in as the overall winner on corrected time.[7]

Morning Star received the MCA/ASTO Sail Training Vessel of the Year award in 2018, and when decommissioned in December 2019 was the oldest purpose built sail-training vessel in the UK sail training fleet. [8]

Notes
  1. "Contact Us".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.asto.org.uk/
  4. "Who We Are".
  5. "Our Boats".
  6. "Teenagers sail vessel to Denmark". 17 July 2004.
  7. "Party atmosphere for Helsinki prizes".
  8. "Morning Star of Revelation".
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